goalshooter

Sunshine Girls captain and goalshooter Jhaniele Fowler has expressed her delight after finishing second in the voting for Netballer of the Year.Fowler picked up 27 votes, 10 behind England's Geva Mentor, who was claiming the top spot for the second...

2019 January 16, Robert Bailey, “Stories By Robert Bailey/Gleaner Writer”, in Jamaica Gleaner:

(netball) Alternative form of goal shooter


Highland dancing

(dance) A style of dancing, often competitive, based on the traditional dances of the Scottish Highlands.


expansion team

(sports, chiefly Canada, US) A new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the local population's demand for a local team.


market horse

[N]othing is easier than to make sure […] that the horse selected, in the event of the public fancying him, shall be made a market horse, and be “milked” for the benefit of those interested: the losing of a race may at any time be ensured, and there are scores of “turf dairymen” who are reputed adepts in the use of the milking pail.

1892, James Glass Bertram, A Mirror of the Turf, page 271:

(horse racing, slang, obsolete) A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.


training ground

en-noun

training ground (plural training grounds)

(sports, military) A place or ground used for training.


play through

en-verb

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

plays through (present singular third-person)
playing through (participle present)
played through (participle past)
played through (past)

(golf) To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding.


crokicurl

(sports) A winter sport played on ice, that is a blend of the board game crokinole and the ice sport curling. The playing pieces, similar to curling rocks, are used in place of crokinole pieces, and the playing surface is expanded to the area of a curling rink turn circle. The objective is that of crokinole, of landing the playing piece in the central hole, while played pieces on the surface obstruct launching new rocks from the edge into the central hole.


motorwind

(photography) A feature that allows a rapid succession of photographs to be taken with the release held down


hotshoe

(photography) Alternative form of hot shoe


brute de forge

(metalworking) A forging technique to shape metal to its final form by working it through forging only, and leaving that as the finished surface, with only sanding or grinding what is necessary for function.

(metalworking, proscribed) Forge texturing, a metal finish, where the finished surface leaves the forge and hammering marks in place without grinding, sanding, polishing it away, except where such activity is necessary.


actinautography

(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image


actinautographic

(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact


K-point

construction point
construction point#English


construction point

en-noun

construction point (plural construction points)

(skiing) A line across a ski jumping hill that indicates the hill's steepest point.


wicketkeep

en-verb

wicketkeep (third-person singular simple present wicketkeeps, present participle wicketkeeping, simple past and past participle wicketkept)

wicketkeeps (present singular third-person)
wicketkeeping (participle present)
wicketkept (participle past)
wicketkept (past)

The boy can seriously wicketkeep, but he can only just bat, and like Darren Berry before him he was born in the wrong generation.

2009, Jarrod Kimber, The Year of the Balls 2008: A Disrespective, page 33:

Obviously, I can wicketkeep as well if something happened to Tim.

2021 January 4, Scott Bailey, “Wade happy to live by opening move”, in The West Australian:


ropeline

Gombu then went forward and with the aid of oxygen succeeded in cutting steps and fixing ropelines up to the so-called Yellow Band and finally reached the Geneva Spur.

1970, B. N. Mullik, The Sky was His Limit: The Life and Climbs of Sonam Gyatso, page 64:

For the optimal ropeline one has to consider the way the rope runs along the body of the lead climber, as well as the way the rope runs in the entire climbing route. In a fall, the correct ropeline along the body is paramount for avoiding injuries.

2016, Detlef Heise-Flecken, Rock Climbing: Technique:

(climbing) A line of rope that is used for climbing.


drop-knee

(surfing) Performed with one foot and one knee on the board.

(climbing) Having the hip close to the wall and swinging the knee of the upper leg downward while rolling the torso from the hip.


chlorobromide

(photography) A photographic paper containing such silver salts; a print made on such paper.


backchecker

A smart player and talented backchecker, he worked the angles to get the best shot at his opponent and formed a formidable penalty-killing tandem with Dave Keon.

2021 January 25, “Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90”, in CBC:

One who backchecks; thus:
(ice hockey) A player who backchecks.

One who backchecks; thus:
A player who backchecks.


go the route

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go the route.wav

It was like old times: Grove, Earnshaw, and Walberg went the route seven times in the next 13 games.

2015, Norman L. Macht, The Grand Old Man of Baseball:

(baseball) To pitch for an entire game, without a relief pitcher.


pig board

(surfing) A kind of surfboard with a wide, blunt tail and a relatively narrow nose.


NWSL

National Women's Soccer League
w:National Women's Soccer League

(soccer) Initialism of National Women's Soccer League - the top league of women's soccer in the US.


Triple Gold Club

(ice hockey) The group of players and coaches who have won the sport's three most important championships—the Olympics, the World Championships, and Stanley Cup.


GUR

(golf) Initialism of ground under repair.


hero shot

The meat edges, as shown in our hero shot, can be styled to create interest and depth.

2012, Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Food Styling for Photographers, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 102:

(advertising, photography) Synonym of beauty shot


cork up

cork up (third-person singular simple present corks up, present participle corking up, simple past and past participle corked up)

corks up (present singular third-person)
corking up (participle present)
corked up (participle past)
corked up (past)

I'm sure's been corking up.

He must have corked up that bat.

(transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.


sin-binning

en-noun

sin-binning (usually uncountable, plural sin-binnings)

Finn Russell and Owen Farrell kicked two penalties apiece but it was the Scotland stand-off who ruled the roost - despite a ten-minute sin-binning for an attempted trip on England scrum-half Ben Youngs.

2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:

(sports) The act of being sent to the sin bin, for illegal play


back-rower

With 17 minutes remaining, Townsend opted to freshen up his pack, bringing on props Oli Kebble and WP Nel and back-rower Gary Graham.

(rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.


nearfall

(wrestling) Alternative spelling of near-fall


near-fall

(wrestling) A wrestling maneuver where shoulders are pinned to the mat for between one and two seconds. Alternatively a two second approach of shoulders to within two inches of the mat also counts for scoring.


sports club

Within the audit, it is especially necessary to determine the value of assets; all claims against the professional sports club, stated according to the types of creditors and the sum total; an overview of the business activities of the professional sports club during the last five years, with a separate statement of revenue and costs incurred by the professional sports club in that period; a detailed description of what these apply to, the annual profit and loss statements of the professional sports club for that period; a one-year estimate; […]

2017, Vanja Smokvina, Sports Law in Croatia:

Is an amateur sports club's willingness to pay influenced by its acceptance of Asport services?

2021, Hyun-Woo Lee, Natasha T. Brison, Heetae Cho, Adopting New Technologies in Sports Marketing, page 24:

(sports) A club dedicated for practicing a particular sport; an organization that organizes competitions for a particular sport, including providing equipment, venue, etc.


deep dive

(underwater diving) An act of deep diving.


pommetty

(heraldry, of a cross, saltire, etc) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances like pommels.


proette

(golf, dated) A female professional golfer.


hardface

en-verb

hardface (third-person singular simple present hardfaces, present participle hardfacing, simple past and past participle hardfaced)

hardfaces (present singular third-person)
hardfacing (participle present)
hardfaced (participle past)
hardfaced (past)

(metalworking) To apply a harder or tougher material to (a base metal) by welding.


ring flash

(photography) A circular electronic flash that fits around a camera lens.


ring light

Coordinate term: ring flash

So-called selfie ring lights have been big business. “A small ring light will help to lift the complexion and bring radiance to counteract any shadows that may appear,” says Hayley Hall, a beauty influencer who has a YouTube channel and more than 27,000 Instagram followers.

2020 April 24, Ellie Violet Bramley, quoting Hayley Hall, “Let there be light: the new must-have for celebrities in lockdown”, in The Guardian:

In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light.

2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan:

(photography) A continuous circular strip of light around a camera lens (either directly on the rim or as a standalone item) for the purpose of evenly illuminating the subject.


Lions

(cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.

(sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".


baffing spoon

(golf, dated) A golf club equivalent to a number 7 wood.


HDRI

en-noun

HDRI (countable and uncountable, plural HDRIs)

(photography, videography, uncountable) Initialism of high dynamic range imaging.

(photography, videography, countable) Initialism of high dynamic range image.


other end of the ball

They play well on offense, but on the other end of the ball they need work.

(idiomatic, sports) used after discussing either offense or defense to imply the other.


halibuter

(fishing) A fishing boat used for catching halibut.


bracket buster

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bracket buster.wav

(US, basketball, informal) An American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.


downlooker

From down + looker, since they sometimes perch on tree trunks in a head-down position.

(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.


extended spider

extended spider (plural extended spiders)

(snooker) A spider (type of rest) in which the head is extended in front in order to reach over intervening balls


technical climbing

(climbing) Climbing involving a rope and some means of protection, as opposed to scrambling or glacier travel


overbowl

en-verb

overbowl (third-person singular simple present overbowls, present participle overbowling, simple past and past participle overbowled)

overbowls (present singular third-person)
overbowling (participle present)
overbowled (participle past)
overbowled (past)


orthochromatize

orthochromatize (third-person singular simple present orthochromatizes, present participle orthochromatizing, simple past and past participle orthochromatized)

orthochromatizes (present singular third-person)
orthochromatizing (participle present)
orthochromatized (participle past)
orthochromatized (past)


anti-blur

(photography) A feature that prevents blurring of the image.


chort

(glassblowing, obsolete) A seventeenth-century unit of Burgundy glass.


white crane style

en-noun

white crane style (plural white crane styles)


white crane

white crane (countable and uncountable, plural white cranes)

white crane style
white crane style#English

(martial arts) Ellipsis of white crane style.


TKD

(informal, martial arts) Initialism of tae kwon do.


White Crane

From white + crane. Calque of Chinese 白鶴派／白鹤派 (“white crane style”)
* (Tibetan White Crane): From Cantonese 白鶴派／白鹤派 (“white crane style”), from 西藏白鶴拳／西藏白鹤拳 (“Tibetan white crane boxing”)
* (Fujian White Crane): From Hokkien 白鶴派／白鹤派 (“white crane style”)

calque

Tibetan White Crane
Tibetan White Crane#English

(martial arts) A style of Chinese martial arts

Ellipsis of Tibetan White Crane., a style of kung fu popularized across the world from its popularity in Cantonese media, adopted in Southern China as a native style, after being introduced from Western China.

Tibetan White Crane

Fujian White Crane
Fujian White Crane#English

A style of Chinese martial arts
Ellipsis of Fujian White Crane.


prime lens

(photography) A photographic lens with a constant focal length, as opposed to a zoom lens.


hop and pop

en-verb

hop and pop (third-person singular simple present hops and pops, present participle hopping and popping, simple past and past participle hopped and popped)

hops and pops (present singular third-person)
hopping and popping (participle present)
hopped and popped (participle past)
hopped and popped (past)

(slang, skydiving) to jump from a plane at altitudes of 5000 ft and deploy the main parachute soon after.


bordured

A chevron bordured between three shamrocks

a bordured coat

(heraldry) Having or exhibiting a bordure.


vortograph

(historical, photography) A photograph made using a vortoscope


vortoscope

(historical, photography) A device, somewhat like a kaleidoscope, that splits an image into parts


wildie

(informal, fishing) A wild fish (most often a carp) rather than one bred artificially for angling


tailout

(fishing) The downstream section of a pool where the water gets shallower and faster before forming a riffle.


dead amiss

At the mention of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look now, by the book, we have the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat easy, […]

1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286:

Sunshine ran gamely, but was clearly out of condition; and Gamos, who was dead amiss at Bath, having got round, beat her from the superiority of her training, […]

1870, Tresham Gilbey, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 18, page 320:

(horse racing) Of a horse: too ill to compete.


Xography

/ɛkˈsɒɡɹəfi/

In the system at hand, "Xography", the stereoscopic 3-D method, is adapted to a television type display system.

1965, Donald Farness Hanson, John C. Schwebel, Lawrence H. Wallman, Report, page 6:

This remarkable new system of photography and printing is called Xography. It is the product of 14 years of research […]

(photography) A type of photography that produces images that have a three-dimensional quality


ALMS

(motor racing) Initialism of American Le Mans Series. (an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series)

American Le Mans Series

(motor racing) Initialism of Asian Le Mans Series. (an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series)


empty the clip

empty the clip (third-person singular simple present empties the clip, present participle emptying the clip, simple past and past participle emptied the clip)

empties the clip (present singular third-person)
emptying the clip (participle present)
emptied the clip (participle past)
emptied the clip (past)

DeRozan emptied the clip. The fans at the ACC emptied theirs, too. Every person in that arena […] was ready to leave it all on the floor.

2016 May 2, Blake Murphy, “They did it”, in Raptors Republic, retrieved 2021-04-20:

That completed an unraveling of an early Blue Jays lead that stood at five runs after the second inning as Toronto emptied the clip on Tampa Bay starter Austin Pruitt.

2017 August 23, Arden Zwelling, “Stroman battles feel for pitches in Blue Jays-Rays slugfest”, in Sportsnet, retrieved 2021-04-20:

The Stars emptied the clip and were the better team in last two periods.

2021 March 29, Ben Davila, “Dallas Stars: Are we kidding ourselves about their chances?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2021-04-20:

(chiefly US, idiomatic, sports, by extension) To compete with great vigor, especially by making numerous scoring attempts.


Everesting

en-noun

Everesting (countable and uncountable, plural Everestings)

In September 2017 Paul Adler and CyclingTips founder Wade Wallace rode an unofficial ‘Everesting’ together around Annecy. Nearly 320km and 10,000m of climbing (the hight^([sic – meaning height]) of Everest is 8848m), Paul tells the story of his failed and successful attempts at climbing Mount Everest and how it relates to cycling.

2017 November 16, CyclingTips, “How does 'Everesting' on a bike compare to climbing Mount Everest?”, in YouTube:

The first person to undertake Everesting was British mountaineer George Mallory – grandson of the famous explorer and Everest climber of the same name – who ascended Australia’s Mount Donna Buang in 1994, completing eight laps of the 1,069 metre hill.

2020 December 17, Mollie Mcguigan, “Everything you need to know about Everesting”, in Runner’s World:

In the increasingly popular global challenge known as Everesting, the 33-year-old McLaughlin returned to the famed Mamore Gap in his native Donegal and completed the 8,848 metres, 29,029 feet in old money, that being the height of Mount Everest, in a time of 6:40.54.

2021 March 29, Ian O'Riordan, “Mamore power to him: Ronan McLaughlin regains Everesting record in Donegal”, in Irish Times:

(cycling) The challenge of ascending and descending a given hill multiple times on a bicycle, in order to cover a distance of 8,848 metres (the elevation of Mount Everest).


lead through

en-verb

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

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

We 'led through', each in turn climbing to the full length of the rope, and then belaying […]

1946, Scott C. Russell, Mountain Prospect, page 98:

The climbing was nowhere difficult, perhaps only Moderate by British standards, but it was sometimes exposed. We led through, taking it in turns to lead alternate pitches. Probably a guide would have moved up continuously, […]

1964, Showell Styles, Modern Mountaineering, page 128:

You lead "through" instead — your companion leads a pitch, then you join him. But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.

1967, Anthony Greenbank, Instructions in Mountaineering, page 84:

(climbing) To take turns leading an expedition.


femtophotography

From femto- + photography, from the ~100-femtosecond-long pulses of light used.

(photography) A method of photography using sub-picosecond pulses of light (usually around 10⁻¹³ seconds, or 100 femtoseconds, long) to illuminate the subject of the photograph, allowing the propagation of the light pulse to be viewed directly.


long handle

Lucas again well set, being ultimately secured in his anxiety to give them the long handle, having played perfect cricket for his century.

1883, Uppingham School Magazine, page 236:

You may leave your ground even to fast bowling on slow wickets if you think you can bring off a hit by so doing, and generally hold the bat nearer the top and give her the long handle.

1889, Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton (Hon.), Cricket (page 77)

Tissera played two fine innings, of 53 and 17 not out and P. I. Peiris (30) wielded the long handle.

1999, S. S. Perera, S. Muthiah, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832-1996, page 300:


five-pointer

But they will have wanted to capitalise on the opportunities for five-pointers they created in that first half.

2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:


Captain Armstrong

A pun on the name Armstrong, referring to the use of a strong arm.

"Poor child," he said to himself, all his angry feelings changing, "she seems to have set her heart so upon winning, it would be sad if she were disappointed. No one has much on it: shall I try Captain Armstrong for once? It would make her very happy. Bar accidents, I must win. They don't know that the chestnut has not extended himself yet."

1860, George Alfred Lawrence, Guy Livingstone, page 70:

He had practised “Captain Armstrong” so palpably as to be banished from the Turf.

1886, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 46, page 413:

We have not an iota of belief in this or any other "Captain Armstrong" insinuation against high-class jockeys, who have far too comfortable incomes, and too much proper pride, to place their characters in any man's power, […]

(horse racing, archaic, slang) A form of cheating in which the jockey deliberately pulls his horse back so that it does not win.


call a cab

call a cab (third-person singular simple present calls a cab, present participle calling a cab, simple past and past participle called a cab)

calls a cab (present singular third-person)
calling a cab (participle present)
called a cab (participle past)
called a cab (past)

(raise arm while riding): From the similarity to the raised-arm gesture used to summon a taxi.

An habitually raised arm, termed 'calling a cab', was the trademark of amateurism.

1994, Dick Francis, Wild Horses, page 137:

Drawings of races sixty years ago show the riders trying to avoid catching their horses in the mouth by stretching forward with one arm and lifting the other hand backwards off the reins into the position known as 'calling a cab'.
Although it is no longer the normal and recognized thing to do, 'calling a cab' is still occasionally seen when a jockey finds himself in difficulties over a fence.

2002, Frank R. Scatoni, Finished Lines, page 181:

(horse racing) To raise one's arm to maintain balance while riding.


penhold

One of the Chinese players, a pudgy little man who couldn't stop talking as we waited for the room to clear from a yoga class, played with the typical Chinese penhold (with the racket held as a pen) and used only the face of his racket.

2013 September 5, Guido Mina di Sospiro, The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong, Random House, →ISBN:

(sports) A form of grip in table tennis similar to that typically used when holding a pen.


penhold

Wang Hao's penhold style of play – while maintaining the traditional advantages of the penhold grip, has also greatly improved on it.

2012 June 30, Wei Zhang, Advanced Technology in Teaching: Selected papers from the 2012 International Conference on Teaching and Computational Science (ICTCS 2012), Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 434:

(sports) Pertaining to such grip or a playing style involving it.


aeroscreen

(motor racing) A kind of transparent screen fixed in front of the cockpit, to protect the driver from flying debris.


shot on target

Sheffield United, who were relegated on 17 April following defeat to Wolves, had one shot on target and were unable to test goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

2021 May 2, Emma Sanders, “Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Sheffield United”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) A shot that either scores a goal or that would score if not for an obstruction by a defending player.


Big Dance

While allegations about riverboat operators swirl in Louisiana, New Orleans scored a major economic and public relations coup last week by winning its bid to host the 1997 Super Bowl in the Superdome. It will be the eighth time the city has been chosen by the NFL to hold the Big Dance.

It was a big day for Essendon, with both senior and reserves teams reaching the Big Dance.

2016, Mark Thompson, Bomber: The Whole Story: The Whole Story, Penguin Group Australia, →ISBN:

We won our way through to the grand final against Geelong Falcons, which meant I was off to the 'Big Dance' at the MCG for the first time. We were to play as a curtain-raiser to the 2000 Essendon–Melbourne AFL Grand Final.

2018, Sam Mitchell, Relentless, Macmillan Publishers Aus., →ISBN:


infinity shot

[…] opaque infra-red filters may be conveniently focused by pointing at a bright sun when using them for infinity shots.

The lens was a macro, capable of everything from an “infinity shot” to a close-up in which a single fingerprint filled the entire frame.

(photography) A photograph with the focus in the far distance.


(golf) Abbreviation of fourball better ball.


best ball

(golf) The fourball golf format, especially a variation involving teams of three or four players.


spot reduction

(exercise) The hypothetical reduction of fat from a specific region of the body.


outkick one's coverage

outkick one's coverage (third-person singular simple present outkicks one's coverage, present participle outkicking one's coverage, simple past and past participle outkicked one's coverage)

outkicks one's coverage (present singular third-person)
outkicking one's coverage (participle present)
outkicked one's coverage (participle past)
outkicked one's coverage (past)

Sometimes a punter will outkick his coverage, but the majority of the time there's some decision-making involved.

2018, John Powers, Fridays with Bill: Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick:

But when the punter outkicked his coverage, White decided to disobey his coach's orders and run with the ball.

2022, Tyler Bridges, Five Laterals and a Trombone:

(American football) To kick the ball so far downfield that one's teammates do not have time to get into position to block or tackle the opponent who catches it.


cross-counter

(boxing) A counterattack begun immediately after an opponent throws a jab, exploiting the opening in the opponent's position.


cross-counter

cross-counter (third-person singular simple present cross-counters, present participle cross-countering, simple past and past participle cross-countered)

cross-counters (present singular third-person)
cross-countering (participle present)
cross-countered (participle past)
cross-countered (past)

(boxing, transitive, intransitive) To employ a counterattack of this kind on (someone).


multinegative

(photography, printing) An array of several negatives to be printed together by photolithography


multipositive

(photography, printing) An array of several positive images to be printed together by photolithography


'keeper

The next ball, the same thing, lunge and miss and through to the 'keeper.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 47:

(sports) Alternative form of keeper (i.e. goalkeeper or wicketkeeper).


superbat

When Tony Greig, in a meaningful and provocative interview, asked Sarfaraz background of betting and match-fixing, the Pakistan "superbat" categorically stated that it should start with Asif Iqbal and Gavaskar who, according to him, were the "original fixers"..

2017, K R Wadhwaney, Indian Cricket Controversies:

(cricket) A superb batsman or batswoman.


RHF

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of Russian Hockey Federation.; the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация хоккея России, Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii)

Russian Hockey Federation

The national identifier for Russians in international ice hockey while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.


GTD

Initialism of Grand Touring/Tourer Daytona.. From being a Grand Touring (“Gran Turismo”) (GT) racecar sportscar category developed for the Daytona Motor Speedway, and associated events/tracks.

initialism of

(motor racing, Grand Touring Daytona) A class of closed-cockpit enclosed-wheeled 4-wheeled sports car racing.


GTD

(motor racing, Grand Touring Daytona) A racecar sports car that conforms to GT Daytona category specifications.


batting pad

(cricket) One of a pair of soft padded coverings that protect the legs of the person batting; a pad or bat-pad.


run feast

Well, he and Sid had a run feast, putting on more than 400 runs together.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 146:

(cricket) A lengthy bout of scoring many runs.


Hector protector

en-noun

Hector protector (plural Hector protectors)

Vaseline in the cricket shoes, chilli powder in his hector protector, that sort of thing is Australian cricket's natural method of correction.

2004 March 12, The Chaser, Sydney, page 20, column 3:

(cricket, slang) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.


pull shot

His stand-in [...] was felled by a pull shot struck with tremendus power by England pace bowler and tailend batsman, Dick Pollard.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32:

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side.


strokemaster

(cricket, tennis) A player who hits the ball excellently.


orthodox spinner

orthodox spinner (plural orthodox spinners)


pad up

en-verb

pad up (third-person singular simple present pads up, present participle padding up, simple past and past participle padded up)

pads up (present singular third-person)
padding up (participle present)
padded up (participle past)
padded up (past)

Normally only one batsman is padded up and Dean Jones was listed to bat next.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 201:

(cricket, intransitive) To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.

He padded up for the Bears in 1997.

(American football, intransitive) To put on pads to ready oneself to play American football; to play for a team.


leave it all on the field

Don't worry about it, just leave it all on the field.

Use the same advice football coaches give their teams: "Always do your best. When you return to the locker room at the end of the game, leave it all on the field. Don't replay what you might have done or what someone else might have done..."

1996, Lucile Wilson, Blanche Woolls, chapter 5, in People Skills for Library Managers: A Common Sense Guide for Beginners, →ISBN, page 56:

(idiomatic, usually sports) Used to remind players not to dwell on minor mistakes, issues or conflicts that happened during the course of play.

Go and give it your all! Leave it all on the field!

But the stakes couldn't be higher, so we've got to leave it all on the field.

2012, Barack Obama, “Administration of Barack Obama, 2012/Sep. 18”, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama: 2012 (Book II: July 1 to December 31, 2012), page 1395:

(idiomatic, often sports) Used to encourage players or anyone to give their best effort, without going away with unused energy.


race-norming

(American football) The practice of adjusting downwards the cognitive ability scores of players of colour.


Month of May

(US, motor racing) The activities surrounding and including the running of the Indianapolis 500, one of the oldest, longest running, lengthiest single day, and most prestigious, racecar races of the world, traditionally held on Memorial Day weekend Sunday, near the end of May, and having several weeks of activities preceding it.


boomerang kick

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australian rules football, rugby) A kick that sends the ball in a curved trajectory.


easybeat

(Australia, sports) A team that is easy to beat; a team ranked towards the bottom of the competition ladder.


XE

(motor racing) Abbreviation of Extreme E.


hexathlon

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(athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events.


sandwich pick

(baseball) A type of draft pick awarded to Major League Baseball teams for the loss of free agents under certain conditions, and taking place in the supplemental round between the first and second rounds of the MLB amateur draft.


preyant

Lowe, [New Sarum, in Wiltshire] Gu. a wolf preyant ar. Crest, a wolf's head couped ar. collared or.

1780, Joseph Edmondson, A Complete Body of Heraldry:

Culcheth of Culcheth: argent, an eagle disclosed, preyant on a child in a mantle gules, wattled or. This is the crest of Stanley, well known in Lancashire as the bird and bantling.

1880, Thomas Spencer Baynes, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 700:

(heraldry) Preying; in the posture of preying (upon something).


interval training

(exercise) Training based upon a series of high-intensity workouts interspersed with rest or relief periods.


in pride

Over the fire-place on the right hand, there is a group of heathen celestials: - Jupiter and Juno, in a reclining posture, with their mythological insignia (the eagle holding the thunderbolts, and the peacock in his pride); […]

1841, Irvin Eller, The History of Belvoir Castle: From the Norman Conquest to the Nineteenth Century, page 301:

I remember, too, seeing the Peacock in pride above the arms of the late Sir Matthew Tierney, the physician, […]

Argent, three peacocks in pride proper.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 448:

A Psalter, B.L. MC. Arundel 157, of circa 1200, has a fairly good bird in its pride in the initial D of Psalm 98 […] (f.82v). This is not one of the regularly illustrated psalms, and the only possible symbolism, that the peacock represents Christ, seems far-fetched.

1982, William Brunsdon Yapp, Birds in Medieval Manuscripts, page 22:

Our Turkey Lectern is 20th-century, but the family arms, with the turkey crest, occur in 18th-century glass and in the carvings above 17th- and 18th- century tombs. I find it interesting that these two earlier birds show great resemblance to your 18th century picture of the North American wild turkey. Though depicted "in its pride”, the body has the elongated shape of the present-day pheasant. Can it be that at that time the domestic turkey was still similar to the North American wild turkey?

1983, Cynthia Mortimore, in a letter to (and published in) Country Life, volume 173, page 582

Above the shield and helmet is the Crest which is described as : "A peacock in pride ar." A translation of the Crest description is : "A silver peacock in her pride." Family mottos are believed to have originated as battle cries in medieval times ...

(1) A peacock in his pride arg. (for Pelham).

1993, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 438:

The careful and detailed rendering of the "eyes" of the peacock's tail in many of the bestiaries may be an artistic attempt to create a pictorial equivalent of the text. The peacock in Bodley 764 is shown in its pride (figure C, p. xxiv).

2013, Debra Hassig, The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61:

(heraldry, chiefly of a peacock) With its tail feathers spread.


CEBL

(Canada, sports) Initialism of Canadian Elite Basketball League.


runpast

The Znin Wask (600mm) narrow-gauge line. 0-4-0 tender/tank No T49 114 stages a photographic runpast for the WRS party.

1979 August, P.R.G Kennard, “Polish steam panorama”, in Railway World, page 419, photo caption:

(rail transport, photography) A staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.


top bin

(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.


triple single

From triple double. Popularized and possibly coined by American basketball player and commentator Charles Barkley.

(basketball) The accumulation of nine or fewer each of points, rebounds and assists a single game.


UFA

Coordinate term: RFA

(sports) Initialism of unrestricted free agent.


London postcode of the Wimbledon area (with SW standing for southwest London).

I see him win there in SW19 and in the Davis Cup; I see him enraged when we lose to his sisters in carrom […]

2014, Sundeep Misra, The Best of Indian Sports Writing:

[…] to try and get the unmistakable 'Wimbledon experience' across to people who can't make it to SW19.

2018, David Hassan, Managing Sport Business: An Introduction:

(sports) Wimbledon (tennis championships)


jump box

(skateboarding, BMX) A ramp or incline for riders to gain air and perform tricks.


Mickey Mouse ring

en-noun

Mickey Mouse ring (plural Mickey Mouse rings)

2020 NBA Bubble
Anthony Davis (basketball)
Championship ring
LeBron James

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Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.

After the Lakers won their little Mickey Mouse ring, LeBron went to the church of victimhood as he often does, and talked about what a ‘huge challenge’ it was to be in Orlando.

2020 December 3, Will Leitner, quoting Ben Maller, “The Ben Maller Show: 'Stop Acting Like LeBron's Championship at the NBA's Bubble Was Challenging'”, in Fox Sports Radio:

Occasional jabs about James and his supposed 'Mickey Mouse' ring haven’t really stuck.

2020 December 31, Marc Stein, “From Kobe to LeBron: Tragedy and Triumph in the N.B.A.”, in New York Times:

But this upsets many fans, leading to widespread comments all over social media such as a Mickey Mouse Ring/Win/Championship (in reference to how the NBA bubble was at Disney World) to underline how these competitions are not authentic enough because of coronavirus's impact on how well teams can play.

2021 March 17, “The Medic: NCAA's March Madness offers real threat for pandemic madness”, in Daily Trojan, University of Southern California, page 1:

Lakers/LeBron haters have lamely labeled last year’s title, which featured a mental and emotional toll unlike any other in NBA history, a Mickey Mouse ring.

2021 June 17, Adam Caparell, “'Stop putting an Asterisk on Every NBA Champion'”, in Complex Sports Magazine:

(informal, derogatory, basketball, US) The 2020 NBA championship won by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Basically, a Mickey Mouse ring is a championship that is not earned and seems to come “easily.”

2021 July 15, Ethan Moutes, “It’s time to retire the notion of a ‘Mickey Mouse ring’”, in The Daily Californian:

I do not want them to win a ring again. If the Dodgers win, at least it will remove the “Mickey Mouse ring” thing which would be a fair criticism if it was literally any other team than the Dodgers who actually have been the best team in baseball for a while!

2021 October 7, “Who to Root for in the Playoffs Now”, in SB Nation:

(informal, by extension, derogatory, sports, US) Any championship in a sporting competition that is perceived to be of lower quality than other championships due to weaker competition or circumstances.


scratch hit

(baseball) A weakly hit ground ball that eludes the infielders and leads to a base hit.


boot one

[…] to jeer at him when he booted one or fanned with a crucial run on base.

1998, Eliot Asinof, Man on Spikes, page 68:

[…] he played short with sweet ease, and looked good even when he booted one, […]

2002, Brooke Horvath, Tim Wiles, Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems, page 92:


fireroad

From fire + road, based on their use as an access route for firefighters.

Coordinate term: singletrack

The run began with a basically straight 50 to 60 mph fireroad with just enough hidden rocks to emphasize the strength of the alloy Daido rims.

2003 October, Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader, page 126:

(cycling) A trail that is wide enough for four-wheeled off-road vehicles.


nosegrab

(skateboarding) An aerial maneuver in which the skater ollies, then pops the back foot off board and grabs the nose (front) of the skateboard.


hand-sling

(cycling) in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands


half-pass

(equestrianism) In dressage, a movement in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time


blow up the tote

en-verb

blow up the tote (third-person singular simple present blows up the tote, present participle blowing up the tote, simple past blew up the tote, past participle blown up the tote)

blows up the tote (present singular third-person)
blowing up the tote (participle present)
blew up the tote (past)
blown up the tote (participle past)

From the whimsical notion that the payout on a particularly high-priced longshot might be a larger number than the tote board is capable of computing and/or displaying.

Giacomo blew up the tote by winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby at odds of 50-1.

(horse racing, of a horse) To win a race as a long shot.


hypoeliminator

(photography, historical) A solution used to remove sodium thiosulfate ("hypo") from fixed plates or prints.


Hypergon

(photography) A wide-angle lens, forming a flat field, constructed symmetrically with two deep meniscus elements that almost form a sphere.


The Hundred

(cricket) A short form of professional cricket that lasts for 100 balls.


Chusovitina

From Russian Чусовитина (Čusovitina).
The gymnastics skills are named after Oksana Chusovitina, an athletic artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union, CIS/Unified Team, Germany, and Uzbekistan.

(gymnastics) Any of several gymnastic skills created by Oksana Chusovitina and named after her.

Synonym of Miller; (An uneven bars skill)

full-out dismount
full-out dismount#English

Synonym of full-out dismount; (An uneven bars skill)

A full-twisting double-layout, in floor routines


3x3 basketball

From 3 (“three”) + X (“cross, by, against”) + 3 + basketball.
From being a form of basketball with three players facing three players on the two sides.

compound

(sports) A coach-less (no in-game coaching) form of basketball, with 2 opposing sides of 3 on-court players at a time on a side, on a court with a single basket, half the size of a regular basketball court, where defenders and attackers switch during play.


enaluron

Uncertain; perhaps from French *en aileron (in which case see aileron).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enaluron.

(heraldry, uncommon) Charged with birds.


enurny

From Anglo-Norman enorné, enourné, variant forms of aurné, aourné, from aurner (“to adorn, decorate, endow”); compare anorn, enorn from the same nasal variants.

He beareth Argent, a bordure quarterly, as followeth: The first Gules, enurny of three Lioncels passant guardant, Or. The second, Azure, verdoy, of as many Flowers de Lis, Or. The third as the fecond : The fourth as the first.

1638, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 32:


pumpy

en-adj

pumpy (comparative more pumpy, superlative most pumpy)

more pumpy (comparative)
most pumpy (superlative)

a pumpy climb


gate-to-wire

Authentic led the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Classic at every point of call en route to a gate-to-wire victory.

(US, horse racing) From start to finish. (Usually used to describe a horse that wins a race by leading throughout.)


world's fastest woman

en-noun

world's fastest woman (plural world's fastest women)

(athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female sprinter in the women's 100-metre dash sprint race athletics track and field event


world's greatest athlete

world's fastest athlete (plural world's greatest athletes)

world's fastest athlete (canonical)
world's greatest athletes (plural)

(masculine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion male athlete in the men's decathlon athletics track and field sport

(feminine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female athlete in the women's heptathlon athletics track and field sport (the pentathlon was replaced by the heptathlon in Olympic competition for women)

(historical, feminine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female athlete in the women's pentathlon athletics track and field sport (the heptathlon replaced the pentathlon in Olympic competition for women)


disabled list

(sports) A list of players on a team who are unable or ineligible to play because of an injury.


leg sweep

(martial arts) A swipe of a fighter's leg meant to destabilize the adversary

(cricket) A sweep shot played to the leg side


world's fastest man

world's fastest man (plural world's fastest men)

(athletics, slang) the Olympic champion male sprinter in the men's 100-metre dash sprint race athletics track and field event

en:Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race
en:Bob Costas


air sense

(gymnastics) Aerial awareness, the perception of the location and orientation of one's body in the air and in relation to the gymnastics apparatus and the floor and ground mats.


flying disc

flying disc (countable and uncountable, plural flying discs)

Generic name for a frisbee, avoiding the trademark Frisbee. Coined as a descriptive name for what a frisbee is, a disc-shaped object designed to fly through the air.

(uncountable, sports) Synonym of frisbee (“the sport”)


no-height

(athletics) A score of 0 in height, where an athlete fails to make a valid jump, in high jump or pole vault, and faults out of competition.


no-height

en-verb

no-height (third-person singular simple present no-heights, present participle no-heighting, simple past and past participle no-heighted)

no-heights (present singular third-person)
no-heighting (participle present)
no-heighted (participle past)
no-heighted (past)

(athletics) To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-height, by failing to make a valid jump in high jump or pole vault, and faulting out of competition.


bromizer

(photography) A bromide added to a collodion or gelatin emulsion.


bracket racing

(motor racing) A form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between the predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance.


Kirlian photography

(parapsychology, photography) A technique for recording photographic images of corona discharges and hence, supposedly, the auras of living creatures.


El Tri

El Tri have just defeated Japan in a 3-1 victory

(soccer) Nickname for Mexico's National Football Team


profil perdu

(painting, photography) A view of the subject from partially behind, such that only one side of the face is visible.


surfer's knob

en-noun

surfer's knob (countable and uncountable, plural surfer's knobs)

(surfing, slang) A hard bump or nodule on a surfer's knee, shin or ankle, resulting from recurrent contact with the surfboard.


surfer's knot

surfer's knot (countable and uncountable, plural surfer's knots)

(surfing, slang) Synonym of surfer's knob


freestyle wrestling

Coordinate term: Graeco-Roman wrestling

(sports) One of the two Olympic styles of wrestling, which allows attacks below the waist.


Team GB

(sports) The name of the team of athletes that represent the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games


FOTA

(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Teams Association.


FOCA

(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Constructors Association.


IPL

Indian Premier League
w:Indian Premier League

(sports, cricket) Initialism of Indian Premier League.


parallax motion

parallax motion (plural parallax motions)

(photography, optics) The apparent motion of a tracking-locked foreground object against a background, when the camera is moving across the environment. (ie. A stationary object will appear to move across a background, when a moving camera is locked to track it)


motion parallax

(photography, optics) The illusion of higher speed travel of a foreground object moving, when it is closer to the observer/camera, than when it is further away.


turtle curb

From turtle + curb, from its half-turtle-shell-like shape.

(motor racing) A type of curb/kerb and speed bump found on motor-racing tracks, having an oblong shape and elevated profile of a turtleshell, used for path and areal denial to delimit track limits, and launch vehicles into the air, blow-out suspensions, rip-out undercarriages, of those who choose to run over it.


deep squat

(sports) In powerlifting, a special kind of squat movement in which the hips are lowered under the level of the knees.


deep squat

en-verb

deep squat (third-person singular simple present deep squats, present participle deep squatting, simple past and past participle deep squatted)

deep squats (present singular third-person)
deep squatting (participle present)
deep squatted (participle past)
deep squatted (past)

(sports) To perform a deep squat movement.


table shuffleboard

From being a counter-sized adaptation of shuffleboard.

shuffleboard table
shuffleboard table#English

(sports, games) A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard.


shuffleboard table

en-noun

shuffleboard table (plural shuffleboard tables)

table shuffleboard
table shuffleboard#English

(sports, games) A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over 6m/20ft long.


parajudo

parajudo (usually uncountable, plural parajudos)

(disability, sports) A disability-adapted form of judo


parajudoka

parajudoka (plural parajudokas or parajudoka)

parajudokas (plural)
parajudoka (plural)

(disability, sports) A practitioner of parajudo,


para-athletics

(disability, sports) The disability-adapted form of athletics (“track and field”).

(disability, sports) Disability-adapted form of sport (“athletics”)


VMO

vastus medialis oblique
w:Vastus medialis

(bodybuilding, rehabilitation) Initialism of vastus medialis oblique.


raceday

(horse racing) A day on which a race is held


pitwall

(motor racing) The wall to the side of the pit lane


OIS

OIS (countable and uncountable, plural OIS)

(photography) Initialism of optical image stabilization.


show court

(sports) A court with a relatively large crowd capacity.


supermodified

(motor racing) A class of racecar used in supermodified racing


camback

(photography) An act or instance of responding to being filmed by filming the videographer himself.


camback

en-verb

camback (third-person singular simple present cambacks, present participle cambacking, simple past and past participle cambacked)

cambacks (present singular third-person)
cambacking (participle present)
cambacked (participle past)
cambacked (past)

(transitive, intransitive, photography) To react or respond to a videographer who is filming by filming the videographer.


draw bridle

draw bridle (third-person singular simple present draws bridle, present participle drawing bridle, simple past drew bridle, past participle drawn bridle)

draws bridle (present singular third-person)
drawing bridle (participle present)
drew bridle (past)
drawn bridle (participle past)

When he was within a small distance of this inn, which to him seemed a castle, he drew bridle, and stopt Rozinante […].

1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.2:

Surrey […] rode, without drawing bridle, to Berwick.

1828, Patrick Fraser Tytler, History of Scotland:

(equestrianism) To pull on the reins (of a horse etc.) in order to slow it down or bring it to a stop; hence, to stop, draw up.


GPDA

(motor racing) Initialism of Grand Prix Drivers Association.


WEC

(motor racing) Initialism of World Endurance Championship.

(motor racing, motorcycling) Initialism of World Enduro Championship.


reachy

en-adj

reachy (comparative more reachy, superlative most reachy)

more reachy (comparative)
most reachy (superlative)

(climbing) Involving a long reach to get to a hold


juggy

juggy (comparative more juggy, superlative most juggy)

more juggy (comparative)
most juggy (superlative)

(climbing) Involving one or more jugs as hand holds


sport climber

sport climber (comparative more sport climber, superlative most sport climber)

more sport climber (comparative)
most sport climber (superlative)

(climbing) Someone who participates in sport climbing


traditional climber

traditional climber (comparative more traditional climber, superlative most traditional climber)

more traditional climber (comparative)
most traditional climber (superlative)

traditional climbing
traditional climbing

(climbing) Someone who participates in traditional climbing


anti-gravity lean

en-noun

anti-gravity lean (plural anti-gravity leans)

Coined by Michael Jackson in 1987, when he created this performance dance maneuver, for the music video of Smooth Criminal. The move appears to defy gravity, as one would topple over without the special restraints used for the procedure.

(dance) In performance dance, a freestanding 45-degree lean, with a special shoe, anchored to the floor by a support bolt locking to the dance shoe.


golf bag

(golf) A long bag for carrying golf clubs.


pankratist

(martial arts) A competitor in pankration.


dragway

(motor racing) A dragstrip, a place where drag races are held. A racetrack to drag on.


Leica

A portmanteau of Leitz (the company's founder) and camera.

Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art.

1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:


turn stop

(skating) A move by which the skater reverses direction and comes to a halt by means of the toe stops.


Lionesses

The Lionesses were given their biggest test of the year by a talented, albeit injury-hit, Brazilian side but delivered more silverware as their momentum continues to gather pace before this summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shootout”, in BBC Sport:

Weakened by a string of injuries and the retirement of star players, the Euro 2022-winning Lionesses will need luck on their side to stop the USA lifting their third successive title[.]

2023 July 15, Suzanne Wrack, “Can the England women’s football team pull off the World Cup dream?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(soccer, informal) England women's national football team


cruxy

en-adj

cruxy (comparative more cruxy, superlative most cruxy)

more cruxy (comparative)
most cruxy (superlative)

(climbing) The most difficult (part of a climb).


boulderable

boulderable (comparative more boulderable, superlative most boulderable)

more boulderable (comparative)
most boulderable (superlative)

(climbing) suitable for, or possible to, boulder


low-impact

low-impact stretches before a full workout

(exercise) That does not place harmful stresses on the body.


high-impact

(exercise) That places a great deal of harmful stresses on the body.


ottermode

From otter + mode, from a likening of the otter, a mammal adapted to aquatic environments, to competitive swimmers who maintain fit but lean physiques to reduce drag.

Standing, the victim was about an inch shorter than me, and a pretty skinny guy. Wellbuilt, though. What we called “otter mode” at the gym.

2014, SM Reine, Hotter Than Helltown, unnumbered page:

Nyiam and I stay behind, but my eyes recognized the back of his ottermode body, instantly.

2017, Nkauj Ntsuab Lis, Core Integrate: The Core Welcomes You, unnumbered page:

He wasn't as muscly as Short Hair, but still pretty fit. Ottermode.

2018, Ko Hiratori, JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World, unnumbered page:

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A lean and physically-fit physique with well-defined muscles.


rotary table

(metalworking) A device for precisely positioning the workpiece, enabling the operator to drill or cut at exact intervals around a fixed axis.


street stock

street stock car racing
street stock car racing#English

(motor racing) Pertaining to street stock car racing.


street stock

en-noun

street stock (countable and uncountable, plural street stocks)

street stock car
street stock car#English

(countable, motor racing) Ellipsis of street stock car.: A street-legal retail-sold car close to factory stock configuration, lightly modified for safety and racing, no longer being street-legal used for stock car racing.

street stock car

(uncountable, motor racing) Ellipsis of street stock car racing.


dunk on

en-verb

dunk on (third-person singular simple present dunks on, present participle dunking on, simple past and past participle dunked on)

dunks on (present singular third-person)
dunking on (participle present)
dunked on (participle past)
dunked on (past)

(transitive, informal, basketball) To perform a slam dunk over (a defender).


Tarzan swing

After the fictional character Tarzan, known for swinging on ropes.

(sports, recreational) A rope swing, typically suspended from a tree, now especially installed in an outdoor activity center.


field meet

(sports) A spectacle in the field involving opposing contestants.


wetline

Its below decks layout has been redesigned to suit its role as a modern wetline or rock lobster fishing boat.

1983, Australian Fisheries, volume 42, page 35:

The commercial wetline fleet is a subset of the total fishing fleet, and consists of all boats with Fishing Boat Licences which have access to fish stocks that are not subject to specific management.

2000, Protecting and Sharing Western Australia's Coastal Fish Resources: The Path to Integrated Management: Issues and Proposals for Community Discussion, Fisheries Western Australia:

I worked on several boats over a total of eight seasons, along the way obtaining my Master Class V and Master of Limited Trade Vessels skipper's tickets, and skippered a wet-line fishing boat, and a charter boat in the off-seasons.

(fishing, Australia, attributive) Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.


health stamp

(New Zealand, philately) Any of a long-running series of postage stamps of New Zealand whose price includes a premium for charitable causes in addition to the usual charge for postage.


stickyback

She did not need a passport, but Michael advised her to get a few snapshots. So she went and had some "stickybacks" taken.

1939, Madeleine Elise Reynier Boyd, Life Makes Advances:

(photography, historical) A small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.


kinetography

(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.


recomp

recomp (third-person singular simple present recomps, present participle recomping, simple past and past participle recomped)

recomps (present singular third-person)
recomping (participle present)
recomped (participle past)
recomped (past)

(bodybuilding, colloquial) to recompose (that is, to gain muscle while simultaneously losing adipose tissue)


recomp

en-noun

recomp (countable and uncountable, plural recomps)

(bodybuilding, colloquial) A phase of gaining muscle while simultaneously losing adipose tissue.


jellop

Initially in the form jollop, jowlop, from jowl, jole + lap (see dewlap for more about lap).

(heraldry) The wattle (“skin hanging down below the neck; dewlap”) of a cock or similar creature.


walleye chop

(fishing) An event of choppy waters accompanied by a feeding frenzy of walleyes


chevronelly

(heraldry) Marked with a chevronel or chevronels.


corked bat

(baseball) A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.


armfloat

At that moment I realised just how alike Dad and BRAD were, and an image splashed into my mind of the two of them, armfloats strapped to their arms and goggles on their foreheads, […]

armband

(swimming) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”)


fly route

(American football) A pattern run by a receiver, straight upfield towards the end zone, with the aim of outrunning any defensive backs and getting behind them, catching an undefended pass while running untouched for a touchdown.


OW

(underwater diving) Acronym of Open Water.


He too is filling the pocket, darting in the space between the 808 and the glittering melody, closing the distance with his short lines and ad libs.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 129:

A synthesized drum or bass sound that emulates the sound of a Roland TR-808.

(music, chiefly hip-hop) A bassline or sub-bassline, or the sound used for such.


circle runner

(handball) A player who plays along the six-meter line with his/her back facing the opponent's goal, and tries to get in between the defenders to create space so that a teammate can get in. The circle runner can also receive a pass and try to score.


reserve team

(sports) A team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team.


NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis
w:en:Thermogenesis

(exercise) Acronym of non-exercise activity thermogenesis.


on the rail

(horse racing) Alternative form of on the rails


stockbook

(philately) storage book used by stamp collectors for storage of postage stamps placed in pockets, on pages, for easy viewing.


drop set

(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.

pudotussarja

Lowering the resistance before resting for another set


aerial photograph

aerial photograph (plural aerial photographs)

■ An aerial photograph - NR [Network Rail] now has its entire network photographed from the air.

2021 November 17, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Salisbury: a media own goal”, in RAIL, number 944, page 3:

(photography) A photograph taken from an aircraft, or by a drone remotely controlled from the ground.


collar the bowling

en-verb

collar the bowling (third-person singular simple present collars the bowling, present participle collaring the bowling, simple past and past participle collared the bowling)

collars the bowling (present singular third-person)
collaring the bowling (participle present)
collared the bowling (participle past)
collared the bowling (past)

Heatley and Baines then got together, and succeeded in collaring the bowling, and put on 60 before they were separated, and, when Heatley was caught far out for 38, the score stood at 151.

The fact was that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Whitmore (who was stupidly run out in the first innings, else the same thing might not improbably have happened then) went in first, and collared the bowling in the first twenty minutes, […]

1872, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 22, page 166:

(cricket) (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.


blind hockey

(disability, sports) An adapted form of ice hockey played by people with little to no vision, or with blindfolds. Forwards are typically low-vision, while the goalie is typically blind or blindfolded. An adapted hockey puck is used that is larger than an ice-hockey puck and contains noisemakers.


down and distance

en-noun

down and distance (plural downs and distances)

The choice to punt at this down and distance is unusual.

(American football) The game situation described using the current scrimmage down and the yardage required to either the line to gain, or the goal line if no line to gain exists.


bring the wood

en-verb

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

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

(American football) To play, especially to tackle, with great force.


hand-out

(racquets, real tennis, squash) A player to whom a ball is served.


grand quarter

(heraldry) A quarter that is itself quartered.


throw it back

throw it back (third-person singular simple present throws it back, present participle throwing it back, simple past threw it back, past participle thrown it back)

throws it back (present singular third-person)
throwing it back (participle present)
threw it back (past)
thrown it back (participle past)

(dance, slang) To arch the back and thrust the hips backwards.


Bronco

(sports) A member of the Denver Broncos.


Charger

(sports) A member of the Los Angeles Chargers.


above the rim

Basketball went from a game of set shots and long jumpers to a game played above the rim, characterized by earth-shattering dunks.

2003, Walter M. Kimbrough, Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, →ISBN, page 111:

The same male-centric phenomenon takes place in basketball, where the “standard” version of the game is played above the rim while the “watered-down” female version is played below the rim (and with a smaller ball).

2017, Rick Eckstein, How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports: The Pay-to-Play Pipeline, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 149:

Whereas Erving made his impact above the rim Curry is expanding what we never thought was expandable - the jump shot.

2021 December 13, Bob Padecky, “Stephen Curry has made jump shot an art form”, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California:

(basketball) [handing the ball] higher than the rim of the basket (such as during a slam dunk or alley oop)


podium position

en-noun

podium position (plural podium positions)

Referring to the podium that is often used when announcing or honoring the winners of a competition that places the winner on the highest step with second and third place next to the winner at a lower level.

Elsewhere on the circuit, Ryo's ZX-7RR had run out of gas and Russell darted past, only to run wide on the final lap, forfeiting the podium position. “We were looking for the win here, so it's disappointing to finish fourth," Russell said.

1997 November, Cycle World Magazine, page 95:

If winning is not possible, then a podium position is next best with second and third placegetters at least gaining due acclamation, but that is about where it ends, so no points have been awarded for finishing below third place.

2013, Angus Dougall, The Greatest Racing Driver, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 75:

For advanced triathletes racing short—course events, optimizing transition time may mean the difference between a podium position and no podium position.

2013, Joe Friel, Jim Vance, Triathlon Science, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 441:

(sports) An outcome of being among the best three participants in a competition.


jock off

en-verb

jock off (third-person singular simple present jocks off, present participle jocking off, simple past and past participle jocked off)

jocks off (present singular third-person)
jocking off (participle present)
jocked off (participle past)
jocked off (past)

Dawn Run's owner, Charmian Hill, who had insisted on trainer Paddy Mullins 'jocking off' his son Tony and putting up Jonjo O'Neill to ride her in the Gold Cup, was an awkward cuss too.

2012, Robin Oakley, Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time:

(transitive, informal, horse racing) To replace (a jockey) with another.


prototype racing

en-noun

prototype racing (plural prototype racings)

(motor racing) Sports car racing only involving a sports prototype vehicle.


sports prototype

sports prototype (plural sports prototypes)

(motor racing) A type of race car that is used in the highest-level categories of sports car racing.


gobonated

(heraldry) Gobony; compony; divided into a line of squares of alternating tincture.


bulge in the onion bag

bulge in the onion bag (plural bulges in the onion bag)


match ball

(soccer) The ball used in a particular match. It is often given to the man of the match after the game.


skidance

freestyle skiing
freestyle skiing#English

(skiing, dance) A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.


goalkeep

(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.


goalkeep

en-verb

goalkeep (third-person singular simple present goalkeeps, present participle goalkeeping, simple past and past participle goalkept)

goalkeeps (present singular third-person)
goalkeeping (participle present)
goalkept (participle past)
goalkept (past)

By rights I ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.

2011, Eilidh Nisbet, Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951, page 268:


pregrab

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pregrab.wav

(skiing, snowboarding) A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for as long as the trick requires.


knockout merchant

en-noun

knockout merchant (plural knockout merchants)

My second fight against the big dosser Deontay Wilder, the biggest knockout merchant in boxing history.

2020, Tyson Fury, The Furious Method: The Sunday Times bestselling guide to a healthier body & mind:

(boxing) A boxer who specializes in inflicting knockouts.


onion bag

From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.

You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag.

2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)


fusilly

an inescutcheon fusilly in bend argent and azure


swim meet

From swim + meet., on the pattern of track meet and field meet.

(sports) An athletic contest for swimming.


future endeavor

en-verb

future endeavor (third-person singular simple present future endeavors, present participle future endeavoring, simple past and past participle future endeavored)

future endeavors (present singular third-person)
future endeavoring (participle present)
future endeavored (participle past)
future endeavored (past)

From the fact that wrestling promotion WWE, when announcing a wrestler’s release, will “wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”

Creative couldn’t find anything for him to do, so they ended up future endeavoring him.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling, slang) To release a wrestler from their contract.


ball kid

(sports) A youth responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players.


bretessé

(heraldry) Embattled (as a bend, fesse, etc), especially if embattled-counterembattled on both sides with the projections coming opposite each other.


street race

(motor racing) An instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track.


stivot

(skiing) A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.


stivot

stivot (third-person singular simple present stivots, present participle stivoting, simple past and past participle stivoted)

stivots (present singular third-person)
stivoting (participle present)
stivoted (participle past)
stivoted (past)


sidecarcross

(motor racing) A version of motocross with dirtbikes equipped with sidecars, and passengers riding them.


wondersave

You can hear Allan McGregor attempt to persuade the referee that he never made a wondersave from Leigh Griffiths' first half effort, and you can also hear him give his defenders an earful.

2021 January 4, Mark McDougall, “Unique Rangers vs Celtic insight given by SPFL highlights package as every word caught on camera”, in Glasgow Live:

(soccer) A first-rate save; an exceptional save


outhalf

DAVID HUMPHREYS, who played very well for Ireland A against Scotland a fortnight ago, gets another chance to impress the national selectors when he plays for Ulster at outhalf against New South Wales at Ravenhill next Tuesday night.

2021 January 5, “Ulster's finest get chance to impress”, in The Irish Times:


rail saver

(surfing) A piece of fabric at the point where the leg rope is attached to the surfboard, to protect the rail when the rope is pulled taut.


netmind

netmind (third-person singular simple present netminds, present participle netminding, simple past and past participle netminded)

netminds (present singular third-person)
netminding (participle present)
netminded (participle past)
netminded (past)


goalee

The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.

(sports, colloquial) Archaic form of goalie (“goalkeeper”).


nip-up

(gymnastics) an acrobatic spring from a supine position to a standing position.


all-court

en-adj

all-court (comparative more all-court, superlative most all-court)

more all-court (comparative)
most all-court (superlative)

(tennis) adaptable to playing on all surfaces


alley ball

(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use.


house ball

(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use


Little League home run

en-noun

Little League home run (plural Little League home runs)

From such error-filled plays being common at the actual Little League level but rare in professional-level baseball.

(baseball) A plate appearance where the batter is able to reach home due to major fielding errors, on a scale not usually seen at that level of play.


EAD

equivalent air depth
w:equivalent air depth

(underwater diving) Initialism of equivalent air depth.


short track

short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)

(countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track.

(motor racing) A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.


long track

long track (countable and uncountable, plural long tracks)

long-track speedway
long-track speedway#English

(uncountable, motor racing) Ellipsis of long-track speedway.

(uncountable, cycling) Ellipsis of long-track speedway.


bar pad

Set the bar pad in the center of the bar. If you don't have a bar pad, it's easy enough to wrap a towel around the bar as well.

2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of:

Lower the bar down so it is about 30cm off the ground and place a bar pad (a black, cushioned tube) around the centre of the horizontal bar.

2019, Chloe Madeley, Transform Your Body With Weights:

Installation of the mount, locating tower and stabilizer is a simple bolt-on affair, with ony minor surgery to the provided bar pad required to make room for the damper's low-speed adjustment knob.

2005 January, “BRP Under Bar Mount: Stability with protection”, in Cycle World Magazine, volume 44, number 1, page 86:

The vintage custom-vented number plate, steel handlebars and old-school bar pad just scream “1983 factory race machine.”

2021 December 9, “1983 HONDA CR480: BEHIND THE BUILD”, in Dirt Bike:

(motorcycling) A cushioned tube that fits over the handlebar.


RAL

(sports) Abbreviation of ranked as last (“a penalty score relegating a racer to the last placing in a heat”).


football match

football match (countable and uncountable, plural football matches)

[ˈfʊʔtbɔɫ mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔt̚bɔɫ mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔt̚bɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔtʰbɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔbɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[fʷʊʔt̚bɑɫ mæt͡ʃ]

“Whata fantastic football match!” Yuck heard over the loudspeaker. “Three goals each! It's a draw!” Polly hung tangled in the net, coughing and spluttering. She screamed at the referee. “I'm supposed to win, you idiot!

2014 November 20, Matt and Dave, Yuck's Fantastic Football Match, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

(sports) A single game of football between two teams.


pussy pad

(vulgar, slang, motorcycling) The backseat of a motorcycle.


snapshotter

It is time we forgot the old distinctive class borderline between the snapshotter and the amateur photographer, which was based on the capabilities of the equipment the two sectors used.

1987, The British Journal of Photography, volume 134:

The implication is that the snapshotter, because of his unwillingness to slow down and perceive the complexity of the unmediated landscape, could only wreak havoc with his camera.

2010, Eric Gordon, The Urban Spectator: American Concept Cities from Kodak to Google, UPNE, →ISBN, page 50:

(uncommon, photography) Synonym of snapshooter


hydroflight

hydroflight sports
hydroflight sports#English

(sports, recreation) Ellipsis of hydroflight sports.


draft in

en-verb

draft in (third-person singular simple present drafts in, present participle drafting in, simple past and past participle drafted in)

drafts in (present singular third-person)
drafting in (participle present)
drafted in (participle past)
drafted in (past)

Klopp was forced into a late reshuffle after a tearful Thiago Alcantara was injured in the warm-up, drafting in Naby Keita as a late replacement.

2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Drafting a new rookie player to join a professional team.


d-man

(sports, informal) Abbreviation of defenceman/defenseman.


footplay

So we look at the fight, and what do we see? We see that the best fighter combines footplay with fist-work.

1921, The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal:

Quite “beside himself,” he dances up and down the Corso, seeking to engage Princess Brambilla in wild and inspired footplay, but she is not to be found.

1984, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Tobin Siebers, Tobin Siebers, The Romantic Fantastic:


Sixer

(basketball, informal) A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.


round of 32

(sports) The round in a knockout competition before the round of 16, in which thirty two teams or competitors remain.


round of 16

(sports) The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.


two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) A competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.


armorial bearing

en-noun

armorial bearing (plural armorial bearings)

(heraldry) Heraldry that consists of a design or image depicted on a shield.


Whisker Biscuit

Whisker Biscuit (plural Whisker Biscuits)

It might seem that a Whisker Biscuit's nylon bristles, which surround the shaft, would affect arrow flight.

2004 August, Scott Bestul, “The No-Nonsense Bow”, in Field & Stream, unnumbered page:

I pulled my quiver off my bow, ran an arrow through my Whisker Biscuit, and leaned back on my leg.

2006, Jimmy Sites, Jason Cruise, Into the High Country, unnumbered page:

I draw, sure that he can hear the sound of the arrow as it touches each fiber of my Whisker Biscuit rest.

2008, Bill Heavey, If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia, page 139:

(archery) A branded arrow rest with synthetic bristles with a hole in the middle to stabilize the arrow shaft while allowing the fletching to pass smoothly.


whisker biscuit

whisker biscuit (plural whisker biscuits)

The bad news was his whisker biscuit—the part that guided the arrow—as well as his sight and stabilizer had been snapped, shattered, and otherwise removed.

This is most easily seen on your arrow rest if you're using a recurve, but you can also see erosion on a containment rest and/or a whisker biscuit.

2019, Dawson Albert, Archery: The #1 Beginner's Guide for Everything an Archer Needs to Know About Recurve and Compound Bows, unnumbered page:

The whisker biscuit is the most typical rest, but it can slightly reduce the arrow's speed.

2021, Miguel Rocha, HowExpert Guide to Archery, page 6:

(archery) Alternative letter-case form of Whisker Biscuit.


distaffer

(horse racing) A horse that races in a distaff (race for female horses only).


transfer market

transfer market (plural transfer markets)

It would be more significant if the initial distribution of playing talent, before clubs start to trade players on the transfer market, were more equal.

2006, Wladimir Andreff, Stefan Szymanski, Handbook on the Economics of Sport, page 638:

Dr Raffaele Poli heads the CIES Football Observatory, which analyses the transfer market and the performance of players.

However, the net spending on playing talent in the transfer market (i.e. paid transfer fees minus received transfer fees) has not increased.

2019, Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad R. Humphreys, The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics, page 204:

Some of the players were concerned about what the future held for them – given that one of the measures involved Chelsea not being able to operate in the transfer market or offer new contracts.

March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:

(sports) The system by which players are transferred between teams, including the fees involved for teams making such transfers.


cup check

(sports) A tap on the groin given from one (male) athlete to another, to check if the other is wearing a cup by hitting them lightly in the testicles.


Cedars

(soccer) The Lebanon national football team.


ATGATT

(motorcycling, philosophy) Acronym of all the gear all the time.. A statement of philosophy of the motorcyclist rider, who rides fully kitted-out whenever out riding.


fa jin

(martial arts) The explosive discharge of power, in Chinese martial arts.


September call-up

September call-up (plural September call-ups)

(baseball) A league of players who are traditionally added to MLB rosters late in the season.


WASL

Western Australian Super League
w:Western Australian Super League

(Australia, ice hockey) Initialism of Western Australian Super League.


cuttyhunk

(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.


pro shop

(sports, especially tennis and golf) A shop at a sports club that sells equipment, often run by a professional in that sport


FV

(maritime, nautical, fishing) Initialism of fishing vessel. (also a ship prefix)


center-back

(soccer) Alternative spelling of centre-back


Alouette

(Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes.


bagwork

Coordinate term: padwork

Once the men are done with the sparring or technical component, there is clinch training followed by a few rounds of bagwork.

2016, Lionel Loh Han Loong, The Body and Senses in Martial Culture, page 37:

(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.


photogenia

(photography) The various photographic techniques, such as lighting, focus and framing, used to make a subject look more attractive.


padwork

Coordinate term: bagwork

Following this is another four to five rounds of padwork with the Thai trainers before one practises his punches and kicks on the bags.

(martial arts) Training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.


britchen

(equestrianism) Alternative form of breeching (“component of horse harness or tack, to hold back a vehicle”)


colortype

There are two good colortypes and a number of half-tone illustrations. Many of the latter have unfortunately been spoiled in the printing.

(photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).


runscoring

Philippe's innings, which included five fours and one six, moves him to the top of the runscoring charts for this summer's tournament with 261 from seven innings.

2021 January 4, Ed Jackson, “Aussie call-up matter of time for Philippe”, in The West Australian:


first leg

Coordinate term: two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) The first of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.


second leg

Coordinate term: two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) The second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate.


retrospectography

From retrospect + -o- + -graphy in both senses. The radiologic sense (from the early 20th century) was developed by radiology technicians and radiologists (who were not yet differentiated from each other at the time). The sense of reviewing photographs and learning additional insights about their subjects/contents was developed in 2017 by Jeffrey Ross of the website JBRish.com.

(art, photography, rare) The further appreciation of a photograph or picture which reveals insights into that image which were not recognized or appreciated at the time of original capture.


one-hander

(sports) A shot, stroke, or pass performed using only one hand.


hitting partner

hitting partner (plural hitting partners)

(tennis) A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach.


drop pass

(netball) A high pass for a catcher who will move into free space to receive the ball


pin deck

(bowling) The section of the lane on which the pins are set.


trampoline effect

By analogy with a person jumping on a trampoline.

(baseball) The phenomenon by which the baseball "jumps" off the bat at contact.


vibs

On iced rocks, hard-frozen scree, or ledges of wet earth or vegetation, Vibs are treacherous.

The other school of thought (the majority) will wear crampons in vibs — short points flex less — and vibs give better foot insulation than nailed boots.

1970, Climber and Rambler, volume 9, page 67:

(climbing, slang, rare) Shoes with rubber outsoles made by the Vibram company.


backfielder

(sports) A player stationed in the backfield.


snap swivel

Anglers often ask me about the correct way to use a swivel, snap, or a snap-swivel. It is an excellent question, because misusing these important pieces of terminal tackle is one of the most common mistakes in freshwater fishing.

2000, Field & Stream, volume 104, number 10, page 79:

(fishing) A form of tackle that combines a snap and a swivel.


CSK

Chennai Super Kings
w:Chennai Super Kings

(sports) Initialism of Chennai Super Kings.


RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore
w:Royal Challengers Bangalore

(sports) Initialism of Royal Challengers Bangalore.


jump pass

(American football) A pass to a teammate made while jumping


Chevrons

(cricket) The Zimbabwe national cricket team.


Rhinos

(cricket) The Bangladesh national cricket team.


Wallaroo

(Australia, cricket) Someone who plays for the Australia women's national rugby union team.


Men in Blue

(cricket) The India national cricket team.


Southern Stars

(cricket) The Australia women's national cricket team.


White Ferns

(cricket) The New Zealand women's national cricket team.


Blue Tigers

(soccer) The India national football team.


Bengal Tigers

(soccer) The Bangladesh national football team.


Gorkhalis

(cricket) The Nepal national cricket team.


backliner

Bourque can also play the physical game with the best of the NHL backliners. He is not afraid to use the body, and his play in the corners is often fearsome.

2017, Stan Fischler, Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players:

(sports) One who plays on the back line.


minor point

(rugby, historical) A single point awarded for a touch-in-goal and sometimes for touchdowns or dead balls.


minor penalty

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

(ice hockey) A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.


clubbie

"When he died, his baseball cap was given to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He is the only clubbie to be honored with a display there."

1977, Maj. Ed Logan, quotee, Airman, page 38:

(US, baseball, informal) A clubhouse manager.

"[…] But there are some stadiums where the clubhouse guys don't do a very good job, but there are clubbies that do a really outstanding job. […]"

2019 July 10, John Cangelosi, K.P. Wee, John Cangelosi: The Improbable Baseball Journey of the Undersized Kid from Nowhere to World Series Champion, Riverdale Avenue Books LLC, →ISBN:

(US, baseball, informal) A clubhouse attendant.


plant foot

In order to stay balanced on one foot, you must add the appropriate angle so that the center of your hips, shoulders, handle and head are directly over your plant foot on the water.

1996 August, “QUICK TIPS”, in WaterSki, page 22:

Be careful not to place the box so close that the pitcher contacts it with her plant foot.

2007 April 30, Kirk Walker, The Softball Drill Book, Human Kinetics, →ISBN:

To line up to make the kick, the kicker places his plant foot so that the instep of the foot is next to the placement spot, and he places his kicking foot directly behind the placement spot.

2012 May 7, Thomas L. Bass, Football Skills & Drills, Human Kinetics, →ISBN:

As your pitcher drives down the mound, his plant foot should be on the same line as his back foot.

2018 April 5, HowExpert, Thomas Nelson, Travel Baseball Coach: How to Start, Succeed, Have Fun, and Make a Positive Impact in Travel Baseball Coaching From A to Z, HowExpert, →ISBN:

(sports) The foot which supports one's body while the other moves to perform an action.


white card

(soccer) A card similar to the red card and yellow card, but used to acknowledge sportmanship or fair play.


stand fast

(archery) a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target


statline

(US, sports) The statistics of a given player, as recorded in a line in a table


Clockgate

(US, American football, informal) The controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.


From America's Cup + 50, because it measures approximately 50 feet on the waterline.

(sports, nautical) A hydrofoil catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2017 America's Cup.


From foil + 50, from AC50; because it measures approximately 50 feet on the waterline, and uses hydrofoils, and is derived from the AC50 class.

(sports, nautical) A hydrofoil catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail.


Jerusalem cross

Jerusalem cross (plural Jerusalem crosses)

(heraldry) a cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses, one in each quadrant.


clen

(bodybuilding slang) clipping of clenbuterol


between the pegs

(hunting) Designating the body length of a killed animal based on the distance between a peg placed near its nose and another near the end of its tail.


lat pulldown

(weightlifting) An exercise performed by pulling a bar, attached to a weighted cable machine, toward one's upper chest.


yannigan

[…] Sammy Strang, a yannigan from the rival New York Giants […]

2010, Bill James, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, page 74:

Addie was a star ball player and a student of the sport, but as a sports writer he was a yannigan, a rookie.

2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page XII:


slingy

en-adj

slingy (comparative more slingy, superlative most slingy)

more slingy (comparative)
most slingy (superlative)

A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144:

[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.

2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport:

(cricket) Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.


hustla

If you a hustla then do that dance

2005 March 14, Cassidy, Jay-Z (songwriters), “I’m a Hustla”, in I’m a Hustla, performed by Cassidy:

Diva is a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

2009 January 20, Beyoncé, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett (songwriters), “Diva”, in I Am... Sasha Fierce, performed by Beyoncé:

James was still a “hustla” because his survival was still a daily struggle, and he was committed to using every legally acceptable resource available to him to make it.

2013, Jamie J. Fader, “Masculine Identity and Social Support”, in Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth, New Brunswick, N.J., London: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 182:

Therefore ‘easy money making,’ fake ‘gangstas,’ and ‘hustlas’ are often taken to be necessary hip-hop attributes.

2013, Sergey Ivanov, “Hip-Hop in Russia: How the Cultural Form Emerged in Russia and Established a New Philosophy”, in Sina A. Nitzsche, Walter Grünzweig, editors, Hip-Hop in Europe (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies; volume 13), LIT Verlag, →ISBN, side A (Telling Their Stories: Hip-Hop Histories across Europe), page 94:

You just a hustla who sell rubbish for a million dollar.

2014, James A. Levine, Bingo’s Run, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 170:

In an accompanying post [Yo] Gotti, noted that “Free Game” “was made for a purpose … it’s to give u messages & tell u da experience of a young hustla dat come from da hood but ended up in a position no one expected him to be in, him being me. From cutting 2dollars off a dime bag of weed from touching 6 figures at 16. I’m from North Memphis, Ridgecrest Apts. Dam a lot done changed.”

2021 November 20, Bob Mehr, “Memphis rapper Yo Gotti doubles down with new set”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume 180, number 323, page 6A:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(hip-hop slang) Pronunciation spelling of hustler.


scrummer

(rugby) A player who takes part in a scrum.


countervairy

Bufkin. Arms.—Or, a chevron between three close helmets azure. [...] A shield [blank] impaling: Quarterly: 1, Per fess azure [and argent], a pale countercharged between three bucks' heads, two and one, erased [or]; [...] 3, Ermine, a fess counter vairy or and gules; [...] Another shield [blank] impaling: [...] 6, Counter vairy argent and azure, a canton gules.

1924, Thomas Benolt, The Visitations of Kent ..., page 86:

In the border of a miniature, the arms of the first owner, apparently a member of the Van Varssenaere family of Bruges (1, sable three daggers proper in bend; 2, sable three sheaves of wheat or; 3, argent vairy countervairy gules; 4, azure six ears of wheat or, 3, 2, 1).

1961, Seymour de Ricci, William Jerome Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, page 1816:

[…] and finally that of Vaché: “Vairy and countervairy in three tiers of gold and purple, with a silver chief charged by two facing sable sphinxes, placed over the partition."

2014 April 24, Patrick Lepetit, The Esoteric Secrets of Surrealism: Origins, Magic, and Secret Societies, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.


plumetty

(heraldry, of a field or charge, uncommon) Divided into a pattern of two or more tinctures which is similar to vairy but resembles feathers.


palar

(heraldry) Pertaining to a pale, a vertical band or line.


wetted area

en-noun

wetted area (usually uncountable, plural wetted areas)

(hydrodynamics) The total surface area of a vehicle which interacts with the fluid through which the vehicle travels.

(motor racing) The total surface area of the upper bodywork, wings, and radiator.


bottom-dwelling

(sports, humorous) (Of a team or competitor) spending a long time in the lowest ranks of the competition ladder.


IGH

Unlike on a derailleur bike, you must remove the shift cable from your IGH to remove the rear wheel.

2014, Christopher Wiggins, Bike Repair and Maintenance, Penguin, →ISBN, page 119:

(cycling) Initialism of internally geared hub.


counterly

3 He beareth Azure a Bordure counter-componed: Or, and Guiles; which is as much to say, as Compounded of these two Colours counterly placed. Note that Countercompony consisteth euermore of two tracts onely and no more.

1611, John Guillim, John Barkham, A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a More Easie Accesse to the Knowledge Thereof Then Hath Beene Hitherto Published by Any, Through the Benefit of Method, Whereinto it is Now Reduced by the Industry of Joh. Gwillim Pursuiuant of Armes, page 18:

N. 23. Gules, a cherub, having three pair of wings, whereof the uppermost and lowermost are counterly crossed, and the middlemost displayed or, name, Buocafoco.

1829, Hugh Clark, An Introduction to Heraldry ...: The Whole Forming a Complete Manual of Rank and Nobility, page 48:

(heraldry, rare) In a way that is counter to something else, for example in colour (being divided, as a field, bordure, etc, into different colours), or placement (facing different directions, or crossed).


mortise wheel

(woodworking) A cast-iron wheel, consisting of wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge.


counterquartered

(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter (or a specified quarter) is itself quartered.


billetty

From Middle English bylytte, from Old French billeté.


botony

From French boutonné; from boutonner (“to bud, button”).

(heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end; (in particular, of a cross) having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm.


fan car

(automotive, motor racing) A car with a fan to create a vacuum underneath the car, increasing downforce and better sticking the car to the driving surface, increasing traction.


counterermine

(heraldry) Alternative form of counter-ermine


caught looking

(baseball) out on a third strike after not attempting to hit a pitch


starting gate

(equestrianism, dog racing) A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow the racing animals out at the same time.


bus stop chicane

bus stop chicane (plural bus stop chicanes)

(motor racing) A sequence of two mirror-image chicanes interrupting a straightaway and connected by a very short straight section parallel to, but offset from, the straightaway being interrupted.