folkstyle

But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships.

2009 May 3, The Associated Press, “A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility”, in New York Times:

(US, sports) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.


chalk bag

chalk bags (plural)
chalkbag (alternative)

(climbing) A small pouch attached to a climber's harness, designed to filled with climbing chalk.


meat safe

meat safes (plural)
meatsafe (alternative)

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“[…] but Bob ’e jumps inside an’ ’e lets ’im ’ave it plumb square on the meat safe as ’ard as ever the Lord would let ’im put it in.”

1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 10, in Rodney Stone,, London: Smith, Elder, page 172:

[…] with him carryin’ his guard high, and leavin’ the way to his meat safe open half the time, it was all I could do to hold myself back.

1908, Sewell Ford, chapter 14, in Side-Stepping with Shorty, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, page 221:


URT

en-noun

URT (countable and uncountable, plural URTs)

unified rear triangle
unified rear triangle#English

(cycling) Initialism of unified rear triangle.


put over

en-verb

put over (third-person singular simple present puts over, present participle putting over, simple past and past participle put over)

puts over (present singular third-person)
putting over (participle present)
put over (participle past)
put over (past)

The first was the product of a destructive hard line down the middle by Manu Tuilagi, which sucked in the Australian defence and stretched the cover further out, allowing Farrell and Curry to put May over in the left corner.

2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:

(rugby) To make a decisive pass to a teammate so they can score a try.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling slang) To increase the popularity or prove the legitimacy of another wrestler, usually by losing to them.


grandstand play

en-noun

grandstand play (plural grandstand plays)

Instead of throwing it to center, however, she tried to make a grandstand play and threw it the entire length of the gymnasium to the waiting forward.

1916, Hildegard G. Frey, chapter 8, in The Camp Fire Girls at School:

Every baseball fan is acquainted with the sarcastic reminder, "two hands are the fashion nowadays," often hurled at the infielder who foozles an attempt at a grandstand play in the form of a one-handed catch.

1921 October 2, “One-handed drivers menace to public”, in Vancouver Sun, Canada, retrieved 2011-08-30, page 17:

(idiomatic, sports) A successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.


break through

en-verb

break through (third-person singular simple present breaks through, present participle breaking through, simple past broke through, past participle broken through)

breaks through (present singular third-person)
breaking through (participle present)
broke through (past)
broken through (participle past)

Montenegro gave Wales a scare in the first minute at the Cardiff City Stadium when Stevan Jovetic broke through, only to screw his shot well wide.

2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:

(intransitive, sports) To penetrate the defence of the opposition.


noseride

noseride (third-person singular simple present noserides, present participle noseriding, simple past noserode, past participle noseridden)

noserides (present singular third-person)
noseriding (participle present)
noserode (past)
noseridden (participle past)
nose-ride (alternative)

We strewed the contents of the box across the bench and clawed through them to find other images of Sando. There was even an old picture of him as a jug-eared kid in sandshoes, noseriding a longboard with his back arched and his arm and head thrown back like a matador.

2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, p.71

The idea behind the shape, reminiscent of an hourglass, is to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers.

2009 July 14, Joshua Robinson, “Going Beyond the Waves to Reshape an Experience”, in New York Times:

(intransitive, surfing) To manoeuvre a surfboard from the front end.


speedballer

The movie was named “Bull Durham,” with Tim Robbins as the speedballer who was all over the place.

2009 July 19, George Vecsey, “A Hall of Fame for a Legendary Fastball Pitcher”, in New York Times:


centerfielder

Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran has been out since June 22 with a bone bruise on his right knee.

2009 July 30, Joe Lapointe, “A Personal Twin Bill for Mets’ Castillo”, in New York Times:

(baseball) A player in the centerfield position.


caveating

Caveating is so necessary a motion in fencing, that without it there could be scarcely any offensive part, or pursuit.

(fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.


moonball

(tennis) A medium-high offensive lob hit with topspin.


moonball

moonball (third-person singular simple present moonballs, present participle moonballing, simple past and past participle moonballed)

moonballs (present singular third-person)
moonballing (participle present)
moonballed (participle past)
moonballed (past)

(tennis) To strike the ball in this way.


overcut

overcut (third-person singular simple present overcuts, present participle overcutting, simple past and past participle overcut)

overcuts (present singular third-person)
overcutting (participle present)
overcut (participle past)
overcut (past)
over-cut (alternative)

(motor racing) To employ the overcut strategy.


overcut

en-noun

overcut (usually uncountable, plural overcuts)

overcuts (plural)
over-cut (alternative)

(motor racing) A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone else by pitting after them and running in clean air to make up time.


crossbody

(wrestling) a move in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing them to the mat.


pink jersey

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(cycling) A pink shirt worn by the leader in the Giro d'Italia.


Giro

(cycling, by ellipsis) The Giro d'Italia.


Grand Tour

Grand Tours (plural)
grand tour (alternative)

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(cycling) One of the three most prominent cycling races: either the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.


Vuelta

(cycling, by ellipsis) The Vuelta a España.


Boston Mess

(juggling) A pattern which consists of throwing each prop straight up whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.


Mike's Mess

(juggling) A pattern, usually done with three balls, which consists of throwing and catching each prop under one's non-throwing arm.


patella femoral pain syndrome

patella femoral pain syndrome (uncountable)

(sports, pathology) A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap.


pack out

en-verb

pack out (third-person singular simple present packs out, present participle packing out, simple past and past participle packed out)

packs out (present singular third-person)
packing out (participle present)
packed out (participle past)
packed out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, of snow) To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.


return pass

But then Arsenal scored. Sebastian Kehl's poor touch ended at Walcott's feet via Van Persie. The Englishman's return pass was a delight, allowing Van Persie to take a touch before rifling a rising drive past Roman Weidenfeller.

2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(soccer) A pass back to the person who just passed the ball.


insurance goal

Ricky Shakes scored Guyana's first goal in the 10th minute and Leon Cort provided the insurance goal in the 81st minute.

2012, Aldwyn McGill, Jamaica Football: Reggae Boyz History, page 40:

(US, sports) A goal scored by a team that is already leading by one goal.


half-century

He brought up his half-century with a powerful drive past offspinner Dan Cullen, whose seven overs cost 0-52.

2009 January 30, AAP, “Vics make great start despite Rogers loss”, in Herald Sun:

(cricket) A score of 50 runs by a single batsman in one innings

Selby's charge continued with a half-century in the 30th frame and a fluked red set him on the way to winning the 31st frame.

2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) A score of 50 points in a single game.


bottom of the table

(UK, sports) Finishing in last place in the standings in a league or tournament.


transfer list

After his string of poor performances, he was put on the transfer list.

(sports) A list of players available for sale to other clubs.


long corner

(soccer) A corner kick played directly into the goal area, as opposed to a short corner.


kicking boots

If these two were outstanding, the others were not far behind. Finlow, having his best game for the School, put Murphy in for the next try and it did not seem to matter that Mangeot had for once left his kicking boots behind[,] for Lintin, Finlow and H. Cooper were all but over before half-time.

1979, “Rugby Football”, in The Ampleforth Journal, volume 79, page 154:

Helped by a quite remarkable individual run by Jason[…], Jonny found his kicking boots again, Wales succumbed 28—17 and we were through to the semis in Sydney on 16 November.

2009, Josh Lewsey, One Chance: My Life and Rugby, page 127:

As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.

2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:

(chiefly rugby, idiomatic) Ability to kick well.


periodize

periodize (third-person singular simple present periodizes, present participle periodizing, simple past and past participle periodized)

periodizes (present singular third-person)
periodizing (participle present)
periodized (participle past)
periodized (past)

/ˈpɪəɹɪəˌdaɪz/

(weightlifting, sports) To split (a training program) into segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.


free transfer

(sports) The signing of a player without paying a fee to another club.


late tackle

Stepanov was then booked for a late tackle on Andrews and that would late prove very costly.

2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport:

Javier Hernandez's attempts to turn in the rebound were foiled by Ashley Cole's reckless late tackle - which left the England defender fortunate to receive only a yellow card from referee Phil Dowd and United puzzled that they were not awarded a second penalty.

2011 September 18, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A mistimed attempt to take the ball of an opposing player that results in the tackler making contact with the player and not the ball


lay-up

Christophe could tell whether Joshua wanted him to pass the ball to him into the inside for an easy lay-up by the set of his mouth.

2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), pages 52-53:


line judge

(tennis) An official who watches the lines of the court and judges whether the ball has landed in or out and also declares foot faults.


Smurf turf

Rhyming name: The Smurfs are blue cartoon characters.

(US, sports, slang) The distinctive blue ground of the Bronco Stadium, Idaho, United States.


open-side

(rugby) the portion of the field which is larger as measured from a scrum or breakdown to the touchline

(rugby) a position in the last row of forwards on that side, more fully open-side flanker, designated with number 7

Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.

2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:


chalk out

chalk out (third-person singular simple present chalks out, present participle chalking out, simple past and past participle chalked out)

chalks out (present singular third-person)
chalking out (participle present)
chalked out (participle past)
chalked out (past)

A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.

(US, intransitive, horse racing) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.


first touch

They might have taken the lead when Gervinho latched on to a Mikel Arteta through ball, only for a heavy first touch to let Jussi Jaaskelainen gather.

2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.


play the advantage

play the advantage (third-person singular simple present plays the advantage, present participle playing the advantage, simple past and past participle played the advantage)

plays the advantage (present singular third-person)
playing the advantage (participle present)
played the advantage (participle past)
played the advantage (past)
play advantage (alternative)
play an advantage (alternative)

Referee Mark Clattenburg played the advantage after Gretar Steinsson's challenge on Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey fed Van Persie, who shot low past Jaaskelainen.

(sports) To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position.


consolation goal

en-noun

consolation goal (plural consolation goals)

(sports) A goal scored by the losing team near the end of a game that has no effect on the outcome.


return ball

It was a dreadful goal to concede as Ariel Ibagaza was able to take a short corner and then receive the return ball in space on the left. He stood up a floated cross into the middle where Fuster arrived unmarked to steer a header into the corner.

2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) A pass back to the initial passer


knock on

en-verb

knock on (third-person singular simple present knocks on, present participle knocking on, simple past and past participle knocked on)

knocks on (present singular third-person)
knocking on (participle present)
knocked on (participle past)
knocked on (past)

It then took a desperate piece of defending from Ben Foden to deny Scotland a try in the left-hand corner, the full-back reaching out an arm to knock the ball from Simon Danielli's grasp, Nick de Luca knocking on with the line at his mercy.

2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, intransitive, rugby) To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.


reaction save

The England striker had come close with a first-half header from a Bannan free-kick and after a neat piece of ball juggling and fierce shot, Bent was then denied by a superb reaction save from Al-Habsi.

2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The instinctive blocking of the ball by a goalkeeper.


strikeforce

strikeforces (plural)
strike force (alternative)

Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's controversial early red card.

2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, figuratively) Collectively, the strikers in a team.


bring the lumber

bring the lumber (third-person singular simple present brings the lumber, present participle bringing the lumber, simple past and past participle brought the lumber)

brings the lumber (present singular third-person)
bringing the lumber (participle present)
brought the lumber (participle past)
brought the lumber (past)

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While Dontrelle Willis got limber, the guys facing him brought the lumber — or aluminum, in this case

2005, “Hurricanes Knock Willis Around”, in Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ME:

Ole Miss center Rahim Lockhart stayed on the floor. And the Rebels moved in front of Kentucky and stayed there. "I told the guys I was going to get through the first half with one foul," Lockhart said. "Then, in the second half, I was able to bring the lumber." The No. 21 Rebels used Lockhart's tenacious defense near the basket and Jason Harrison's outside shooting to […]

2001 January 21, “REBELS TAME WILDCATS”, in Sun Herald, OXFORD, MS, page B1:

Along with Kirby (47 tackles), Welbig (35) brings the lumber for a defense that has allowed just 8.2 points a game against a tough schedule

2008 November 14, “Tri-Valley, Groton set for rematch”, in Argus Leader:

(sports) To play in a physically aggressive way in a contact sport, especially defensively.


fielding circle

en-noun

fielding circle (plural fielding circles)

(cricket, in a one-day match) A line, marked on the field, consisting of two semicircles around each wicket joined by parallel lines, outside of which there may be no more than two fielders


canned heat

(professional wrestling) Pre-recorded cheering or booing played during a match.


sending off

sending off (plural sending offs or sendings off)

sending offs (plural)
sendings off (plural)

Rooney's sending off will be the main talking point, however, and his actions once again raise questions about his temperament that he looked to have gone a long way towards answering in recent times.

2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:

(sports) An instance of a player being sent off; a dismissal from the field of play.


foul pole

(baseball) One of the two poles marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit. It stands above a foul line.


special stage

(motor racing) A competitive section of a rally event where the goal is to cover a stretch of closed road in the shortest time.


hellman

Let the hellmen down the beach tilt against 100 yards of whitewater trying to paddle out.

1997, “Kelly's Cove is where I go to surf in the City”, in Surfer, volume 38, numbers 1-6:

Surfer magazine introduced the break to the surf world at large in early 1992, describing the dark-haired, strong-jawed Clark as a "hellman," and the " unofficial guardian of a true secret spot." As Maverick's popularity skyrocketed over the next two years, Clark remained the break's unofficial spokesman, [...]

2005, Matt Warshaw, The Encyclopedia of Surfing, page 124:

I only got to my feet from instinct, but there I suddenly was, upright and alive, skittering in front of all that jawing mess with my little board chattering underfoot. Within three seconds I went from saving myself from certain disaster to believing I was a thirteen-year-old hellman.

2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.11, p.53, 54


tap and go

They grabbed an unlikely lifeline when Ben Youngs took a quick tap and go to release Foden, who jinked and dummied his way over to make it 16-5 with 23 minutes left on the clock, Wilkinson popping over the conversion for 16-7.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:

(rugby) A quick free kick taken by touching the ball with the boot and running forward.


holding midfielder

holding midfielder (plural holding midfielders)

After the restart, QPR holding midfielder Shaun Derry, in a rare advanced position, was inches away from connecting with a cross from Jamie Mackie, who was making his first start since he suffered a double leg break against Rovers in an FA Cup tie in January.

2011 October 15, Paul Fletcher, “QPR 1 - 1 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:

defensive midfielder
defensive midfielder


cross-shot

But the visitors halved the deficit within two minutes when Scott Sinclair burst into the area and, despite going down under Bennett's challenge, stabbed the ball across for Graham to score with a cross-shot.

2011 October 15, Graham Chase, “Norwich 3 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.


hold the ring

en-verb

hold the ring (third-person singular simple present holds the ring, present participle holding the ring, simple past and past participle held the ring)

holds the ring (present singular third-person)
holding the ring (participle present)
held the ring (participle past)
held the ring (past)

/ˈhəʊld ðə ˌɹɪŋ/

/ˈhɔʊld ðə ˌɹɪŋ/

/ˈhoʊld ðə ˌɹɪŋ/

Probably from keep the ring. In days past when spectators would encircle participants in a prizefight or a performance, people would be employed to maintain order among them and keep them from coming too near the participants.

(sports, theater, obsolete) To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.

(sports) Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.


kitty bar the door

They played kitty bar the door and won 1-0.

(chiefly ice hockey) Very defensively; so as to prevent opponents from scoring.


chip shot

chip shots (plural)
chip-shot (alternative)
chipshot (alternative)

A 45-foot chip shot on the 18th hole gave Billy Casper Jr. of Bonita, Calif., a 5-under-par 65.

1957 February 9, “Sports in Brief”, in Gettysburg Times, USA, retrieved 2011-10-17, page 5:

Woods finished on a high note when he muscled a chip shot out of the rough behind the 18th green, landed it on the fringe and got it to roll within inches of the hole.

2010 September 5, “Day takes 1-shot lead at Deutsche Bank”, in WGRZ-TV, USA, retrieved 2011-10-17:

(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.

When Ludwig Millfors lined up for a 19-yard chip shot of a field goal with three seconds left in the game, NDSU—and its 13,637 homecoming fans—had reason to feel comfortable.

1992 Oct. 11, "College Football Chip Shot Goes Wide in 2-point Bison Loss, Grand Forks Herald (USA), p. 3D (retrieved 17 Oct 2011)

A 20-yard run by quarterback Kade Harrington put them in Glander's range, and the senior kicker booted a chip-shot 30-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.

2011 October 15, Stephen Whitfield, “Kingwood beats Atascocita on last-second field goal”, in yourhoustonnews.com, USA, retrieved 2011-10-17:

(American football) A relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.

Plantation surprised Palm Springs North early with a chip shot close to the net by Mike Noll.

1988 December 20, “Palm Springs North Wins Soccer Title”, in Miami herald, retrieved 2011-10-17, page 6C:

(soccer) A shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.

[I]n the Canadian curling championship . . . Florian scored with last rock on the first end and picked up another on the second when Ernie came up too fast on a chip shot and missed by a foot.

1962 March 8, Tom Melville, “Big Win for Saskatchewan”, in Leader Post, Canada, retrieved 2011-10-17, page 26:

(curling) A takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle.


stall handler

(horse racing) Someone responsible for manoeuvring the horse between the gates before the start of a race.

pousseur

someone responsible for manoeuvring the horse between the gates


klet

(climbing, informal) Short for kletterschuh.


stand-off

France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.

2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:


tap-tackle

tap-tackles (plural)
tap tackle (alternative)

(rugby, American football) A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.


tap-tackle

tap-tackle (third-person singular simple present tap-tackles, present participle tap-tackling, simple past and past participle tap-tackled)

tap-tackles (present singular third-person)
tap-tackling (participle present)
tap-tackled (participle past)
tap-tackled (past)
tap tackle (alternative)

Farrell drilled home a 46-metre penalty and should have had another when Pollard, attempting to jink his way out of defence, was tap-tackled by Anthony Watson and penalised for not releasing.

2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer:

(rugby, American football) to tackle with a tap-tackle


sub in

sub in (third-person singular simple present subs in, present participle subbing in, simple past and past participle subbed in)

subs in (present singular third-person)
subbing in (participle present)
subbed in (participle past)
subbed in (past)

As the Medford native was replacing McKennie, Shaq Moore ran off the bench to sub in for Dest. And England manager Gareth Southgate made another move while he could, Marcus Rashford for Bukayo Saka.

25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia Inquirer:

(especially sports) To replace something or take someone's place,


ledgy

en-adj

ledgy (comparative ledgier, superlative ledgiest)

ledgier (comparative)
ledgiest (superlative)

(climbing) Containing one or more ledges


outcourt

Offensive player in the middle of the outcourt receives a pass from one of his teammates.

1951, Blair Gullion, Techniques and Tactics of Basketball Defense, page 60:

For Calvin it was Rog Postmus with 18, mostly from outcourt, Duane Rosendahl with 16, Stu Sisco with 15, and Preston "Butts" Kool had 10.

1992, Gordon M. Brewer, --But how You Played the Game!: 1862-1955, page 169:

[…] shows that all shots are taken from outcourt, this is not necessarily true because it is possible, by reversing direction, for the dribbler to catch his guard overplaying him and drive in for a layup.

1970, William Albert Healey, Joseph W. Hartley, Ten Great Basketball Offenses, page 132:

(basketball, handball) The other half of the court from the goal one is aiming for.


outcourt

Special mention is due Abadie, 03, Heyman, 04, whose outcourt playing is excellent, and Roos, '04, who has shown good judgment in placing the ball.

1883, “College Sports”, in The Occident, page 244:

The middle man normally will be the outcourt defensive man, away from the rebound.

1969, Robert J. Buck, The Shuffle and Press Offense for High School Basketball, page 29:

It should also be remembered that the outcourt shots are all taken from behind the screen.

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.

2018, Ace Banking And Static Awareness, page 273:

(basketball, handball) Playing or played on the outcourt.


outcourt

Many coaches are of the opinion that high school teams attempt too many rebound shots but would profit by dribbling or passing the ball outcourt more often and starting their offensive attack over again.

1946, Athletic Journal - Volume 27, page 22:

Jack felt a warm glow of pride as he watched his brother smoothly carry the ball outcourt and then turn to drive in with flashing legs and lace the leather through the net.

1953, Leon E. Burgoyne, Jack Davis, Forward, page 52:


underpull

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Higher the climb followed the line of least resistance up a succession of slabs, flakes, and cracks, where the ordinary hold was an underpull for the hands and friction for the feet.

1912, Harold Spender, In Praise of Switzerland, page 158:

Using the icicle as an underpull, I chipped a good jug over the top and made two footholds on the steep slab.

1971, Don Whillans, Alick Ormerod, Don Whillans: Portrait of a Mountaineer, page 184:

(climbing) A handhold that allows one to pull oneself up from below.


scuffball

(baseball) An illegal pitch where the baseball has been altered using sandpaper or a similar tool to modify its spin.


top flight

The visitors had not managed an away win in the top flight since the final day of last season, but Mauro Formica set the tone in the second minute with a rasping 25-yard drive which flew narrowly wide.

2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:

No team in Spain’s top flight has ever won more points after 13 games. And so a word is increasingly being used: Leicester[.]

2023 November 13, Sid Lowe, “Girona and their boy from the barrio hit new heights on top of La Liga”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(sports) The highest league or division.


side netting

Paul Robinson produced a spectacular full-stretch stop to deny David Fox his first goal of the season from 25 yards before Elliott Bennett fired into the side netting when he should have done much better from eight yards.

(soccer) Alternative form of side-netting


skittle out

en-verb

skittle out (third-person singular simple present skittles out, present participle skittling out, simple past and past participle skittled out)

skittles out (present singular third-person)
skittling out (participle present)
skittled out (participle past)
skittled out (past)

(cricket, transitive) To dismiss (batsmen) quickly.


outground

(cricket) Alternative spelling of out ground


unlap

unlap (third-person singular simple present unlaps, present participle unlapping, simple past and past participle unlapped)

unlaps (present singular third-person)
unlapping (participle present)
unlapped (participle past)
unlapped (past)

(intransitive, usually reflexive, motor racing) To overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader).


chickenhead

I'd been used to a lot of jawns following me around from when I first got out there on the rap scene. They were usually chickenhead skanks attracted to the gangsta culture who would lick and suck and fuck any and everything you wanted them to. Four and five times, if you told them to.

2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 261:

(slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio.

(climbing) A bulbous protrusion on a rock face easily grabbed, stepped on, or tied off on when climbing.


center spot

(sports) In various sports, a visible or non-visible spot at the center of the playing surface.


find the net

find the net (third-person singular simple present finds the net, present participle finding the net, simple past and past participle found the net)

finds the net (present singular third-person)
finding the net (participle present)
found the net (participle past)
found the net (past)

It is testimony to QPR's spirit then that it was they who next found the net as Bothroyd's goalbound header from an Armand Traore cross ultimately found the net courtesy of the back of Helguson, who was on the goalline but - despite the protestations of a number of City players - not offside.

2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:


inside-out

...cracking an ‘inside-out’ backhand past Rahim on the set point...

1977 March 15, The Washington Post, page D5:

Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.

2014 July 2, The Daily Telegraph, Sports Sect., p. 6

(tennis) Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.

ઊલટું

with the inside turned to be on the outside


assistless

en-adj

assistless (comparative more assistless, superlative most assistless)

more assistless (comparative)
most assistless (superlative)


backfall

(wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.


water stop

Following the Yankee Homecoming road race each year, his shop's small parking lot is the scene of a neighborhood celebration. “I'm an official water stop for the road race,” Boothroyd shares."I love being here."

2014, Kathleen M. Downey, Legendary Locals of Newburyport, page 73:

(sports) A place where an athlete can take a break and drink water.


inturn

From Middle English inturn, intorn, equivalent to in- + turn.

(wrestling) A move where the wrestler puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lifts him up.


safety call

(billiards) A type of called shot where a shooting player does not have to continue their turn after pocketing one or more of their balls.


hand bridge

(billiards) a player's front hand formed to position their cue while making a shot


jabroni

ECW
Hulk Hogan
Iron Sheik
Scott Hall
Steve Austin
Thomas Happer Taylor
WCW

According to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who popularized the term, he borrowed jabroni from the Iron Sheik, who used the word backstage.
Prior to jabroni being popularized by Johnson, the term had also been used by Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, and other members of WCW and Steve Austin while in ECW.
Jabroni is a specialized rendition of the wrestling term jobber (“one who loses to make other wrestlers look better”). It is perhaps a humorous pseudo-Italianized form of it (see popular Italian words in American lexicon, e.g. macaroni, pepperoni, Zamboni), but compare American slang/dialectal jiboney (“naive person, immigrant, hoodlum, fool”) (first attested in c. 1990), of unclear origin. Surmised in a 1994 Los Angeles Times article to be from Italian-American slang Italian giabone (“self-important fool”), from Piedmontese giambone, from dialectal giambon (“ham (bone)”). Ultimately from French jambon (“ham”), and first attested by Thomas Happer Taylor in his 1967 novel A-18, although claims of hearing the term date to at least c. 1953.
It may also be derived from Italian caprone (“stupid person”, literally “goat”).

der+

Get out of this, uh, jabroni outfit.

1999, Matthew Moore, Lords of the Lockerroom, spoken by Mark Wolff (Mark Wolff), Can-Am Productions:

A jobber—also known as jabroni, extra, and enhancement talent—is playing the part of getting beat all the time.

2004, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan with Steve Anderson, Chair Shots and Other Obstacles: Winning Life's Wrestling Matches, →ISBN, page 148:

(professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.


resthold

(wrestling) a light hold used to regain energy during a match


foreshot

Foreshots knock the ball forward.

(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.


backshot

"Tommy" Hitchcock, the American ace, most brilliant hitter in the world, halts a ball with a flaying backshot, turning a defense maneuver into a mad offensive drive.

1930, Harper's Bazaar - Volume 64, page 94:

(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.


mountain biking

mountain-biking (alternative)
mountainbiking (alternative)

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(sports) Off-road cycling using a mountain bike.


Laker

(basketball) A player for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team


piledrive

en-verb

piledrive (third-person singular simple present piledrives, present participle piledriving, simple past piledrove, past participle piledriven)

piledrives (present singular third-person)
piledriving (participle present)
piledrove (past)
piledriven (participle past)

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"Any wrestler who will piledrive Lawler and injure him like he did me gets five thousand dollars from me!"

2002, Jerry Lawler, Doug Asheville, It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes, page 199:

Anyway, back in the ring, Jericho works on the cut, but Shawn fights off both guys and tries to piledrive Jericho on the grating. Jericho reverses as the match kind of drifts along without a purpose.

2004, Scott Keith, Wrestling's One Ring Circus, page 114:

As a tribute to the burgeoning popularity of hardcore wrestling, Jerry agreed to piledrive someone through a wooden table to the concrete below.

2006, Brian Fritz, Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, page 70:


Daley

From Clipping of (Roch)dale. + -y. From dale.

(soccer) A supporter of Rochdale Association Football Club


sideline cut

In the sideline-and-up pass, both the receiver and the passer are faking the sideline cut.

1958, Donald E. Fuoss, Quarterback generalship and strategy, page 96:

Here, the receiver combines the sideline-flag pattern with a second sideline cut.

1993, Bud Wilkinson, Football: Winning Offense, →ISBN, page 68:

The l, 2, and 4 players run picks; the picks are set to free up the 1 player for a sideline cut.

2006, Jill Prudden, Coaching Girls' Basketball Successfully, →ISBN, page 123:

The second passing option for O5 presents itself when O1 is unable to get open on the sideline cut.

2013, Winning Basketball Fundamentals, →ISBN, page 237:

(American football, basketball) A sudden change of direction and run for the sideline.

If it is too far back he can't get as sharp a downward angle or sideline cut.

1959 September, “Volleyball is a Rugged Game”, in Boys' Life, volume 49, number 9, page 56:

(volleyball) A shot where the ball is angled sharply toward the sideline, just barely in bounds.


Hollywooding

From Hollywood + -ing, referring to the products of its film industry.

(sports, slang) Obnoxiously self-aggrandizing or theatrical behavior.


post up

post up (third-person singular simple present posts up, present participle posting up, simple past and past participle posted up)

posts up (present singular third-person)
posting up (participle present)
posted up (participle past)
posted up (past)

(basketball) To establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.


away goal

In some sporting competitions, the number of away goals is taken into account when deciding the winner.


reverse pass

That seemed to inject life into United, and Rooney was denied by goalkeeper Yann Sommer from a Giggs reverse pass before seeing a penalty shout turned down.

2011 December 7, David Ornstein, “FC Basel 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A pass in which the player runs in the opposite direction to where he passed.


group stage

Their ambition of qualifying from the group stage was helped by Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes' decision to relegate many of his key players to the bench, having already won the group. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller all watched from the sidelines.

2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) a stage of a tournament where teams in the same group play each other, typically followed by a knockout stage, to which the best team(s) of each group advance


BDC

(dance) Initialism of backing diagonally to the center.


Champions League

The result sees Arsenal leapfrog Chelsea - who face Manchester City on Monday - and occupy a Champions League spot for the first time this season.

2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The highest-level European club football (soccer) tournament, organised by UEFA.

Չեմպիոնների լիգա

UEFA Champions League: the highest-level European club football tournament

CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League

(soccer) An annual African football (soccer) competition, formally known as CAF Champions League.

AFC Champions League Elite
AFC Champions League Elite

(soccer) An annual Asian football (soccer) competition, formally known as AFC Champions League Elite.


pinhold

...into a take-down hold and possibly a pinhold— that pins his shoulders to the mat

1936, The Youth's Companion Combined with American Boy, page 23:

Then he was to lock his arms around his opponent's two arms and, using them as a lever, fall backward to the mat, then roll over. If it all worked, Jess would come up on top with a double armlock and body-press pinhold.

1971 January, Sam Barnes, “Standup to Victory”, in Boys' Life, volume 61, number 1:

Legs may serve to harass the opponent, as with the cokkbur; to anchor the lower part of the body, as when applying a stretcher, to deter action by the opponent, as used when applying a double wristlock; for control, as in a cross-body ride or guillotine, in lieu of arms, as in the figure-four head scissors; to trip, as in one variation of the double-leg takedown; to overcome the strength of an arm, as in a near-arm grapevine far-side half nelson; or to turn the opponent, as with the inverted cross-body pinhold.

1975, Warren J. Boring, Science and Skills of Wrestling, page 66:

(wrestling, professional wrestling) A hold in which the opponent is pinned to the mat.


switch pitcher

As the result of a childhood injury, Larry Kimbrough became both a switch hitter and a switch pitcher, and he carried those abilities all the way to the only major leagues available to a black ballplayer in the early 1940s: the Negro League

2000, Brent P. Kelley, The Negro leagues revisited: conversations with 66 more baseball heroes, →ISBN, page 142:

(baseball) A pitcher who pitches both right-handed and left-handed.


geländesprung

(skiing) Alternative form of gelandesprung


geländeläufer

From German Geländeläufer, from Gelände (“countryside”) + Läufer (“runner”), equivalent to English land + loper.

compound

(skiing) A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.


have one's name taken

en-verb

have one's name taken (third-person singular simple present has one's name taken, present participle having one's name taken, simple past and past participle had one's name taken)

has one's name taken (present singular third-person)
having one's name taken (participle present)
had one's name taken (participle past)
had one's name taken (past)

When receiving a yellow card in some sports, one's name is recorded in the referee's booklet.

Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.
 Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.

2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:

(idiomatic, sports) To receive a yellow card.


fieldsman

The batsmen took an easy single as the ball approached the fieldsman but Gambhir called for a second on the throw and Franklin uprooted the non-striker's stumps.

2009 March 19, AAP, “India 4-278 at stumps”, in Herald Sun:

Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed.

I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.

1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920:

Watch the flying fieldsman, Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer!

William Grey, 1; Samuel Long, 2; James Brown, 3; George and John Simmons, one capital, the other so-so--an uncertain hitter, but a good fieldsman, 5; Joel Brent, excellent, 6; Ben Appleton--here was a little pause, for Ben's abilities at cricket were not completely ascertained, but then he was a good fellow, so full of fun and waggery!

1873, Various, The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI.:

(cricket, chiefly Australia, dated in UK) fielder


guppie

(climbing) A climbing hold, refers to the way the climber's hand is turned sideways and grips a hold by cupping it with the little-finger side of the hand.


high and tight

Comparing the terms high and tight for the longer hair on the high part of the scalp and the shortest or tight-to-the-scalp hair on the sides.

(baseball) Being a pitch that is thrown close to the batter, but does not hit him.


top out

top out (third-person singular simple present tops out, present participle topping out, simple past and past participle topped out)

tops out (present singular third-person)
topping out (participle present)
topped out (participle past)
topped out (past)

(intransitive, climbing) To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.


total football

(soccer) A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.


top seed

(sports, games) The player or team given the highest ranking in a seeded tournament, who has the most favourable draw.


candlepin

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(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.


game manager

He was a "game manager" who threw five interceptions on the season, a steady, if unspectacular, player surrounded by a solid team.

(American football) A quarterback who makes a minimum number of mistakes on a team that relies on its defense and rushing offense to win games.


junkball

(tennis, sometimes derogatory) A deliberately slow shot.

(baseball) An off-speed pitch, such as a changeup, a curveball or a slider.


IBB

(baseball) Initialism of intentional base on balls, an intentional walk.


overbow

overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed)

overbows (present singular third-person)
overbowing (participle present)
overbowed (participle past)
overbowed (past)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/

Another characteristic of an "overbowed" archer can readily be observed by watching the alignment of his back while he is shooting.

1963, Arnold Otto Haugen, Harland G. Metcalf, Field Archery and Bowhunting, page 12:

I know you've heard it before, but no advice on bow selection or shooting would be complete without saying it: Don't “overbow” yourself! Start with a light- to moderate-weight bow and work up if you feel the need to be shooting something heavier.

2016, Ron Rohrbaugh Jr, A Traditional Bowhunter's Path, page 23:

I don't want to overbow a customer because if I do, they're going to get turned off to traditional archery.

2007, Dan Bertalan, The Traditional Bowyers Encyclopedia:

Don't be tempted to overbow yourself — to use limbs that are too heavy for you.

2023, Ben Hastings, The Intermediate Archer:

(archery, transitive) To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.

The tendency of all archers is to overbow.

1940, Ye Sylvan Archer - Volumes 12-15, page 4:

The most important rule for anyone thinking of making a bow is not to overbow or underbow. The bow at full draw should be just at the limit of the shooter's strength.

2011, Erik Roth, With a Bended Bow: Archery in Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe:

(archery, intransitive) To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.


gelande

The base area is adorned with an immense gelande jump, off which qualified skiers regularly catch 200 feet of air.

1993, “The Secret Kingdom of Ski Bums”, in Skiing, volume 46, number 1, page 110:

Gelande is a two day ski jump event attracting national media as well as jumpers from all over the U.S.

2009, “Snowbowl Gelande Championship”, in Montana Snowbowl, retrieved 2012-02-04:

Little Cottonwood Canyon has a rich history with gelande competitions, and watching skiers soar over 200 feet is not something you get to see every day.

2009 April 19, “Skiers Take Flight at Snowbird Gelande”, in First Tracks:

But somewhere along the way gelande quaffing was lost and the aprés spirit forgotten.

2010 April 9, “'Gelande Quaffing' competition Saturday in Vail Valley”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Vail, CO: Vail Daily:

(skiing) a shortening of gelandesprung, a form of ski jumping.


gelandesprung

gelandesprungs (plural)
Geländesprung (alternative)
geländesprung (alternative)

/ɡəˈlɛndəˌʃpɹʊŋ/

From German Geländesprung, equivalent to Gelände (“countryside, terrain”) + Sprung (“jump”). More at land, spring.

compound

Ove Nygren, the motorcycle-racing man-child of the U.S. Pro Tour, was among the air-happy honchos who thought the event should include a gelandesprung.

1994, “The World's Greatest Skiers?”, in Skiing, volume 47, number 3, page 152:

Gelandesprung literally means terrain jump.

(skiing) A jump, usually over an obstacle, made in downhill skiing.


SJS

(ice hockey) Initialism of San Jose Sharks.


bloodstick

1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

(farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.


butteris

butterises (plural)
buttrice (alternative)

Related to buttress (noun). From French bouter (“to push”).

(farriery) A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the operator's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.


ATL

(colloquial, sports) Abbreviation of Atlanta.


run of play

Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 225:

Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.

2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times:

(idiomatic, sports, games) A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.


Linsanity

(US, basketball, slang) Enthusiasm and excitement about the sudden rise of Jeremy Lin (then of the NBA's New York Knicks) to basketball stardom in 2012.


lead the line

en-verb

lead the line (third-person singular simple present leads the line, present participle leading the line, simple past and past participle led the line)

leads the line (present singular third-person)
leading the line (participle present)
led the line (participle past)
led the line (past)

Andy Carroll is leading the line, with Suarez playing behind him.

Martial, who had been an injury doubt, led the line with strength and positivity.

2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:

(idiomatic, soccer) To play as centre forward.


utility player

(sports) A player who can play more than one position.

(fantasy sports) A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.


blocked shot

(sports) A shot that is grabbed or batted away by an opposing player before it reaches the basket, goal, etc.


centre-forward

(soccer) Alternative form of centre forward


cellar dweller

A publicity stunt has gone horribly wrong for Gold Coast United after the A-League cellar dwellers suspended their coach Miron Bleiberg indefinitely over comments regarding teenager Mitch Cooper's appointment as skipper.

2012 February 16, “Gold Coast United suspend coach”, in ESPN Australia:

Cellar dwellers Gold Coast United will not be turned into a travelling road show to combat poor home support according to the club's owner Clive Palmer.

2012 February 12, “No Travelling Road Show For United”, in Australian four Four Two, archived from the original on 2012-09-05:

2006 November 8, “Defending champs downed by cellar dweller”, in Vancouver Sun:

(US, Canada, Australia, sports) A team at the bottom of a league, or in a lower league.


one-and-done

John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players.

(slang, basketball) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.

(US, informal, sports) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.


crimpy

en-adj

crimpy (comparative more crimpy, superlative most crimpy)

more crimpy (comparative)
most crimpy (superlative)


anticor

anticors (plural)
anticoeur (alternative)
anticore (alternative)

From anti- + Latin cor (“heart”); compare French anticœur.

(obsolete, equestrianism) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.


The Chicago Cubs finished ten games over .500, but still didn't make the playoffs.

(sports) An equal number of wins and losses.


courtcraft

(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.


false flat

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(cycling) A low-gradient climb, usually occurring partway up a steeper climb.


chainstay

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(cycling) Alternative spelling of chain stay.


groupset

The debate about the pros and cons of the groupset has simmered among cyclists since. The argument in favour is that components are manufactured to work efficiently together, while providing a unitary look to a bicycle.

2011, Robert Penn, It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 104:

The makeup of the groupset is another important factor in building a road bike. Groupset is a term for most of the other bits that make up your bicycle—the brakes, shifters, dérailleurs, rear cassette, bottom bracket, chain, cranks and possibly the headset, seatpost and hubs. These components are all lumped together because bicycle manufacturers buy them as a group from one supplier to ease their process of building your bike.

2013, Gavin Wright, Ben Williams, Cycling For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

(cycling) A complete set of matching bicycle drive control components, including brake calipers, cranks, chainrings, bottom bracket, etc.


derny

Borrowed from French derny, named after the French manufacturer of the original derny bicycle, Roger Derny et Fils.

Of course, a familiar sight in a velodrome is the derny, with its characteristic engine sound. Before the cyclists come onto the track, the derny riders perform a few laps to warm up their engines.

2015, Jan Maes, Merckx 69: Celebrating the World's Greatest Cyclist in His Finest Year, A&C Black, →ISBN:

(cycling) A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.


wheelsucker

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(cycling) A rider who sits on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.


unbit

en-verb

unbit (third-person singular simple present unbits, present participle unbitting, simple past and past participle unbitted)

unbits (present singular third-person)
unbitting (participle present)
unbitted (participle past)
unbitted (past)
unbitt (alternative)

(equestrianism, transitive) to remove the bit from (a horse's mouth)


gourdy

en-adj

gourdy (comparative more gourdy, superlative most gourdy)

more gourdy (comparative)
most gourdy (superlative)

Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).

(farriery, of a horse, obsolete) Having swollen legs


Elite Eight

(basketball, US, informal) The eight teams participating in the regional finals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 8 teams have been eliminated.

(basketball, US, informal) The eight teams that advance to the site of the final rounds of the NCAA Division II tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Elite Eight, whether in Division I or II.


double bonus

Colorado was in the double bonus for the last few minutes of the game, but had trouble hitting the free throws.

(basketball) The award of two free throws on any sort of foul when enough fouls have been accumulated.


role player

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat because their team had solid role players like J.J. Barea and Shawn Marion.

(basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.


biffer

(informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.


throw-off

throw-offs (plural)
throwoff (alternative)
throw off (alternative)

When a player of the side having the throw-off at the center, crosses the halfway line ahead of the ball, he is "off-side" and the ball shall be called back for a second throw from a new line five yards back of the halfway line.

1929, American Physical Education Review - Volume 34, page 306:

The teams shall alternate throw-offs at the beginning of each period.

1979, Craig T. Norback, Peter G. Norback, The New American Guide to Athletics, Sports & Recreation, page 222:

Thereafter, throw-offs occur after every goal.

2003, Dorothy Zakrajsek, Lois Carnes, Frank E. Pettigrew, Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, page 574:

When a goal was scored, instead of lining up at their respective ends, the teams took up their positions, the forward lines being three feet from the center of the pond; and when starting the ball the centre forward of the team against whom the goal had been scored had the throw-off, but had to pass to either wing, and not back.

Precise and well-timed throw-offs are essential.

(sports) A throw taken to resume play, such as after a goal or at the start of a period.


countermark

(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.


follow-on

(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.


CFG

City Football Group
w:City Football Group

(soccer) Initialism of City Football Group.


side center

(basketball) A former position in women's basketball that played in the backcourt along with the guards.


ten-strike

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I started to tell him I warn't studying Jeff Middleton, but jest then a lot of whooping bust out in the bowling alley like somebody had made a ten-strike or something, and here come six men busting into the bar whooping and yelling and slapping one of 'em on the back.

1936, Robert E. Howard, Evil Deeds at Red Cougar:

(bowling, dated) A strike; the knocking down of all ten pins with one delivery of the ball.


countertime

en-noun

countertime (countable and uncountable, plural countertimes)

From counter- + time. Compare contretemps.

(equestrianism, obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.


catchweight

They'll break from the gate in full tack with jockeys riding catchweight in silks.

1976 December 3, “Oldtimers race is well received”, in El Paso Herald-Post:

to ride catchweight

(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.


catchweight

There were also races for gentlemen-riders, in whch all the best performers of the day took part. Lord Glamis, afterwards Earl of Strathmore, rode his maiden race there—a catchweight match with Sir Watkin Wynn, a rare bit of fun got up by the officers of the 1st Life Guards.

1874, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes - Volume 25, page 225:

And— He reached the paddock and took up an unobtrusive position at the rail to watch the first race for which a mounted Police bugler had just sounded the “Boot and Saddle.” It was a catchweight sprint for local farmers' ponies.

1934, Ridgwell Cullum, The Flaming Wilderness, page 265:

In a “catchweight" race, no horse is required to carry a specific weight. Instead, each horse may carry what his trainer chooses.

1977, M. Eugene Ensminger, The Complete Encyclopedia of Horses, page 102:

If pressed he would call these catchweight fights, but they were really just demolition without a weigh-in or any formality beyond money changing hands.

2011, Sam Hawken, The Dead Women of Juárez, →ISBN:

At the time he took the pub on, Peter, aged twenty-five, was a catchweight wrestler.

2014, Mervyn Edwards, Stoke on Trent Pubs, →ISBN:

(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.


catchweight

catchweight (countable and uncountable, plural catchweights)

There was an especially good entry, thirty-nine horses, representing twenty-two regiments, being entered in the Light Weight race, which was for horses five years old and upwards, the property of oflicers on full or half pay of the Regular Army, that had not won a race under the recognised rules of steeplechasing in any country, point-to-point races excepted; while eighteen faced the starter in the Welter race, in which the conditions were the same, excepting that the catchweight was 13 st. 7 lb.

1908, Cavalry Journal - Volume 3, page 266:

The fatal difference 'twixt his weight and mine, A second battle should he do this day : Nay, though outmatched I be, let but my mistress Give me the word: instant I'll take him on Here — now — at catchweight.

1911, Archibald Henderson, George Bernard Shaw His Life and Works, page 76:

He was sent in at catchweights against George Chip before his left eye was healed from an old cut.

1984, Lesley Choyce, The Cape Breton Collection, page 84:

The distance was three and threequarter miles, and the conditions briefly—catchweight over 13 stone, all horses to be the property of, and ridden by, an M.P., and no horse to have previously won a steeplechase.

2013, Alfred E. Pease, Hunting Reminiscences, →ISBN:

On May 29, it was announced that the two men had signed to fight at a catchweight of 152 pounds.

2014, Thomas Hauser, Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Science, →ISBN:

(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.


air jacket

air jackets (plural)
airjacket (alternative)

1765, George Alexander Stevens, The Celebrated Lecture on Heads, London: R. Richards, Part 3, p. 16,
[…] our army all should wear a new uniform; all our horse infantry should wear air jackets, and all our foot cavalry should wear cork waistcoats; and then ye know why they’d be all over the sea before you could say Jack Robinson.

Anna Sparks shrugged into her air jacket and slipped her bib over the top of it. There was a time when she'd have felt invincible in the lead-up to the cross-country, especially if she'd posted a personal best of 40.3 to lie third behind David Powell and Sam Tide after the dressage, but today nerves roared through her system like ocean waves, building and crashing.

2014, Lauren St John, The One Dollar Horse:

If a competitor chooses to wear an inflatable air jacket during the cross country phase it must be placed over the top of a body protector, whereas in the other phases/other disciplines the air jacket can be worn without a body protector.

2017, Guy N. Rutty, Essentials of Autopsy Practice, page 94:

(equestrianism) An inflatable vest worn to cushion falls.


disquaire

disquaires (plural)
discaire (alternative)

Borrowed, with a change in meaning, from French disquaire (“record dealer; record shop”).

bor

Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby.

1963 July 5, “The Compleat Virtuosi”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-12-22:

In fact, [Harry] Meyerson had Slim Hyatt, the "disquaire" (disk jockey) at Shepheards, assist him in programming the album.

1964 May 30, Mike Gross, “Deccareques Put Out for Discothequeniks”, in Billboard: The International Music-record Newsweekly, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 1, column 3:

In France, clubs found they didn't need live musicians to get people to dance – just a disquaire who "programmed" dance records and moods for the evening. Such a place had a name too, a discotheque.

2010, Robert Milliken, “Lillian Roxon: Selected Writings”, in Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story, 2nd edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, pages 408–409:

He'd given the albums to the disquaire affiliated with Chez Castel, the popular Parisian discotheque.

2012, William J. Mann, “Spring 1964”, in Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, section 7, page 487:

(dance, music, dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.


163rd game

One game beyond the customary length of the Major League Baseball season, 162 games.

Much to the surprise of both the Red Sox and the Yankees, the Yankees lost. The Red Sox, however, did not. ¶ As a result, baseball's two best teams would be facing each other in a 163rd game. The winner would take on the Kansas City Royals in the league championship series, the prelude to the World Series, […]

2008, Richard Bradley, The Greatest Game, Free Press, →ISBN, page x:

The win-loss percentage is simply the number of games won divided by the total number of games played (the total number of games played is 162 at the end of the regular season). If two teams are tied at the end of the regular season, a 163rd game will be scheduled to break the tie.

2016, Dan Formosa, Paul Hamburger, Baseball Field Guide, 3rd edition, New York: The Experiment, →ISBN, page 18:

After the 162-game season, the Rays and the Rangers were both 91–71 and tied for the second wild-card spot in the AL. That meant a 163rd game was needed to decide who would go to the playoffs.

2023, Luke Hanlon, Tampa Bay Rays, Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, →ISBN, page 29:

(baseball) A one-game playoff between two teams for a playoff spot.


clear one's lines

en-verb

clear one's lines (third-person singular simple present clears one's lines, present participle clearing one's lines, simple past and past participle cleared one's lines)

clears one's lines (present singular third-person)
clearing one's lines (participle present)
cleared one's lines (participle past)
cleared one's lines (past)

The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign.

2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, idiomatic) To clear the ball away from a dangerous position.


pogie

2000 November 12, Merill Hilf, ‘Tis the Season to Layer, Rowing News, page 4,
Pogies are essential for winter rowing, and I also favor sock liners made of wool, silk, or polypropylene worn under a nice thick pair of wool socks. […] A pogie is basically a mitten worn over your hand with a hole in the side for the oar handle.

Pogies are another option for keeping your hands warm, especially in extreme cold. Pogies are sheaths of nylon or neoprene and fleece that fit over the paddle shaft. You place your hands inside them and grip the paddle directly. Although pogies will keep your hands even warmer than gloves, they will not provide any abrasion protection from rocks.

2008, John Lull, Sea Kayaking Safety & Rescue, unnumbered page:

An alternative is pogies: mitts that extend over the hands, wrists, and a portion of the paddle shaft. Once pogies are fitted onto the paddle shaft, kayakers slide their hands into the pogie tube, where they can grasp the paddle. Pogies allow direct hand contact with the paddle while offering protection from wind. Offered in either nylon (sometimes fleece lined) or neoprene, pogies can also provide insulation.

2012, Dan Henderson, Sea Kayaking: Basic Skills, Paddling Techniques, and Expedition Planning, page 27:

(rowing, kayaking) A protective hand covering attached to the oars or paddles while rowing, canoeing or kayaking. They insulate the hands from wind and cold while allowing the bare hands inside to contact the paddle shaft or oar and maintain grip and feel.

(cycling, motorcycling) A protective hand covering, sometimes insulated, attached to handlebars to protect hands from wind and precipitation.


T-stop

(skating) A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a T shape.


T-stop

T-stop (third-person singular simple present T-stops, present participle T-stopping, simple past and past participle T-stopped)

T-stops (present singular third-person)
T-stopping (participle present)
T-stopped (participle past)
T-stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating) To perform a T-stop.


hockey stop

(skating, skiing) A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.


hockey stop

hockey stop (third-person singular simple present hockey stops, present participle hockey stopping, simple past and past participle hockey stopped)

hockey stops (present singular third-person)
hockey stopping (participle present)
hockey stopped (participle past)
hockey stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating, skiing) To perform a hockey stop.


IIHF

/ˈdʌb.əɫˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

/aɪˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

(sports, ice hockey) Initialism of International Ice Hockey Federation.


Serie A

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in Italy.


Ligue 1

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in France.


Bundesliga

(soccer) The German Football Bundesliga (the highest division of professional men's football in Germany)

(soccer) The Austrian Football Bundesliga (the highest division of professional men's football in Austria)


Primeira Liga

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in Portugal.


Eredivisie

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in the Netherlands.


Hibs

Garry O'Connor stabbed Hibs into a third-minute lead from close range and the Edinburgh side deservedly went into the break with their lead intact.

2012 April 14, Clive Lindsay, “Aberdeen 1-2 Hibernian”, in BBC:

(soccer) Hibernian Football Club, a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland.


Dons

Few goals had been expected with the three league meetings between the sides this season having produced one goal - and that a controversial penalty scored by Dons striker Scott Vernon.

(soccer) Aberdeen Football Club, a football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

(soccer) Wimbledon Football Club, a defunct football club based in London.

(soccer) AFC Wimbledon, a football club based in London, founded by the supporters of Wimbledon FC.

(soccer) Milton Keynes Dons F.C., a football club based in Milton Keynes, England.


Caley

(soccer) Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, a football club based in Inverness, Scotland


Killie

(soccer) Kilmarnock Football Club, a football club based in Kilmarnock, Scotland.


Doonhamers

(soccer, informal) Queen of the South Football Club, a football club based in Dumfries, Scotland.


Boro

They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.

1999, Stuart Barnes, “Boro's form keeps failing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:

If, however, Boro let their guard slip, you can bet the Tigers will tear their guests for the day to shreds. In not one game this season have City sat back. Against Middlesbrough it will surely be no different.

2009, Ian Waterstone, Live Through the Dream: The Epic Journey Depicting Hull City's First Ever Season in the Top Flight of English Football, →ISBN, page 124:

Last week, the man from the local paper told the 24-year-old author that in years to come the "Linny", as the pub is known, will feature prominently on "Richard Milward Tours" of Boro.

2009, Caspar Llewellyn Smith, “A night out with the young bard of Boro”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:

(chiefly soccer and Teesside) The town of Middlesbrough, and more specifically Middlesbrough FC football club.

Craig Reid struck the United woodwork, while Boro goalkeeper Chris Day had to tip over a header from his own midfielder Michael Bostwick.

2012 May 11, Chris Osborne, “Stevenage 0-0 Sheff Utd”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) Stevenage Football Club, a football team from Stevenage formerly known as Stevenage Borough Football Club


serve up

serve up (third-person singular simple present serves up, present participle serving up, simple past and past participle served up)

serves up (present singular third-person)
serving up (participle present)
served up (participle past)
served up (past)

He thought he was about to score, but he served it up to the other team.

West served up another fungo pass which Ulrichs flagrantly stole from Minisi on the 4.

1946 September 13, Lee A Gould, “Princeton 17, Pennsylvania 14”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 47:

Livan Hernandez each allowed a major league-high 34 home runs; they were among the 605 different pitchers who served up long balls in 2007.

2007, Bryan Tsao, Carolina Bolado, Joe Distelheim, The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008, →ISBN, page 172:

Messi was caught in possession by Frank Lampard, who released Ramires, and the reliable Brazilian served up the perfect cross for Drogba to sweep a left-footed finish past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, sports) To pitch, throw, serve, or kick a ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted.


time added on

Incredibly, all three of Chelsea's goals in the tie were scored in time added on, while Barcelona enjoyed 72% of possession in both legs.

2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:


safe pair of hands

en-noun

safe pair of hands (plural safe pairs of hands)

His fielding in the outfield in the early part of his career impressed me, if anything, more than his batting or bowling, for he was a beautiful thrower. ... He could run like a deer and had a very safe pair of hands.

1919 Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham; quoted in eds Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home; George Harris, 4th Baron Harris; Sir Home Gordon, Bt. The Memorial biography of Dr. W.G. Grace (London, M.C.C.) p.34

A Safe Pair Of Hands [section title] The stand-off half who hasn't hands like a good fielder in the slips had better change his position, for he is comparatively useless if he cannot take all sorts and conditions of passes, and, in nearly every case, whilst well under way.

1922, D. R. Gent, Rugby Football, London: Allen, page 75:

(sports) The ability to catch and keep hold of (the ball, etc.)


farm team

A reference to the fact that many minor league teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were in small towns in rural areas.

(sports, slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.

farmerhold

minor league team concerned with player development


take a knee

en-verb

take a knee (third-person singular simple present takes a knee, present participle taking a knee, simple past took a knee, past participle taken a knee)

takes a knee (present singular third-person)
taking a knee (participle present)
took a knee (past)
taken a knee (participle past)
take the knee (alternative)

The N.F.L. estimates that number could rise to 30 percent, but special-teams coaches say at least 40 percent of kickoffs will end with the returner taking a knee in the end zone.

2011 August 6, Judy Battista, “Take a Knee or Take a Risk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(American football, Canadian football) Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.


18-yard box

Falcao, who scored the only goal in last season's Europa League final as Porto beat Braga, received the ball halfway between the six- and 18-yard boxes.

2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:


stepover

Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped, giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner.


thick wind

(archaic, equestrianism, patholgy) A defect of respiration in a horse, not associated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.


polesitter

polesitters (plural)
pole-sitter (alternative)
pole sitter (alternative)

(motor racing) A driver placed in pole position.


NFC

Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).

compound

National Football Conference
w:National Football Conference

(American football) Initialism of National Football Conference.


screwback

(snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.

There he was three into the bunker and bogey for the hole was four, and making up his mind to lay the ball dead, he took his niblick and executed a beautiful screwback shot which landed within a foot of the pin, rolled to the edge of the hole, and there stopped dead, doubtless owing to the eternally damned influence of the aforesaid cloven hoofprint.

2014, Margaret Irwin, These Mortals, →ISBN:

(golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.


PTWC

(disability, sports) Initialism of para-triathlon wheelchair classification.


top-rope

(climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.


top-rope

en-verb

top-rope (third-person singular simple present top-ropes, present participle top-roping, simple past and past participle top-roped)

top-ropes (present singular third-person)
top-roping (participle present)
top-roped (participle past)
top-roped (past)

(climbing) To belay from a fixed anchor point above the climber.


German wheel

First is the German Wheel, two metal hoops six feet in circumference, joined at six points. Inside, gymnast Chris Lashua rolls, turns and spins through a series of gravity-defying somersaults and acrobatics.

1997 February, “Big Top For Your Head”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 36:

(circus arts) An apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars.

roue allemande

An apparatus made of two large rings joined by a set of parallel bars.


put someone through their paces

put<,,put> (someone) through (their) paces

put (someone) through (their) paces (third-person singular simple present puts (someone) through (their) paces, present participle putting (someone) through (their) paces, simple past and past participle put (someone) through (their) paces)

put through paces (canonical)
puts (someone) through (their) paces (present singular third-person)
putting (someone) through (their) paces (participle present)
put (someone) through (their) paces (participle past)
put (someone) through (their) paces (past)

She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse.

1916, Vance Barnum, Joe Strong on the Trapeze:

(literally, equestrianism) To direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.


TTS

en-noun

TTS (countable and uncountable, plural TTSs)

time to surface
w:Decompression theory#Time to surface

(underwater diving) Initialism of time to surface.


victory lap

2012 Summer Olympics
Gladys Tejeda
Nastassia Staravoitava
Rasa Drazdauskaitė
Sviatlana Kouhan
Ümmü Kiraz

(sports) A celebratory extra lap of the race track taken after the conclusion of a race.


close season

close season (countable and uncountable, plural close seasons)

close seasons (plural)
closed season (alternative)

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(sports) The time of year when no competition takes place.


chicken salad air

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(snowboarding) A trick in which the boarder reaches the trailing hand back between the legs and grabs the heel edge of the board between the feet.


grasscutter

(baseball, cricket) Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”)


crampet

crampets (plural)
crampette (alternative)
crampit (alternative)

(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.


trimix

trimix (countable and uncountable, plural trimixes)

(underwater diving) A mixture of helium, nitrogen, and oxygen used in deep diving as a breathing gas instead of air.


LBF

(boxing) Initialism of Luxembourg Boxing Federation.


group of death

Calque of Spanish grupo de la muerte. Coined before or during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

(sports slang) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.

مَجْمُوعَة الْمَوْت

a group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive


thread the needle

en-verb

thread the needle (third-person singular simple present threads the needle, present participle threading the needle, simple past and past participle threaded the needle)

threads the needle (present singular third-person)
threading the needle (participle present)
threaded the needle (participle past)
threaded the needle (past)

(skydiving) To fly through a narrow gap; typically using a wingsuit.


bisk

(sports) Alternative form of bisque (“extra turn”)


yellow hammer

Watching the ballgame today someone broke off a real good curve and I said, "That was a real yellow hammer."

Williams, getting steady doses of Koufax's "yellow hammer," struck out looking at a curve, Sandy's fifth K.

2004, Michael Coffey, 27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games, updated edition, page 106

“Bastard curveball” is one of several names in baseball for a virtually unhittable curve that breaks so sharply it qualifies as yet another marvel of physics. Yakker. Bowel-locker. Yellow hammer. Take your pick.

2006, John Schuerholz, Larry Guest, Built to Win: Inside Stories And Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM:

"[…]I know my baseball, and this kid was a beast. His fastball was okay, a cutter in the low nineties, but it was his dirty deuce that was outright nasty.”
DeBorn frowned. “Dirty deuce?”
“You know—the dirty yellow hammer . . . the yakker. Public enemy number two. A breaking ball, Bert! This kid had a breaking ball that was like hitting a lead shot put[…]"

2010, Steve Alten, Grim Reaper: End of Days, page 125:

(baseball) A curve ball, especially a breaking curve that is particularly difficult to hit.


slackline

From slack + line. The verb is a back-formation from slacklining.

(forestry, mining, sports) A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.


slackline

slackline (third-person singular simple present slacklines, present participle slacklining, simple past and past participle slacklined)

slacklines (present singular third-person)
slacklining (participle present)
slacklined (participle past)
slacklined (past)

(sports) To engage in the sport of slacklining.


dead zone

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(sports, gridiron football) Part of the field, entered by a player when they are on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.


ABs

(rugby) All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team.


ground ball with eyes

en-noun

ground ball with eyes (plural ground balls with eyes)

From the metaphor that the ball has eyes, allowing it to avoid the infielders.

(idiomatic, baseball, humorous) A weakly hit ground ball that barely evades the infielders.


disc golf

(sports) A sport (game) in which players take turns to throw a disc (“frisbee”) on a course to eventually reach a goal (target, netting) attempting to reach the target, and then hit it with as few throws as possible. An analogue of golf using a disc (frisbee) instead of a ball, and throws instead of swings of golf clubs.


home and hosed

(Australia, New Zealand, horseracing, figurative) Assured of winning.


freeride

en-verb

freeride (third-person singular simple present freerides, present participle freeriding, simple past freerode, past participle freeridden)

freerides (present singular third-person)
freeriding (participle present)
freerode (past)
freeridden (participle past)

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(sports) To take part in a sport, such as skiing or snowboarding, on natural terrain and without set goals or rules.


freeride

(cycling) A form of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking and dirt jumping, focused on tricks, style, and technical trail features.


lucky loser

(sports) A player who loses in the final round of qualifying for a tournament, and who subsequently enters the tournament after the withdrawal of another competitor, e.g. due to injury.


abhinaya

Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya, “acting, dramatic action”).

translit

(dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.

abhinaya

use of the face and hands in Indian dancing


double-break

double-breaks (plural)
double break (alternative)

In the seventh game of the deciding set, one backhand came in at a thundering 99mph – this was followed by a lightening forehand return from Nadal's next serve to make it 30-love. A double-break would have left Nadal with no out-clause, but he clung on to pull the score back to 4-3.

2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:

(tennis) In a set, an advantage equivalent to two breaks of serve.


pip to the post

en-verb

pip to the post (third-person singular simple present pips to the post, present participle pipping to the post, simple past and past participle pipped to the post)

pips to the post (present singular third-person)
pipping to the post (participle present)
pipped to the post (participle past)
pipped to the post (past)
pip at the post (alternative)

"Pipped to the post: What happens to famous athletes who just miss a place on the podium?" (end of the title) A place on the podium can be missed by tiny fractions – and finish a career. Simon Usborne talks to some famous Olympian losers about the moment their dream ended.

2012 June 23, Simon Usborne, The Independent, article title:

(idiomatic, sports) To overcome a strong competitor in a sporting event, especially by gaining a small advantage at the last decisive moment.


redoublement

en-noun

redoublement (countable and uncountable, plural redoublements)


red dog

red dog (countable and uncountable, plural red dogs)

(countable, US, American football) A blitz.


red dog

en-verb

red dog (third-person singular simple present red dogs, present participle red dogging, simple past and past participle red dogged)

red dogs (present singular third-person)
red dogging (participle present)
red dogged (participle past)
red dogged (past)


stoater

El Hakim's party won a mere trifle, but stood what poor Captain Scott was wont to term "a stoater" on Merlin, a good but uncertain horse, who had "lost" him in the trial at home.

1858, The Irish metropolitan magazine, page 117:

Owners back their horses for such “stoaters,” in short distance races, where a start is everything, that, in too many cases, woe betide the backs and pockets of the lads if they do not jump off in a twinkling.

1860, Sporting Magazine - Volume 36, page 306:

When it was known before starting the sum Lord Portsmouth stood on his filly, there was a perfect furore to back her, as a pony would be ' a perfect stoater ' for him ; and his commission, it was understood, considerably exceeded that sum.

1863, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes - Volume 5, page 96:

(Scotland, Ireland, horse racing) A horse that wins against the odds.


cyclosportive

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(cycling) An organised, mass-participation cycling event, often held annually.


flatbow

(archery) a bow with non-recurved, flat, relatively wide limbs that are approximately rectangular in cross-section.


composite bow

(archery) a bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together.


capology

Caps create a pseudoscience, "capology," where it seems that everyone tries to avoid it.

2005, Walter T. Champion, Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials, page 188:

The 'Team Payroll Range System" and the "upper limit" now require skilled "capology" as managers must calculate the "payroll room" available at particular times, familiarize themselves with the detailed accounting rules that deal with the averaging of payments and comply with other linits on compensation.

2010, John Barnes, The law of hockey, page 403:

The leaders of our capology division were our president, Bob Vander Weide, who has an extremely acute financial mind, player personnel director John Gabriel, and director of finance Scott Herring.

2014, Pat Williams, Ahead of the Game: The Pat Williams Story:

(US, business sports) The study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.


caponomics

(US, business sports) The economics of salary caps.


play to win

to play to win (third-person singular simple present plays to win, present participle playing to win, simple past and past participle played to win)

to play to win (canonical)
plays to win (present singular third-person)
playing to win (participle present)
played to win (participle past)
played to win (past)

"[W]e just got totally outplayed. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose."

1992 June 6, Clifton Brown, “Basketball: Blazers Beat Bulls in Overtime to Even Series”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-07-29:

(sports) To play in an especially competitive, committed manner, focused intently on winning.


AAF

Alliance of American Football
w:Alliance of American Football

(American football) Initialism of Alliance of American Football.


A.A.U.

Amateur Athletic Union
w:Amateur Athletic Union

(US, sports) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Union; also AAU.


shot clock

(basketball) A timer measuring the length of time since the last shot.

Top tennis stars will come under a 25-second shot clock in grand slam tournaments starting at the Australian Open in January.

2017 November 17 "Shot clock introduced for all Grand Slams" RTÉ, Ireland

(tennis) A countdown of the time remaining within which the current server must serve the ball.

(ice hockey) A counter of the total shots on net for a team in a game; or average shots on net per unit time for a game.


armstand

(diving) A dive from a platform that starts from the hands.


penalty throw

(handball) A free throw taken by an attacker from 7 metres away, defended by the goalkeeper.


Morisco

Moriscos (plural)
Moriscoes (plural)
Moresco (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish morisco (“Moorish”), from moro (“Moor”).

Your wit skips a morisco; but, by the brightest spangle of tire, I vouchsafe you entire unaffected favour.

1601, John Marston, What You Will, act 4, scene 1:

I have seen / Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, / Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells.

1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 3, scene 1:


golden slam

(tennis, golf) Winning all four major championships (a grand slam) plus an Olympic gold medal.

calendar golden slam

inning all these in a calendar year or a single season

career golden slam

winning all these in the course of a career

non-calendar golden slam

holding all these as reigning champion all at one time, not in the course of one year/season, but spread over two


Olympiad

Olympiads (plural)
Ol. (alternative)
olympiad (alternative)

Hadrian
International Mathematical Olympiad
Olympiad
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
inclusive counting

From the plural forms Olimpiades, Olympiades, and Olympiadiz of Middle English Olimpias and Olympias (“ancient Olympic Games, 4-year period between these games, intense battle or competition”) from Middle French Olympiade and Old French Olympiade (“ancient Olympic games, 4-year period between these games”), from Latin Olympias (“4-year period between Olympic Games”) whose genitive form was Olympiados or Olympiadis), from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐᾰ́ς (Olumpĭắs, “ancient Olympic Games, 4-year period between these games”) whose plural form was Ὀλυμπῐᾰ́δες (Olumpĭắdes), from Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ (Olumpĭ́ā, “Olympia”), the town in ancient Greece where the games were held, + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, a suffix forming feminine adjectives or nouns), from either Ὀλῠ́μπῐος (Olŭ́mpĭos, “of or related to Mount Olympus, Olympian, the Olympian Zeus”) or Ὄλῠμπος (Ólŭmpos, “Mount Olympus”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
The use of olympiad for academic competitions aspiring to the level of the Olympic Games was first popularized by the International Mathematical Olympiad, a calque of its Romanian name Olimpiada Internațională de Matematică.

Olimpiade

period between celebrations of the ancient or modern Olympic Games

olympiade

celebration of the ancient or modern Olympic Games

Victors at the ancient Olympiads only won an olive wreath but were usually freed from paying taxes for the remainder of their life, but modern Olympians have frequently needed to pay taxes on the market value of their gold, silver, or bronze medals.

It was their [the priests of Jupiter Olympius's] Buſineſs, alſo not only to regiſter the Names of the Victors in the ſeveral Games, with other Matters relating to them, but alſo whatever occurr'd remarkable, during the Intervals between the Celebration of every Olympiad.

1707, Thomas Hind, “Book II. The Second Period, from the Taking of Troy, to the Battle of Marathon, Containing the Space of 700 Years.”, in The History of Greece. […], London: […] S. and J. Sprint, A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, Tim[othy] Childe, and Rob[ert] Knaplock, →OCLC, page 124:

Strabo […] makes Corœbus the firſt Victor at the firſt Olympiad of Iphitus; who, he ſaies, was the Reſtorer of them. This Olympiad was in the Year before Chriſt 776.

1752, John Jackson, “Of the Origin and Æra of Oracles. [Of the Institution of the Olympic Games.]”, in Chronological Antiquities: Or, The Antiquities and Chronology of the Most Ancient Kingdoms, from the Creation of the World, for the Space of Five Thousand Years. […], volume III, London: Printed for the author; and sold by J. Noon, […], →OCLC, page 340:

The noble and free citizens of Epidaphne being, as they declare, well satisfied of the faith, valor, wisdom, and divinity of their king, […] do think it no more than their duty to invest his brows (in addition to the poetic crown) with the wreath of victory in the foot race—a wreath which it is evident he must obtain at the celebration of the next Olympiad, and which, therefore, they now give him in advance.

1840, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “Epimanes”, in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, published 1840, →OCLC, pages 16–17:

After the distribution of the prizes, the athletes formed for the traditional procession around the Stadion. Louës [i.e., Spyridon Louis], the victor of Marathon, came first, bearing the Greek flag; then the Americans, the Hungarians, the French, the Germans. […] The king announced that the first Olympiad was at an end, and left the Stadion, the band playing the Greek national hymn, and the crowd cheering.

1896 November, Pierre de Coubertin, “The Olympic Games of 1896. […]”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume XXXI (New Series; volume LIII overall), number 1, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, page 50:

[I]t is the intention of the management of the exposition to make the Olympiad of 1904 the greatest ever held. The first of these modern Olympiads—which are the reproduction of the famous games of Ancient Greece—was held at Athens in 1896, when an American astonished the world by winning the discus-throwing championship. […] The representatives of athletics in America propose that nothing shall be left undone to make this first American Olympiad a phenomenal success.

1903 November 20, “Olympic Games”, in Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Statement Showing the Receipts and Disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company from Date of Incorporation to September 30, 1903, together with a Report Submitted by the Exposition Company Showing Progress Made by the Various Departments of the Exposition (58th Congress, 1st Session, document no. 12), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 58:

1950 marks the twilight of one of the greatest eras of California crew history. Many of the graduating crew men were in the jayvee Poughkeepsie winning boat in 1947; the next year these same men rowed to the eight-oared championship in the 14th Olympiad in England.

1950, “[Athletics] 1950 Varsity”, in Blue and Gold 1950, volume 77, Berkeley, Calif.: Associated Students of the University of California, →OCLC, page 234:

(sports, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Olympic Games: an instance of the ancient or modern Olympic Games.


no-mark

(athletics) A score in athletics having after having not set a valid ground marking in a distance measurement. A score of 0 metres, resulting from faulting/fouling out of competition.


no-mark

en-verb

no-mark (third-person singular simple present no-marks, present participle no-marking, simple past and past participle no-marked)

no-marks (present singular third-person)
no-marking (participle present)
no-marked (participle past)
no-marked (past)
no mark (alternative)

(athletics) To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-mark (no distance), by failing to make a valid ground mark from an attempt, and fouling/faulting out of competition.


hot hand

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who makes a series of successful shots in a game.


body line

en-noun

body line (countable and uncountable, plural body lines)

(cricket) The bodyline style of bowling.


fumblerooski

From fumble + -roo (as in switcheroo) + -ski?

(American football) A trick play wherein the quarterback deliberately places or leaves the ball on the ground upon receiving it from the center, technically fumbling it, after which the backs run to the right, deceiving the defense into following them, while the right guard picks up the ball and runs to the left.


trick play

trick play (countable and uncountable, plural trick plays)

(American football) A play in American football that uses deception and unorthodox strategies to fool the opposing team.