kainahineri

Borrowed from Japanese 腕捻り, literally "two-handed arm twist down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker locks one of his opponent's arms with both arms, then twists him down.


kakenage

Borrowed from Japanese 掛け投げ, literally hooking inner thigh throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker hooks one leg under those of his opponent, raises the hooked leg up and back forcing the opponent up and over.


kakezori

Borrowed from Japanese 掛け反り, literally "hooking backwards body drop".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker, with his head under one of his opponent's arms, takes an inside grip on the opponent's mawashi and twists him over a leg while driving his head into the opponent's side to force him over backwards.


katasukashi

Borrowed from Japanese 肩透かし, meaning under-shoulder swing down.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down by placing his hands on the opponent's shoulder blade (one inside and one outside) and pulling him down and forward while backing away.


faker

faker: A friendly track acting as a hostile for exercise purposes. (STANAG 1241)

2011, APP-6C: NATO Joint Military Symbology, page 555:

(military, by extension) A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.


kawazugake

Borrowed from Japanese 河津掛け, literally hooking backward counter throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his opponent's leg from the inside, pulls it forward and across his own body, taking him over backwards.


kekaeshi

Borrowed from Japanese 蹴返し, literally "minor inner foot sweep".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps his opponent's leg from under him by kicking it from the inside; often accompanied by a slap on the back.


ketaguri

Borrowed from Japanese 蹴手繰り, literally pulling inside ankle sweep.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker leaps aside at the tachiai and sweeps his opponent's front leg from the inside while slapping the shoulder or pulling the arm.


kimedashi

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks the opponent's arms by wrapping his own arms round them from the outside, then grabs one of the wrists and pulls up and in and then swings or marches his opponent backwards and out. An arm-barring force-out.


kimetaoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 極め倒し, literally "arm barring force down".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks his opponent's arms from the outside then forces him down by throwing his weight on top of him


kirikaeshi

Borrowed from Japanese 切り返し, literally "twisting backward knee trip".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker puts his knee behind his opponent's leg then twists him backwards over the knee.


fall in

en-verb

fall in (third-person singular simple present falls in, present participle falling in, simple past fell in, past participle fallen in)

falls in (present singular third-person)
falling in (participle present)
fell in (past)
fallen in (participle past)

His men resumed their muskets and fell in.

1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 68:

(intransitive, military) Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.

järjestyä riviin

military: to get into position in a rank


bascule

A device for coupling and releasing the trigger mechanism in a bascule of a gun

1997, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:

(firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.


komatasukui

Borrowed from Japanese 小股掬い, meaning "over thigh scooping body drop".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker attempts to throw his opponent and, when the opponent steps forward to defend himself, the attacker grabs his leg, near the thigh, and pulls upward driving the opponent over backwards.


koshinage

Borrowed from Japanese 腰投げ, literally "hip throw".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker turns his opponent while pulling him onto his hips then straightens his knees and throws him over and onto his back


kotehineri

Borrowed from Japanese 小手捻り, literally armlocking twist down.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker locks his opponents arm at the biceps then twists him around and down.


kotenage

Borrowed from Japanese 小手投げ, literally armlock throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker wraps his arm around that of his opponent and, when it is locked near the elbow, turning away from him.


logistics

Antoine-Henri Jomini
Baron de Jomini
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
maréchal des logis

From French logistique, coined or popularized 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis (“lodging place”), in phrases maréchal des logis (“marshall of lodging”) (see maréchal des logis), major-général des logis (“major-general of lodging”). Possibly influenced by existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin; see logistic.

(military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.

ти́лова слу́жба

military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation


ironclad

About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 178:

(military) An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.


kubihineri

Borrowed from Japanese 首捻り, literally head twisting throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker wraps one hand around his opponent's neck and grips his arm with the other; he then forces his opponent down by twisting his neck.


kubinage

kubinage (plural)
kubi nage (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 首投げ (“neck throw”).

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker wraps one arm around his opponent's neck then turns and throws him.


makiotoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 巻き落とし, meaning "twist down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker throws his opponent by twisting him towards his own inside hand.


mitokorozeme

From Japanese 三所攻め (mi-tokoro-zeme, literally “attacking three places”).

bor

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker attempts an inside leg trip with one leg, tries to pull the other out from under him, and drives his head into the opponent's stomach so as to force him out backwards. A triple attack force out.


IDF

Iceland Defense Force
w:Iceland Defense Force

(military) Initialism of Iceland Defense Force.

Irish Defence Forces
w:Irish Defence Forces

(military) Initialism of Irish Defence Forces.

The IDF spokesperson provided no comment on whether it had halted the practice, or the reported use of white phosphorus in Gaza, a densely populated area and home to more than 2 million people.

2023 October 9, Ruth Michaelson, Ben Doherty, “Israel ‘going on the offensive’ after retaking territories overrun by Hamas”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Israel Defense Forces
w:Israel Defense Forces

(military) Initialism of Israel Defense Forces.


charger

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/

-ɑː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)

From Middle English chargere, equivalent to charge + -er.

dækketallerken

a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting

The knight rode a white charger.

My centuria slept in one of the stables, under the stone mangers where the names of the cavalry chargers were still inscribed.

1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

(historical, military) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier).

(firearms) A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.


nichonage

Borrowed from Japanese 二丁投げ, literally "body drop throw".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker places a leg in front of his opponent's leg, at the knee, then sweeps back with his leg and pulls the opponent forward over the leg.


bourrelet

The bourrelet is a slightly raised surface on the rocket designed to maintain a light contact with the inside of the launching tube to center the rocket when fired.

2019, Thomas Gersbeck, Practical Military Ordnance Identification, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 111:

(firearms, weaponry) An accurately machined portion around the diameter of a shell of a gun, which acts to increase accuracy of projectile fit to the barrel.


buddy store

(military) An external fuel tank that is loaded on the bomb rack on military aircraft, having hose-and-drogue equipment for aerial refuelling.


sarin

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Named after the initials of its creators, Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), Ambros, Rüdiger and Van der Linde.

The health minister in Turkey, which treated many of the attack's victims and conducted autopsies on others, said test results conducted on victims confirmed sarin gas was used.

2017 April 12, Samuel Osborne, “Vladimir Putin says US-Russia relations are worse since Donald Trump took office”, in The Independent:

Because Syria was not a signatory of the Chemical Weapons Convention, there was no international mechanism to ascribe responsibility for the attack, although UN inspectors did conclude that sarin had been deployed.

2022 April 17, Scott Lucas, “When Will There Be Justice Over Assad’s Sarin Attacks?”, in EA WorldView:

Trostianets mayor Yuriy Bova said officials had discovered traces of the deadly substance sarin and other chemical substances. Sarin is a clear and odourless substance that is classed as a potentially lethal nerve agent.

2022 April 18, Paul Withers, “Putin chemical weapon horror: Ukrainian mayor says 'remains' of sarin found after retreat”, in Daily Express:

(toxicology, military) The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.


nimaigeri

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker kicks away the opponent's ankle while throwing or twisting him onto his side.


okuridashi

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out from behind.


okurigake

From Japanese 送り掛け, meaning "rear leg trip".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his legs behind one of his opponent's and pulls it towards himself from behind, toppling his opponent forward.


okurihikiotoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 送り引き落とし, meaning "rear pull down".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent and pulls him down while backing away


okurinage

Borrowed from Japanese 送り投げ, literally "rear throw down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent and throws him forward or to the side and down.


okuritaoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 送り倒し, literally "rear push down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down from behind.


okuritsuridashi

Borrowed from Japanese 送り吊り出し, literally rear lift out.

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent, lifts him up and carries him out of the ring


okuritsuriotoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 送り吊り落とし, meaning "rear lifting body slam".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent then lifts him up and slams him down.


requisition

en-noun

requisition (countable and uncountable, plural requisitions)

/ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/

From Middle English requisicion, from Old French requisicion, from Medieval Latin requisitio. By surface analysis, requisit(e) + -ion.

It was the policy of the American army to procure voluntary labor whenever possible, but a sufficient number of volunteers was frequently not obtainable. In such cases, a requisition for additional labor was served on German civil officials.

1943, American Military Government of Occupied Germany, 1918-1920, page 199:

First, a civilian settlement is not a “need of the occupying army” for which requisition is permitted.

2002, David Kretzmer, The Occupation of Justice, page 77:

To the extent the law of occupation permits the confiscation or requisition of property, taking control of cyber infrastructure or systems is likewise permitted.

2017, Michael N. Schmitt, Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, page 549:

(military) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.


detachment

detachment (countable and uncountable, plural detachments)

From French détachement. By surface analysis, detach + -ment.

(uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.

Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracels dated back at least to the early 19th century, when Emperor Gia-Long sent a detachment to Hoang Sa Island, it remained until the establishment of French protectorate over Annam, when France assumed responsibility for the islands.

1958, A. V. H. Hartendorp, History of Industry and Trade of the Philippines: The Magsaysay Administration, →OCLC, page 218:

(countable, military) The unit so dispatched.

(countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.


casement

(military) Occasionally seen as a usage error due to the similarity of the words: A casemate.


debouch

From French déboucher (de + bouche (“mouth”)), modelled on Italian sboccare.

To prevent another demonstration of this character, and to insure a debouch on the south bank of the James, it became necessary to occupy Coggin's Point, which was done on the 3d, and the enemy driven back towards Petersburg.

1887, George B. McClellan, McClellan's Own Story:

(military) A fortress at the end of a defile.


drop kick

drop kicks (plural)
drop-kick (alternative)

1933 April 22 Jumping Joe Savoldi publicity article
AND ON JOE'S DROP KICK THEY DROP - !

Joe was unable to return to the ring after missing a flying dropkick

1933 May 16, 10,000 FANS SEE LEWIS WIN FIFTH WRESTLING TITLE:

At no time did Savoldi attempt to employ the new attack that he calls "drop-kick." Once he offended the rules by using a flying tackle

1933 May 18, JOE SAVOLDI WINS MAT BOUT IN PHILADELPHIA:

1937 SAVOLDI'S DROP KICK
Easily the most spectacular match-winner of this season is Joe Savoldi's drop kick. It will be easily understood from this picture why "when they are kicked they stay kicked." After a man is stunned by the kick it is an easy matter for Savoldi to body press a fall.

Joe Savoldi, perhaps the originator of the dropkick, used to have a glorious crop of curls

1949, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OLD-TIME FAVOURITES?:

2008 William Shatner Shatner On His Star Trek Signature Drop Kick 2 minutes 28 seconds Official William Shatner Page
okay, I'll just go out and my dropkick: raise the right hand, right leg, and then I had this flash of reality. Newton's law is equal force meets equal force, whatever that thing is, everything is equal, and I realize in a dropkick when you go up in the air like that, any force you push is hardly any force at all. The reality is, a dropkick has no significance whatsoever, only on the stuntman, that reels back.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A kick to the opponent made by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.


Robin Hood

/ˌɹɒbɪn ˈhʊd/

From Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.

(archery, informal) Short for Robin Hood shot.


DSO

Distinguished Service Order
w:Distinguished Service Order

(UK, military) Initialism of Distinguished Service Order.


omata

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's leg from the inside and lifts it up and backwards, driving his body into that of the defender, forcing him over onto his back. A thigh scooping body drop.


osakate

Borrowed from Japanese 大逆手, literally backward twisting overarm throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker, grappling near the edge, bends backwards and swings his opponent around and out.


oshidashi

Borrowed from Japanese 押し出し, literally "frontal push out".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker pushes his opponent out of the ring, maintaining hand contact at all times


oshitaoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 押し倒し, meaning frontal push down.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pushed his opponent backwards and over.


subaltern

From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.

She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux ; and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow ; a mere nobody sir a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind.

1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:

As a subaltern of 24, Neave was captured in the defence of Calais in May 1940.

2003 February 20, Ciar Byrne, “Colditz: remade with love”, in The Guardian:

(British, military) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.


goffer

(UK, naval slang) soft drink; non-alcoholic drink


beat up

en-verb

beat up (third-person singular simple present beats up, present participle beating up, simple past beat up, past participle beaten up or (US colloquial) beat up)

beats up (present singular third-person)
beating up (participle present)
beat up (past)
beaten up (participle past)
beat up (US colloquial participle past)
beat-up (alternative)

(military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.


beat up

These hit-and-run LRDG attacks — “beat-ups,” the patrols were beginning to call them — continued, and added to the enemy's mounting difficulties.

1987, John W. Gordon, The Other Desert War: British Special Forces in North Africa, 1940-1943, page 86:

An act of beating up:
(UK, military slang) A raid.


fall out

fall out (third-person singular simple present falls out, present participle falling out, simple past fell out, past participle fallen out)

falls out (present singular third-person)
falling out (participle present)
fell out (past)
fallen out (participle past)

(military, intransitive, literally) To leave one's place in the current formation of ranks in order to take one's place in a new formation.

The company fell out for an artillery drill.

(military, intransitive, figuratively) To leave one's current location to report for duty at a new location.


sakatottari

Borrowed from Japanese 逆とったり, literally arm bar throw counter.

(sumo) A kimarite, counter to a tottari, in which the attacker frees the arm being barred and forces his opponent to fall forward.


no joy

(military) Unable to establish visual or radio contact with a target aircraft.


terminally

en-adv

terminally (comparative more terminally, superlative most terminally)

more terminally (comparative)
most terminally (superlative)

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terminally guided

(military, of missile guidance) To the target.


manchette

(fencing) A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand.


sabreur

(fencing) A fencer who fights with a sabre.


lamé

en-noun

lamé (countable and uncountable, plural lamés)

(fencing, countable) The electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers.


black card

(sports) A penalty card issued by an official in several sports for infractions.

(fencing) The most severe of penalties, which results in the fencer being expelled from the match.


attack au fer

(fencing) An attack on the opponent's blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure


meatball surgery

meatball surgery (usually uncountable, plural meatball surgeries)

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Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968).

(surgery, military, colloquial) Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.


diamond cutter

(professional wrestling) A professional wrestling move in which the wrestler takes the opponent's neck and drops them to the mat.


Thompson

Thompsons (plural)
Tompson (alternative)
Tomson (alternative)
Thomson (alternative)
Thomason (alternative)
Thomasson (alternative)

Variant of Thomson, from Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“McTavish”); also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas".

calque

Thompson submachine gun
Thompson submachine gun#English

(firearms) Ellipsis of Thompson submachine gun (“Tommy gun”).


liement

(fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent's blade into the diagonally opposite line, (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.


coulé

(fencing) An attacking or feinting movement where the blade slides continuously along the opponent’s blade.


counter-parry

(fencing) A parry that is done to defend against an opponent's parry and riposte.

(fencing) (often: contra-) A circular parry; one that moves in a circle to end up in the opposite position from which it started.


counter-time

(fencing) An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack.


coup d'arret

(fencing) A counter-attack that attempts to take advantage of an uncertain attack


croisé

Borrowed from French croisé. Doublet of cruciate.

(fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade


derobement

derobements (plural)
dérobement (alternative)

(fencing) An avoidance of the opponent's attempt to take the blade or beat, performed with a straight sword arm.


disengage

/ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.

(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry


envelopment

en-noun

envelopment (countable and uncountable, plural envelopments)

(military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.

(fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.


false attack

(fencing) An attack that is intended to miss or fall short, so as to produce a reaction from the opponent. Also called a false action.


moulinet

moulinets (plural)
mouline (alternative)

French moulinet, diminutive of moulin (“a mill”).

(fencing, chiefly sabre) A circular cut, often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut.


ballestra

(fencing) A very rapid attack made by a jump forward and lunge.


airhead

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.

compound

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The only difference between an airhead and a beachhead is that an airhead covers 360 degrees whereas a beachhead usually covers 180 degrees. An airhead is two beachheads back to back with the reinforcements and resupply coming by air instead of by sea. [...] [T]o handle their mountainous proportions there must be in the airhead a sufficient number of trained and equipped airhead service troops.

1946 December, James M[aurice] Gavin, “Airborne Armies of the Future: Part One”, in Infantry Journal: A Magazine for the Ground Combat Forces, volume LIX, number 6, Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24:

In another war airheads will be more important than beachheads. Neither one will work unless we can keep it adequately supplied. The successful combat air force will require a huge transport fleet for air lift.

1948 August 28, W. B. Courtney, “Air Transport: The Answer to Air Power”, in Walter Davenport, editor, Collier’s, volume 22, number 9, Springfield, Oh.: Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, subtitle, page 26:

The initial airhead may in fact be a series of smaller airheads which, after landing, join up in combat structure as mutually supporting in a tactical sense.

1957, Army, volume 8, Arlington, Va.: Association of the United States Army, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27:

The French quickly massed a division-sized force of airborne soldiers within the airhead. During the 55-day siege, over 4,000 reinforcements were parachuted into Dien Bien Phu.

1990 April, Robert H. Scales, Jr., “The First Indochina War”, in Firepower in Limited War, Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, →ISBN, page 54:

Following the success of this raid, [Orde] Wingate realised that transport aircraft in radio contact with troops on the ground had revolutionised jungle warfare. He advocated a total restructuring of the Allied offensive so that instead of an overland advance, it would seize airheads and leapfrog forward by air to Hanoi, in Indochina.

2007, David Isby, “CBI 1942–44”, in C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI (Osprey Combat Aircraft; 66), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

He [Wilhelm Bittrich] commanded the 2nd S.S. Panzer Corps in Normandy and assisted in the wiping out of the British airhead at Arnhem in 1944.

2007, Patrick Watson, “The Month of February”, in Watson’s Really Big WWII Almanac, volume I (January to June), [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 225:

(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.


brevet

en-verb

brevet (third-person singular simple present brevets, present participle breveting or brevetting, simple past and past participle breveted or brevetted)

brevets (present singular third-person)
breveting (participle present)
brevetting (participle present)
breveted (participle past)
breveted (past)
brevetted (participle past)
brevetted (past)

Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.


beat parry

(fencing) The deflection of the incoming attack with a sharp striking motion


opposition parry

en-noun

opposition parry (plural opposition parries)

(fencing) The deflection of the incoming attack without ever losing contact with the blade from the initial engagement.


yielding parry

yielding parry (plural yielding parries)

(fencing) deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage


point-in-line

(fencing) An established threat made with the extended arm.


prise de fer

From French, literally "taking the steel".

(fencing) An engagement of the blades that attempts to control the opponent's weapon.


pronation

pronation (countable and uncountable, plural pronations)

From French pronation, from Latin pronatio.

(fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down

pronaatio

fencing: position of sword hand with palm facing down


supination

supination (countable and uncountable, plural supinations)

(fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing up.

supinaatio

fencing: position of the sword hand with palm is facing up


remise

(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.


reprise

From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.

(fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.


trompement

(fencing) The action of hitting an opponent at the end of a feint, after a successful deception.


French grip

(fencing) A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a slightly curved block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape.


Italian grip

(fencing) A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a straight block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape, with projecting prongs to aid grip.


avertissement

(fencing) A warning; used to indicate a minor rule infraction by one of the fencers


body cord

(fencing) The insulated wire that runs under a fencer's jacket, connecting the Electrical Competition weapon to the reel, and thence to the scoring machine.


corps-a-corps

Unadapted borrowing from French corps-à-corps (literally “body to body”). Compare corps, corpse, corpus.

ubor

(fencing) The action of two fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies or hilts.


salut des armes

(fencing) A sort of a choreographed demonstration of arms, consisting of sets of fencers saluting, attacking, parrying, drilling and performing set routines in chorus.


broken time

(fencing) A sudden change in the tempo of one fencer's actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at the wrong time.


plastron

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Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate”), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed, plastered”), from ἔμπλασσειν (émplassein, “to mould, form”).

(fencing) A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.


glasshouse

From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

(British military slang) A military prison.

оранжерия

building made of glass in which plants are grown


infiltrate

en-verb

infiltrate (third-person singular simple present infiltrates, present participle infiltrating, simple past and past participle infiltrated)

infiltrates (present singular third-person)
infiltrating (participle present)
infiltrated (participle past)
infiltrated (past)

From Middle English infiltrate (adjective), from Medieval Latin infiltrātus, from infiltrō.

(transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.

пранікаць у тыл праціўніка

to send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line


suppression

en-noun

suppression (countable and uncountable, plural suppressions)

In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi.

1971, Dick Wilson, “Home and Dry in Shensi”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 230:

(military) The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.


forearm

From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).

(firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.


shitatedashinage

Borrowed from Japanese 下手出し投げ, literally pulling underarm throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker turns away from his opponent and pulls him forward and down.


shitatehineri

Borrowed from Japanese 下手捻り, literally twisting underarm throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent down with an inside grip.


shitatenage

Borrowed from Japanese 下手投げ, literally underarm throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent straight down with his inside arm as he twists away.


shumokuzori

Borrowed from Japanese 撞木反り, literally "bell hammer backwards body drop".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm and lifts him up and takes him over backwards.


sokubiotoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 素首落とし, literally head chop down.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker chops down on his opponent's neck, forcing him to touch down.


sotogake

Borrowed from Japanese 外掛け, literally "outside leg trip".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, hooks his leg, and drives him over backwards.


succour

succour (countable and uncountable, plural succours)

The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”).
The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre.

der

Then Diocleſian, / Calling aloud for Succour to the Guard, / Soon gave 'em the Alarm, and made 'em fly / With all the Wings of Speed, to reſcue 'em; [...]

1690, indicated as Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher [actually John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, and revised by Thomas Betterton], The Prophetess: Or, The History of Dioclesian. … With Alterations and Additions, after the Manner of an Opera. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, act IV, scene i, page 43:

[T]he Allies having raiſed the Siege of Barcelona, penetrated as far as Madrid, which King Philip abandon'd and went to Head the Succours ſent him by France, as he declared in his Manifeſto: which Succours were ſo conſiderable, that being join'd with the Troops that had been compell'd to raiſe the Siege of Barcelona, and had marched through Navarre into Caſtile; his Army was ſtronger than that of the Allies, [...]

1741, unknown [formerly attributed to Daniel Defoe], The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, the British Amazon, commonly called Mother Ross: […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for R[ichard] Montagu, →OCLC, part II, page 2:

[T]he Megalopolitans decreed to ſend embaſſadors to the aſſembly of the Achæans, begging leave to ſolicit ſuccours from Antigonus. [...] The general aſſembly, having given audience to the embaſſadors, and reflecting, that they were not in a condition to yield them any effectual ſuccours, by reaſon of their great ſtreights, aſſented to their propoſal, and granted them leave to purſue their orders.

1747, [George Sale [et al.]], “Sect. III. The History of the Several States of Greece, from the Beginning of the Achæan League to Its Dissolution, and thence Succinctly to the Present Time. [The History of Achaia.]”, in An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. […], volume VII, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, […]; A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and J Osborn, […], →OCLC, book II (The Grecian and Asiatic History), page 228:

In this critical moment the counteſs mounted a high tower, and looking eagerly towards the ſea, diſcerned a fleet at a diſtance; upon which ſhe cried out in a tranſport of joy, Succours! ſuccours! the English ſuccours! no capitulation. She was not miſtaken: the Engliſh fleet ſoon after entered the harbour, [...]

1805, Robert Henry, “The Civil and Military History of Great Britain, from the Death of King John, A.D. 1216, to the Accession of Henry IV. A.D. 1399”, in The History of Great Britain from the First Invasion of It by the Romans under Julius Cæsar. Written on a New Plan, 4th edition, volume VII, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, section IV ([F]rom the Accession of Edward III. 24th January A.D. 1327, to the Accession of Richard II. 21st June A.D. 1377), page 224:

(uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.

подкрепление

aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers


succour

en-verb

succour (third-person singular simple present succours, present participle succouring, simple past and past participle succoured)

succours (present singular third-person)
succouring (participle present)
succoured (participle past)
succoured (past)
succour (infinitive)
succour (first-person present singular)
succoured (first-person past singular)
succour (present second-person singular)
succourest (archaic present second-person singular)
succoured (past second-person singular)
succouredst (archaic past second-person singular)
succours (present singular third-person)
succoureth (archaic present singular third-person)
succoured (past singular third-person)
succour (plural present)
succoured (past plural)
succour (present subjunctive)
succoured (past subjunctive)
succour (imperative present)
succouring (participle present)
succoured (participle past)
succor (alternative)

Shortlie after, Algar Earle of Cheſter, being conuicted of treaſon againſt the king, fled to Gruffyth king or prince of VVales, who gathered his power to reuenge the often wrongs, which he had receiued at the Engliſhmens hands, who euer ſuccoured his enimies againſt him.

1584, “Gruffyth the Sonne of Lhewelyn ap Sitsylht and Angharat”, in H. Lhoyd [i.e., Humphrey Llwyd], transl., edited by David Powel, The Historie of Cambria, now Called VVales: A Part of the Most Famous Yland of Brytaine, Written in the Brytish Language aboue Two Hundreth Yeares past: Translated into English […], imprinted at London: By Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, →OCLC, pages 98–99:

Mr. Pitt [i.e., William Pitt the Younger] presented, by his Majesty's command, a copy of the defensive alliance between his Majesty and the States General of the United Provinces, signed at the Hague, the 15th of April 1788; and translation. [...] Art 2. In case either of the high contracting parties should be hostilely attacked by any European Power in any part of the world whatsoever, the other contracting party engages to succour its ally as well by sea as by land, [...]

1788 May 23, “Copy of the Treaty of Defensive Alliance with Holland”, in [William Cobbett], editor, The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803. […], volume XXVII, London: Printed by T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, […] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown; [et al.], published 1816, →OCLC, columns 553–554:

[A] shout of joy burst from the despairing remnant of Major Courtland's troops, and a reinforcement of British rushed through the narrow defile to succour their exhausted comrades.

1824, [Eliza Lanesford Cushing], chapter IV, in Saratoga; a Tale of the Revolution. … In Two Volumes, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co., →OCLC, page 65:

(transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.


flutter

flutter (third-person singular simple present flutters, present participle fluttering, simple past and past participle fluttered)

flutters (present singular third-person)
fluttering (participle present)
fluttered (participle past)
fluttered (past)

From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), equivalent to float + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian flodderje (“to flutter, beat”), Dutch flodderen (“to flutter, wave”), Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”), German flittern (“to sparkle, glitter”). More at float.

cog

This was the first time that Nosenko had been subjected to a lie detector — or what the CIA called fluttering. The Soviet Union did not use such devices for interrogation.

1978, Edward Jay Epstein, Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald, page 38:

"Anyway, she cracked and we fluttered her and—" / "Fluttered her?" / "Sorry, gave her a polygraph, a lie detector test. And she passed, more or less, […]

(espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.


circumcise

en-verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

circumcises (present singular third-person)
circumcising (participle present)
circumcised (participle past)
circumcised (past)

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.


stockade

From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

огра́да от колове

an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts


flyweight

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(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.

kärpässarjalainen

combat sports -related term for small, light or unimportant


divisions

At the Britannia Royal Naval College, the Lord High Admiral's Divisions is a parade held in the presence of the monarch or her representative.

(UK, naval) A formal parade of a ship's or shore establishment's company.


clinic

clinics (plural)
clinique (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).

der

(wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.


full house

American Handgunner, Heavyweight Bullets In The .357 Magnum
An occasional pig, and not so occasional ram, would quiver and then settle back down without toppling, even when hit dead center with a full-house load with a 158-gr. jacketed .357 Magnum bullet.

(firearms) Having ammunition loaded to full allowable power, usually in reference to magnum handgun cartridges and shotgun shells.


tschinke

(firearms) A light wheellock hunting rifle once used for shooting wildfowl.


Stink Face

Stink Faces (plural)
Stinkface (alternative)

Her low point came when she was the unlucky recipient of a “Stink Face” administered by Rikishi.

2001, Floyd Conner, Wrestling's Most Wanted:

2002, Mick Foley, Foley is Good http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0061032417&id=Zghk-VaOVC8C&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&sig=awDF-ul0is7ZNxd8sp7_j-xGTuQ
What I have in mind for Al is the literary equivalent of Mr. Socko, The Worm, The Stink Face, The Ho Train, and The People’s Elbow all being delivered simultaneously, and the effect will be devastating.

A character named “Puke,” who can vomit on command, X-Pac urinating in an opponents boot, and Rikishi’s “stink face” (i.e., rubbing his massive rear in the face of another wrestler) are examples of attempts to boost wrestling ratings.

2003, Patrice A Oppliger, Wrestling and Hypermasculinity http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0786416920&id=kbf5Lwzl2J8C&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&sig=InDuvz1P8nk-kUPM5Dig5b5CS78

(professional wrestling) A humiliating wrestling move in which a wrestler rubs their exposed buttocks in their opponent's face.


miller

From Middle English myllere, mellere, from earlier mylnere, possibly from an Old English *mylnere, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnārī (“miller”), equivalent to mill + -er; cf. also Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller, Dutch mulder, molenaar, German Low German Möller, German Müller, Müllner, Danish møller, Norwegian Bokmål møller, Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar, Swedish mjölnare, Icelandic mylnari.
Compare also Middle English milward, mulward (“miller”), from Old English mylenweard (“miller”, literally “mill-keeper”) (> English Millward (surname)).

m+

every miller draws water to his own mill


enemy combatant

en-noun

enemy combatant (plural enemy combatants)

(US, military) Any person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.

vihollistaistelija

anyone who may be properly detained under laws of war


canister

desctree

→ German: Kanister
→ Ladin: canister
→ Polish: kanister
→ Romanian: canistră

→ Irish: ceanastar

From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster.
* (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can.
* (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing.

Caunt let fly left and right, but Bendy ducked his canister, and got down with more caution than gallantry.

1897, R. G. Allanson-Winn, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, Boxing, page 225:

(boxing, slang, archaic) A person's head.


cannelure

(firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.


zero deflection

(firearms) The adjustment of a sight, exactly parallel to the axis of the bore of the gun to which it is attached.


deflection change

en-noun

deflection change (plural deflection changes)

deflection difference
deflection difference

(weaponry) A change in azimuth setting applying to all guns in a battery when the target moves, or when a shift is made from one target to another. A deflection change does not include the deflection difference which allows for the difference in positions of the various guns firing at the same target.


backstory

backstories (plural)
back-story (alternative)
back story (alternative)

From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.

prefix

(chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.


safety pin

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(military) The pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.


surtout

(fortifications) A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.


battlecruiser

battlecruisers (plural)
battle cruiser (alternative)
battle-cruiser (alternative)

Blend of battleship + cruiser, from being a cruiser-like ship with battleship-like capabilities and possibly operating in the battleline.

US Navy hull classification symbol: CC (Only used for the cancelled Lexington-class)

(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.


full nelson

With the quickness of a striking rattler he launched himself full upon Sabor’s back, his strong young arms seeking and gaining a full-Nelson upon the beast, as he had learned it that other day during his bloody, wrestling victory over Terkoz.

1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:

Bouncers had kids in full nelson headlocks as we were rushed out the side door because we were told it was too dangerous. The place was a mess; it was a total riot.

2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, quoting Martin Rev, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

He constantly (and inconsequentially) reports online abuse too, like the person who said he should be “put in a full nelson and thrown in a river” for his mythical sewage vote

2021 October 26, Helen Pidd, “‘Got to be accessible’: the Derbyshire MP set on holding surgeries”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(wrestling) A hold in which the wrestler applying the hold puts their arms under the armpits of their opponent and applies pressure to the back of their opponent's head or neck.


brainbuster

(wrestling) A move in which the wrestler drops the opponent on the head to the mat.


half nelson

half nelsons (plural)
half-nelson (alternative)

(wrestling) A hold in which the wrestler applying the hold puts one arm under the arm of the opponent and applies pressure to the back of the opponent's head or neck.


monkey flip

(professional wrestling) A move in which a wrestler takes his opponent and flips that person over his head.


monkey flip

en-verb

monkey flip (third-person singular simple present monkey flips, present participle monkey flipping, simple past and past participle monkey flipped)

monkey flips (present singular third-person)
monkey flipping (participle present)
monkey flipped (participle past)
monkey flipped (past)

Rappers; I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm / I be kickin', musician inflictin' composition

1994, Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”, in DJ Premier (music), Ilmmatic:

(professional wrestling, transitive) To perform a monkey flip on.


bull ring

bull rings (plural)
bull-ring (alternative)
bullring (alternative)

(military slang, obsolete, chiefly British) A corral wherein horses are exercised and riders trained.


flivver

Judge Rummy
Tad Dorgan
The Sun (New York City)

Unknown, early 20th c.; in 1919, cartoonist Tad Dorgan claimed to have created the term in his comic strip "Judge Rummy".

(US, military, nautical, historical, slang, derogatory) A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.


rafale

Borrowed from French rafale. In the military context the term may well be obsolete in English; it had been introduced into French military usage by General Hippolyte Langlois in the late nineteenth century, and adopted into English and American usage not long after, but the usage seems to have petered out in English by the end of World War I.

[…] a salvo is […] a succession of shots […] with the same elevation... a single shot for each piece. By a rafale is meant all the shots of a battery fired with the same elevation, without any determined order, at the rate of more than one shot per gun. According to circumstances, three different kinds of fire are employed ... first, progressive fire; second, fire with a single elevation; third, fire by salvos or by rafales...

1903, Andrew Hero Jr., “Opening & Conduct of Fire”, in Antiaircraft Journal, volume 20, page 47:

And then, above the hum of the roadside, rose the voice of the great guns. The shells were bursting four or five miles away, and the guns must have been as many more distant. But in that upland pocket of plain in the frosty night they sounded most intimately near. They kept up their solemn litany, with a minute's interval between each - no rafale which rumbles like a drum, but the steady persistence of artillery exactly ranged on a target.

Then, as if a spring had been loosed, the world suddenly leaped to a hideous life. With a growl the guns opened round all the horizon. They were especially fierce to the south, where a rafale beat as I had never heard it before. The one glance I cast behind me showed the gap in the hills choked with fumes and dust.

(military) A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force.


non-commissioned

(military) Not holding a military commission.


cal

(military, informal) Clipping of caliber.


backscatter

en-noun

backscatter (countable and uncountable, plural backscatters)

backscatters (plural)
back scatter (alternative)
back-scatter (alternative)

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electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic radiation

(military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.

takaisinsironta

military: portion of energy that is scattered back


buster

Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er.
The combining form of the term has appeared from the early 20th century but been especially prolific during three periods: in the 1930s, owing to the success of the radio series Gang Busters; in the 1940s, owing to its appearance as military slang; and in the 1980s, owing to the success of the movie Ghostbusters.

rebenta-

person or thing that breaks or overwhelms

German ‘balloon busters’ attack the Dover barrage.

Our main purpose in further experimentation with nuclear bombs is not... to make city-busters more horrible.

(chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.


shooter

From Middle English schoter, schuter, schotter, scheter, schetare, scheotere, from Old English sċēotere (“shooter”), equivalent to shoot + -er. Compare Dutch schieter, schutter (“shooter”), German Schießer (“shooter”), Swedish skjutare, West Frisian sjitter (“shooter”).

(professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).


hiya

hi-ya (alternative)
hiyah (alternative)
hi-yah (alternative)
haiya (alternative)

(martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.


sneaky

[…] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.

1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage, page 244:

[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.

1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks:

(espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.


sotokomata

Borrowed from Japanese 外小股, literally "over thigh scooping body drop".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's leading leg, over the top of the thigh, and drives him over backwards


sotomuso

Borrowed from Japanese 外無双, literally “outside nothing pair”, but meaning "outer thigh propping twist down".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker reaches over his opponent's body to block his leg and, at the same time, locking his gripping arm and twisting him over onto his back


sototasukizori

Borrowed from Japanese 外たすき反り, literally outer reverse backwards body drop.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker bars his opponent's inside gripping arm, grabs his closest leg and pulls it up and forces him to touch down.


sukuinage

Borrowed from Japanese 掬い投げ, literally "scooping throw" but conventionally translated as "beltless arm throw".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker releases his gripping hand, extends his arm across his opponent's back, turns away and pulls him forward and down


susoharai

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps his opponent's leg forward and pulls him backwards and down.


susotori

Borrowed from Japanese 裾取り, literally ankle pick.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's ankle and pulls it up, driving him over backwards.


ranger

/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

(military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.


platoon

From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet.

Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.

1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140:

(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.


scooter

→ Bengali: স্কুটার (skuṭar)

→ Catalan: escúter

→ Czech: skútr

→ Danish: scooter

→ Dutch: scooter

→ Finnish: skootteri

→ French: scooter

→ German: Scooter

→ Italian: scooter

→ Japanese: スクーター (sukūtā)

→ Korean: 스쿠터 (seukuteo)

→ Malay: skuter

→ Norwegian Bokmål: scooter

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: scooter

→ Polish: skuter

→ Portuguese: scooter

→ Romanian: scuter

→ Spanish: escúter; scooter

→ Swedish: skoter

سْكُوتَر

type of motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame — see also motor scooter

diver propulsion vehicle
w:diver propulsion vehicle

(nautical, underwater diving, military) Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle


low blow

(boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist.


below the belt

(boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist.

onder de gordel

(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist


tasukizori

From Japanese たすき反り (“reverse backwards body drop”).

bor

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm, grabs his arm and back leg and leans backwards, driving him over.


tokkurinage

Borrowed from Japanese 徳利投げ, "two-handed head twist down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's head or neck with both hands and twists him over.


tottari

Borrowed from Japanese とったり, literally "arm bar throw".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the wrist, bars it, and forces him down.


tsukaminage

Borrowed from Japanese つかみ投げ (tsukaminage), literally "lifting throw".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent past him and heaves him into the air.


tsukidashi

Borrowed from Japanese 突き出し, literally frontal thrust out.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent backwards and out using a rhythmic thrusting motion.


rappel

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

(military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.


lariat

(wrestling) An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.


Greco-Roman

en-adj

Greco-Roman (comparative more Greco-Roman, superlative most Greco-Roman)

more Greco-Roman (comparative)
most Greco-Roman (superlative)
Graeco-Roman (alternative British)

/ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/

/ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/

Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling#English

(wrestling) Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist.


groupie

In traditional military fashion our "Groupie" (group captain) called us to attention, exchanged salutes with his German opposite number, then handed the parade over to him.

1995, John D. Harvie, Missing in Action: An RCAF Navigator's Story, page 136:


bridge mount

(firearms) A sight mount with a strong metal frame between the rings, used on large-caliber rifles to negate the effects of recoil on accuracy.


whites

A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.

(US, military) A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.


turtleback

turtlebacks (plural)
turtle-back (alternative)

(military, nautical) An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt armor, designed to deflect shells striking the ship on trajectories close to horizontal.


slugger

(boxing) A boxer who tends to deliver hard punches.


commandant

(military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

պարետ

a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division

(military) A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage.

(military, South Africa, historical) lieutenant-colonel


gippo

en-noun

gippo (countable and uncountable, plural gippos or gippoes)

gippos (plural)
gippoes (plural)
gypo (alternative)
gyppo (alternative)

→? Swedish: jippo (“spectacle, stunt”)

→? Finnish: jippo (“trick, gimmick”)

An alteration of gypsy, which is in turn an alteration of Egyptian.

He had his “dinner” in his canteen and placed it on the ground to go and “scrounge” a chunk of bread to help “fill up”, and as soon as he turned his back a dog walked in at the door of the barn, where we were “in residence” as they say “higher up”, [only we “flew no flag”], and started lapping up some of the “gippo”, [gravy] of which the said dinner was composed [in fact 'twas more “gippo” than dinner that day, so who could blame a dog for being mistaken].

They were always asking for ‘more gippo’ (gravy) which we got for them if we could.

2006, Mildred Joan Tulip, My experiences as a VAD nurse:

(British, military, slang, uncountable) Gravy.


mass of maneuver

(military) A body of troops held in military reserve by a general for striking a blow on an exposed flank or wherever the enemy reveals a weak spot.


cocked

(firearms) Of a firearm or crossbow; to have the cock lifted or prepared to be fired.

viritetty

firearms: having the cock lifted or prepared to be fired


stealth bomber

(military, aviation) A bomber (military aircraft) with a smaller than usual radar signature, due to its body shape, outer coating, and thermal dissipation.


about face

en-verb

about face (third-person singular simple present about faces, present participle about facing, simple past and past participle about faced)

about faces (present singular third-person)
about facing (participle present)
about faced (participle past)
about faced (past)

(military) Alternative spelling of about-face.


repeater

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(firearms, dated) A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.

автоматична пушка

a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot


tsukiotoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 突き落とし, literally "thrust down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent down using a thrusting movement on his rib cage or shoulder.


tsukitaoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 突き倒し, literally "frontal thrust down".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker, after a heated slapping exchange, thrusts his opponent over onto his back or side.


tsumatori

Borrowed from Japanese 褄取り, literally "rear toe pick".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker reaches down and picks up his opponent's foot (at the toes) and pulls back and up forcing him to fall forward


tsuridashi

Borrowed from Japanese 吊り出し (tsuridashi).

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi and heaves him into the air, lifting him over and out of the ring.


tsuriotoshi

From Japanese 吊り落とし (tsuriotoshi, literally “hanging and dropping”).

bor

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grips his opponent's mawashi, lifts him, and swings him sideways and down. A lifting bodyslam.


tsutaezori

From Japanese 伝え反り (tsutaezori), literally underarm forward body drop.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker dives under his opponent's arm whilst maintaining a grip on it, then leans back, forcing him to fall forward.


uchigake

From Japanese 内掛け (uchigake, “inside leg trip”).

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward, hooks his opponent's leg with his own, and pulls him over backwards.


uchimuso

Borrowed from Japanese 内無双, literally inner thigh propping twist down.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps one of his opponent's legs up by hitting his inner thigh, then pulling him with the other hand.


ushiromotare

Borrowed from Japanese 後ろもたれ, literally backward lean out.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker leans into his opponent from behind, forcing him back and out.


utchari

Borrowed from Japanese うっちゃり, literally "backward pivot throw".

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker, in a last ditch effort, drops his hips while twisting and pulling his opponent up and past him, sometimes onto his back


plunger

(firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.


uwatedashinage

Borrowed from Japanese 上手出し投げ, literally "pulling overarm throw".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward and down.


uwatehineri

Borrowed from Japanese 上手捻り, literally "twisting overarm throw".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent in the direction of his outside arm.


uwatenage

(sumo) a kimarite in which the attacker heaves his opponent down as he turns away


waridashi

Borrowed from Japanese 割り出し, literally "upper-arm force out".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the biceps and pushes him back and out.


watashikomi

Borrowed from Japanese 渡し込み (watashikomi, “thigh-grabbing push down”).

Akinoshima chases "Yankee Doodle Dandy" around the dohyo, until he finally wins by watashikomi (thigh grabbing push down).

1999 March 22, Ken Crouch, “Day 9 spoiler - Kintaro's Musings Group”, in rec.sport.sumo (Usenet):

Kyokushuzan deployed several rare techniques such as watashi-komi, which he used in September of 1996.

2013, J Sargeant, Wild Men, Bad Boys and Model Citiizens:

Thigh-Grabbing Push Down (Watashikomi)

2016, Andrew Zerling, Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts: Winning Clinches, Takedowns, & Tactics, →ISBN:

Ozeki Terunofuji (4-2) outlasted top-ranked maegashira Tochiozan (0-6), while New Year champion Kotoshogiku saw off sekiwake Okinoumi (1-5) with a watashikomi thigh-grabbing pushdown to level his mark at 3-3.

2016 November 18, “Goeido, Hakuho fall; Kakuryu still unbeaten”, in The Japan Times:

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.


yaguranage

Borrowed from Japanese 櫓投げ, meaning inner thigh throw.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, places his knee against his opponent's inner thigh and drives the leg upwards while forcing him over.


yobimodoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 呼び戻し, literally pulling body slam.

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker first pulls his opponent forward, then suddenly releases his grip and pushes him back and down.


yorikiri

From Japanese 寄り切り (yorikiri, “frontal force out”).

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.


yoritaoshi

Borrowed from Japanese 寄り倒し, literally "frontal crush out".

(sumo) A kimarite in which, during a yorikiri attack, the opponent collapses to the floor.


zubuneri

Borrowed from Japanese ずぶねり, meaning "head pivot throw".

(sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker buries his head in the opponent's chest, locks his arm, and spins him down using the head as fulcrum.


foothold

(military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.


jawbreaker

jawbreakers (plural)
jaw-breaker (alternative)
jaw breaker (alternative)

Bendoff went pluckily forward, but only to receive a jawbreaker from Couper's left, […]

1987, James Clarke, Like it was: The Star, 100 Years in Johannesburg, page 9:

(boxing, slang) A hard blow to the side of the face.


neutralize

en-verb

neutralize (third-person singular simple present neutralizes, present participle neutralizing, simple past and past participle neutralized)

neutralizes (present singular third-person)
neutralizing (participle present)
neutralized (participle past)
neutralized (past)
neutralise (alternative)

From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ize.

At the beginning of the opening game, Shepard becomes the first human Spectre, an elite operative given broad authority to neutralize threats to galactic order in the galaxy.

2019, “Mass Effect (Trilogy)”, in Michael M. Levy, Farah Mendlesohn, editors, Aliens in Popular Culture, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175:

“We managed to neutralise the guilty person. So there was no longer any imminent threat,” De Croo said, […]

2023 October 17, Lisa O'Carroll, Miranda Bryant, Lorenzo Tondo, quoting Alexander De Croo, “Killing of two Swedish football fans in Brussels ‘probably lone wolf’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.


plink

plink (third-person singular simple present plinks, present participle plinking, simple past and past participle plinked)

plinks (present singular third-person)
plinking (participle present)
plinked (participle past)
plinked (past)

We plinked all week long in the slow-moving days between hunting seasons. Life Savers or Necco Wafers at 25 yards offhand, or 50 yards prone, and vanilla wafers offhand at 50 yards or prone at 100, were challenging targets.

1992, Ken Warner, Gun Digest, 1993, page 19:

(firearms) To take part in the sport of plinking.


DMS

en-noun

DMS (countable and uncountable, plural DMSs)

Destroyer MineSweeper
destroyer minesweeper#English

(countable, military) Initialism of Destroyer MineSweeper.


DMS

(military) Initialism of Decoration for Meritorious Services.


dhobying

From Hindi [script needed] (dhobi, “washerman”) + -ing.

der

(British, naval) The washing of clothes; laundry


no man's land

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Originally from Middle English Nomanneslond, which first appears c. 1350. Revived with new senses in a dispatch printed in the Times newspaper by Colonel Ernest Dunlop Swinton writing as "Eyewitness".

No Man's Land (alternative)
noman's land (alternative)
no-man's land (alternative)

(military) The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.


take a dive

en-verb

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

takes a dive (present singular third-person)
taking a dive (participle present)
took a dive (past)
taken a dive (participle past)

I decided there could be a nice bit of irony in a situation where a boxer, with a crown his for the taking, deliberately takes a dive to get revenge on the man he hates, who is betting everything on the boxer's victory.

1950, Jules Archer, I Sell What I Write, page 44:

"You got a fight next weekend. You take a dive in the fourth round, understand?"

2012, Gary Lovisi, “Boxing, Babes & Bullets”, in Battling Boxing Stories, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 165:

The businessman turned promoter rejected some of overseas rumors going around that Klitschko bet a large portion of funds on himself and then took a dive to collect.

2015 December 31, Vadim Pushkin, “Povetkin Promoter Praises Fury, Rejects Klitschko Dive Claim”, in Boxing Scene, retrieved 2016-08-03:

(idiomatic, boxing) To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.


baby face

baby faces (plural)
babyface (alternative)
baby-face (alternative)

[Jim] Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that heels triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces and, second, that they triumph by different means, relying on secret holds, sly managers, secret weapons, and illegal maneuvers, whereas babyfaces trust to their physical abilities and athletic training alone.

1989, Bruce Lincoln, “The Dialectics of Symbolic Inversion”, in Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (Classification), page 158:

And they [wrestling fans] identified with the local farmer Kasaboski, the French-Canadian boys from Montreal, the clean-cut American lads and the handsome, muscular baby faces. At the same time, they jeered the heels, the masked men, the arrogant, bearded Russians and Germans, and the treacherous Japanese. Promoters always played on stereotypes and post-war biases.

2007, Gary Howard, “Linking the East and the North”, in The Rassler from Renfrew: The History of Northland Wrestling Enterprises (1946–1980) Promoter – Larry Kasaboski, Renfrew, Ont.: General Store Publishing House, →ISBN, page 41:

A babyface’s success depends a great deal on the heels he’s facing. It’s all in how you make them look. A good heel will make your babyface look like Superman.

2007 October, Dave Batista [i.e., Dave Bautista], with Jeremy Roberts, “Evolution”, in Batista Unleashed, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 127:

(professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned.


smother

smother (third-person singular simple present smothers, present participle smothering, simple past and past participle smothered)

smothers (present singular third-person)
smothering (participle present)
smothered (participle past)
smothered (past)
smoother (alternative)

From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).
Cognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).

cog

(boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.


ground forces

(military) The military units operating on the ground, including tanks, soldiers, artillery, etc.

陸軍 /陆军

all military units operating on the ground


limber

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.

An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.

1892, Rudyard Kipling, “Snarleyow”, in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 37:

As the limber gunners went to the rear, his horse trod in a rabbit-hole and came down, throwing him into a depression of the ground.

1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the Window”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), page 83:

we covered the rutted, rattling, dusty pot-holed roads of coastal Victoria, six big Walers in front, the cannon at the rear, and that unsprung cart they called a ‘limber’ in the middle.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 29:

(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.


impregnable

en-adj

impregnable (comparative more impregnable, superlative most impregnable)

more impregnable (comparative)
most impregnable (superlative)

From Late Middle English imprenable, impregnable (“impossible to capture, impregnable”), from Old French imprenable (modern French imprenable (“impregnable”)), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + prenable (“(military) of a building, position, etc.: takable”) (from prendre (“to take”) + -able (suffix meaning ‘creating an effect or influence’)). Prendre is derived from Latin prēndere, present active infinitive of prēndō, a variant of prehendō (“to catch, lay hold of; to grasp; to grab, snatch; to seize, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize, take”). The intrusive g in the English word was modelled after words like deign and reign.

der

Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Battering-ram”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 376:

Jurgis got up, wild with rage; but the door was shut and the great castle was dark and impregnable.

1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XXV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1906 February 26, →OCLC, page 292:

(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.

непревзимаем

of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks — see also impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable


go ahead

en-verb

go ahead (third-person singular simple present goes ahead, present participle going ahead, simple past went ahead, past participle gone ahead)

goes ahead (present singular third-person)
going ahead (participle present)
went ahead (past)
gone ahead (participle past)

/ˌɡəʊ əˈhɛd/

/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/

/ˌɡəʉ əˈhɛd/

/ˌɡɐʉ əˈhɛd/

Bravo Six Actual, this is Bravo Six Four. Go ahead, over.

(procedure word, military) To send communication over the radio.


poliorcetics

/ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪks/

Partly:
* borrowed from Late Latin poliorcetica (“siege engines”) + English -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum) (poliorcetica is derived from Koine Greek πολιορκητικά (poliorkētiká, “things related to sieges”), the neuter plural of πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós, “relating to poliorcetics, poliorcetic”), from Ancient Greek πολῐορκέω (polĭorkéō, “to besiege, blockade”) (from πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “enclosure; fence”)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or relating to’)); and
* from poliorcetic (“relating to poliorcetics”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

der

πολιορκητικά

suffix

The grand battles of the Archaic and early Classical periods were replaced by the new art of poliorcetics.

1992, Lars Karlsson, Fortification Towers and Masonry Techniques in the Hegemony of Syracuse, 405–211 B.C. (Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom [Publications of the Swedish Institute in Rome]; 49), Stockholm: Svenska Institutet i Rom [Swedish Institute in Rome], →ISBN, →ISSN, page 11, column 1:

(military) The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege; siegecraft.


trains command

(military) A specific unit assigned to a division that is the headquarters for one or more trains.


renewal

en-noun

renewal (countable and uncountable, plural renewals)

(fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.


AOC

'I stopped for one night to see Ur and the Chaldees and for three days in Baghdad with the A.O.C., who happens to be an old friend of mine.'.

1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 128:

Air Officer Commanding
Air Officer Commanding#English

(military, UK) Initialism of Air Officer Commanding, a title used to refer to RAF officers holding certain command appointments.


straddle

en-verb

straddle (third-person singular simple present straddles, present participle straddling, simple past and past participle straddled)

straddles (present singular third-person)
straddling (participle present)
straddled (participle past)
straddled (past)

As a verb, attested since the 1560s. Most likely, an alteration of dialectal striddle. The noun is first attested in the 1610s.

(military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).

хващам във вилица

to fire shots in front and behind of a target


straddle

The first salvo fell short; the next was long; the third was a straddle.

(military) A pair or salvo of successive artillery shots falling both in front of and behind a target.


tale of the tape

(boxing) The pre-fight measurements taken of the combatants.


disintegrating link

en-noun

disintegrating link (plural disintegrating links)

(firearms) A pressed metal or plastic link, used to join cartridges for a machine gun, which is expelled when the cartridge is removed during loading.


suki

This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a suki.

1959, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, page 143:

When you receive a strike, it is because there is a suki. Your opponent draws your attention to your weak spots, and you endeavor to ensure that you do not receive a strike in the same place again.

1997, Hiroshi Ozawa, Kendo: The Definitive Guide, →ISBN, page 20:

Often, though, a suki to the chest will cause the sword to become lodged between bone and cartilage making it very difficult to quickly remove.

2006, Kevin L. Seiler, Donald J. Seller, Karate-do, →ISBN, page 61:

(Japan, martial arts) An opening to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an advantage for one's opponent.


under the gun

(obsolete, military) Too close to be subject to artillery fire.


hellfire

hellfire (countable and uncountable, plural hellfires)

hellfires (plural)
Hellfire (alternative)
hell-fire (alternative)
Hell-fire (alternative)
fires (alternative)
hell (alternative)
hell-fire (alternative)

/ˈhɛlˌfaɪəɹ/

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

(countable, military) Ellipsis of AGM-114 Hellfire.


hold-up

→ Cebuano: holdap

→ French: hold-up

→ Tagalog: holdap

And to the left is a portable gamma counter that tells us the holdup of plutonium recovery facilities.

1978, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Intelligence and Military Application of Nuclear Energy Subcommittee, Hearings on H.R. 11036 (H.R. 11686) (page 361)

During process operations and temporary shutdown, the holdup within the facility is also known as the in-process inventory.

1989, Energy Research Abstracts, page 2046:

(military) The inventory of nuclear material within a separation plant.


bird dog

en-verb

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

bird dogs (present singular third-person)
bird dogging (participle present)
bird dogged (participle past)
bird dogged (past)
bird-dog (alternative)
birddog (alternative)

United States Department of Defense Air Land Sea Application Center

(aviation, military, slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors.


generalship

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəlʃɪp/

(military) The position or office of a general.


headless

From Middle English heedles, hevedles, from Old English hēafodlēas (“headless”), equivalent to head + -less. Cognate with Dutch hoofdloos (“headless”), Danish hovedløs (“headless”), Swedish huvudlös (“headless”), Icelandic höfuðlaus (“headless”).

A headless shell doesn't have a flange.

(obsolete, firearms) Rimless, not having a cartridge case rim (flange).


synchronization

en-noun

synchronization (countable and uncountable, plural synchronizations)

synchronizations (plural)
synchronisation (alternative)

(military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.


lockstep

lockstep (usually uncountable, plural locksteps)

locksteps (plural)
lock-step (alternative)
lock step (alternative)

(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.

but see Gleichschritt

not necessarily very close but in unison


redshirt

/ˈɹɛd.ʃəː(ɹ)t/

Redshirt (college sports)
Star Trek: The Original Series
Starfleet
redshirt (stock character)

Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uniformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.

(US, military) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.


preponderance

preponderance (countable and uncountable, plural preponderances)

preponderances (plural)
praeponderance (alternative)
præponderance (alternative)

(specifically, weaponry, historical) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.


MDT

Coordinate term: EDCA

w:Mutual Defense Treaty (United States-Philippines)

(US, Philippines, military, politics) Initialism of Mutual Defense Treaty (United States-Philippines).


hank

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

(wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.


ack-ack

ack-ack (countable and uncountable, plural ack-acks)

From ack (“A”) + ack (“A”), RAF WWI signalese for AA (“anti-aircraft”). (In modern signalese it would be called alpha-alpha.)

The army fired upon us with ack-ack.

Ack-acks were set up in the square.

He had thought how down there on the ground, on enemy soil, there were probably hundreds of Ivys, nice Fräuleins with buck teeth and fiancés on U-boats, manning the German ack-ack, all united in an effort to kill him.

2015, Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins, →ISBN, page 140:

(military slang) Antiaircraft artillery.

The bomber flew through heavy ack-ack.

(military slang, uncountable) Antiaircraft fire.


base communications

(telecommunications, military, US) Communications services, such as the installation, operation, maintenance, augmentation, modification, and rehabilitation of communications networks, systems, facilities, and equipment, including off-post extensions, provided for the operation of a military post, camp, installation, station, or activity.


four by two

four by twos (plural)
four-by-two (alternative)

(UK, Australia, military) A cotton cloth 4 inches wide with lines two inches apart, conveniently torn into two inch lengths for cleaning a rifle barrel using a pull through.


dig in

en-verb

dig in (third-person singular simple present digs in, present participle digging in, simple past and past participle dug in)

digs in (present singular third-person)
digging in (participle present)
dug in (participle past)
dug in (past)

If Russia choses to dig in, then the military balance – which typically favours the defender on a 3-1 ratio – is reversed.

2022 April 4, Dan Sabbagh, “Routing of Russian forces from Kyiv area will be hard to repeat in eastern Ukraine”, in The Guardian:

(military, also figurative in sports) To dig trenches to resist an enemy attack.


double time

(military) A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.


get over

get over (third-person singular simple present gets over, present participle getting over, simple past got over, past participle (UK) got over or (US) gotten over)

gets over (present singular third-person)
getting over (participle present)
got over (past)
got over (UK participle past)
gotten over (US participle past)

(professional wrestling slang) To establish a connection with the audience as a character or faction.


bridgehead

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒhɛd/

Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head.

(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.

He believed the invasion would happen elsewhere and it wasn't until late in the afternoon and long after the Allied forces had established a bridgehead that Hitler was convinced of the need to do something.

2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 243:

(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.

رَأْس جِسْر

area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle


nock

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).

He took his arrow by the nock.

[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

(archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.


nock

(archery) Fit the arrow to your bowstring.


sitrep

sitreps (plural)
SITREP (alternative)
SitRep (alternative)

Anyone in the barracks, I need a sitrep. Now!

2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:

(military) A situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.


exfiltration

en-noun

exfiltration (countable and uncountable, plural exfiltrations)

(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).


floorgrip

(firearms) A device used to steady firing and counter the effects of recoil, resulting in far more accurate fire when shooting in full auto mode. It can be incorporated in some rifles as part of the Rail Integration System.


duffel bag

duffel bags (plural)
duffle bag (alternative)

After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made.

(US, Australia, often military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.

õlapaun

large duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear


GSU

(US, military) Initialism of geographically separated unit: a military unit not at the same physical location or base as its parent unit.


overbore

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(firearms) Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.


overbore

en-verb

overbore (third-person singular simple present overbores, present participle overboring, simple past and past participle overbored)

overbores (present singular third-person)
overboring (participle present)
overbored (participle past)
overbored (past)

(firearms, transitive) To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.


DH

(military, nautical) Initialism of heavy destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.


thumper

en-noun

thumper (countable and uncountable, plural thumpers)

(US, military, slang) The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).


RSN

Republic of Singapore Navy
w:Republic of Singapore Navy

(Singapore, military, nautical) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Navy.


cousins

From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).

suffix

[T]he grounded fieldmen, the trainers and the case officers who made their own murmured caucus always – they saw the question solely in operational terms. […] They saw the shotgun marriage with the Cousins as just another skilful bit of tradecraft in a long and delicate poker game.

1977, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], chapter I, in The Honourable Schoolboy, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 16:

(espionage, slang) The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).


pound-for-pound

Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer ever.

Oakland native Ward is now unbeaten in 25 fights and can now claim to be one of the top few pound-for-pound fighters on the planet after a technically dazzling display.

2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, boxing) A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in.


outlying field

outlying fields (plural)
OLF (alternative)

(military, chiefly US) An airfield outside of the homebase.


DIS

Defense Investigative Service
w:Defense Investigative Service

(military, US) Initialism of Defense Investigative Service, now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency


cream puff

cream puffs (plural)
creampuff (alternative)

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(military slang, obsolete) An exploding shell.


legionary

From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.

Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.

1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 425:

(military, Ancient Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.


REMF

Back at the PXs, the REMFs (rear-echelon motherfuckers) […] were indulging in black-market schemes and pleasures while Stone and his buddies out humping the boonies did the fighting, putting their lives on the line.

2004, Martin Torgoff, “Next Stop is Vietnam”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175:

(slang, US, UK, military) Initialism of rear-echelon motherfucker; a soldier assigned or stationed far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War.


tori

Borrowed from Japanese 取り, from 取る (toru, “take, pick up”).

(judo, martial arts) One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.


squared circle

(sports, boxing, wrestling, professional wrestling) The boxing or wrestling ring.


home in

en-verb

home in (third-person singular simple present homes in, present participle homing in, simple past and past participle homed in)

homes in (present singular third-person)
homing in (participle present)
homed in (participle past)
homed in (past)
hone in (alternative)

The phrase originates in military use in the early 20th century, apparently by analogy with the older term homing pigeon. From the 1960s it is also found in the mistaken variant hone in. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hone+in

(military, of an aircraft or guided missile, often with 'on') To draw close to a destination, especially using radar; to move towards a target.


MEF

United States Marine Corps
w:United States Marine Corps

(military) Initialism of Marine Expeditionary Force (one of the major subdivisions of the United States Marine Corps)


approaches

/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/

(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.


Jody

Jodies (plural)
Jodi (alternative)
Jodie (alternative)

From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name.

doublet

Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones.
Ain't no use in callin home. Jody's on your telephone.
Ain't no use in lookin' back.
Jody's got your Cadillac.
Ain't no use in goin' home.
Jody's got your girl and gone.
Ain't no use in feelin' blue.
Jody's got your sister too.

2004, Carol Burke, Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page 31:

“What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.

2008, Richard Engel, War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq, page 298:

(US, military and prison slang) The man who seduces a soldier or inmate's wife or girlfriend during his absence.


recce

en-noun

recce (countable and uncountable, plural recces)

recces (plural)
recco (alternative)
reccy (alternative)

1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography
Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser.

As he climbed into the car, his recce of the space behind the seats was still a little too obvious despite best efforts at subtlety.

2006, Vincent Tuckwood, Karaoke Criminals:

I'm afraid you two will have to go on a bit of a recce sometime soon.

He'd be over at Christmas to do a proper sort-through of Velerie's things, but in the meantime could Shannon have a quiet recce and make sure everything was secure?

2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 92:

Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:

1946, United States. Congress. American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas, Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
There appears a captured photograph showing cruiser or battleship recovery of an old Jap float recce plane.

These record imagery from all three recce sensors - IR, EO and SAR.

2006, Tony Holmes, US Marine Corps And RAAF Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom:

Reconnaissance (recce) patrols were the most effective solution that the British and Indian Army designed to identify Japanese units and their intentions, as these could move through the jungle without alerting the enemy to their presence.

2006, Hew Strachan, Big Wars And Small Wars: The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century:

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, military slang) Reconnaissance.


recce

en-verb

recce (third-person singular simple present recces, present participle recceing, simple past and past participle recced or recce'd or recceed)

recces (present singular third-person)
recceing (participle present)
recced (participle past)
recced (past)
recce'd (participle past)
recce'd (past)
recceed (participle past)
recceed (past)
recco (alternative)
reccy (alternative)

→ Malay: riki

I told the boys to stock up with all they could, and went back to the village to recce for someone to pay as per orders.

1961, John Sibly, You'll Walk to Mandalay: A Novel:

Take him down there with Entry Two and recce first. If he can't confirm it, we pull out.

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, military slang) Reconnoitre.


recon

en-noun

recon (countable and uncountable, plural recons)

During a scan of the Phoenix system asteroid field, you detected an odd energy reading that Tali determined was quarian in nature. She led a recon team into the asteroid field, where she discovered an abandoned freighter.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Carbonaceous Asteroid, Phoenix:

(chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.


recon

en-verb

recon (third-person singular simple present recons, present participle reconning, simple past and past participle reconned)

recons (present singular third-person)
reconning (participle present)
reconned (participle past)
reconned (past)

(chiefly US, military slang) reconnoiter.