goalframe

/ˈɡəʊlˌfɹeɪm/

Certainly, no one used the goalframe to his advantage more than Orr, especially when penalty-killing.

2001, Steve Dryden, The Hockey News Century of Hockey: A Season-By-Season Celebration, page 11:

It actually overstepped the mark because with stoppage time approaching several fans came onto the pitch and even dislodged the goalframe to my left in premature celebration.

2009, Richard Brentnall, A Different Corner: Exploring Spanish Football, page 180:

Had the goalframe been round in cross section, as was common in France, rather than square as it was in Glasgow, Jacques Santini's thirty-ninth minute header would–St Etienne insisted–have cannoned in rather than out and they would have taken the lead.

2013, Jonathan Wilson, Scott Murray, The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches:

(sports) The structure of the goal, generally consisting of two goalposts and a crossbar.


shorepound

(surfing) A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger surf, where the waves break in one single "wall" onto the beach, often in shallow water.


serve-volleyer

Tim Henman, now thirty years old and never a champion, is the only top ten serve-volleyer, and less than a dozen top 100 players frequently do it.

2009, Paul Fein, Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies, →ISBN:

(tennis) A player who employs the serve and volley strategy.


switchfoot

(surfing, skateboarding) Riding with one's wrong foot forward, i.e. opposite to one's usual natural/goofy preference.


switchfoot

(surfing) A surfer who can surf with either foot forward.


fox in the box

(soccer, UK, informal) A player with good finishing and movement inside the penalty area; a poacher.


racebook

(sports) A booklet serving the same purpose as a race card.


heavy hitter

This year's heavy hitter is Bobby Bonilla, the Pirates' slugger who's seeking to hit the biggest home run of his life.

1991 November 20, Claire Smith, “On Baseball: Bonilla Barnstorming In Search of Best Deal”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-20:

The congenial heavy hitter is one of the most beloved players in Twins history, as much for his gentle and approachable nature off the field as for the towering home runs he hit during his playing days.

2010 December 30, Associated Press, “MLB Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew has esophageal cancer”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 2014-08-20:

(baseball) A player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.

On defense I always try to pair a good body-checker with a sound, steady player; for example, Ted Harris, a heavy hitter, with J. C. Tremblay, a clever defenseman.

1967 November 6, Hector (Toe) Blake, “Keep Your Eye On An Exciting Game”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2014-08-20:

This is a heavy hitter list including the likes of Tiger Woods, LeBron James, and Alex Rodriguez.

2009 July 1, Alan Burge, “Two Texans players on list of the 50 top-earning American athletes”, in AXS Entertainment Sports, retrieved 2014-08-20:

(sports, by extension) In any sport, a strong, physical player who is particularly effective.


7-10 split

If the pins are numbered left to right from the bottom, the remaining two pins are numbers 7 and 10.

(bowling) A split where the farthest-left and farthest-right pins are the only pins left standing.


strike out looking

en-verb

strike out looking (third-person singular simple present strikes out looking, present participle striking out looking, simple past and past participle struck out looking)

strikes out looking (present singular third-person)
striking out looking (participle present)
struck out looking (participle past)
struck out looking (past)

(transitive, baseball, softball) To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike.

(intransitive, baseball, softball) To strike out without swinging at the called strike.


18-yard line

Van Gaal used his third substitute, James Wilson, well before the hour, and Welbeck, allowed to drift across the MK 18-yard line, drove a right-foot shot only just wide, but Robinson’s side were always alert to the possibility of a break.

2014 August 26, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) The line on the pitch, 18 yards from the goal line, marking the outside of the penalty box


easy-oar

easy-oar (third-person singular simple present easy-oars, present participle easy-oaring, simple past and past participle easy-oared)

easy-oars (present singular third-person)
easy-oaring (participle present)
easy-oared (participle past)
easy-oared (past)

I blast off the first few strokes with all the anger and frustration I feel towards Rachel. It works against me. I catch a crab and totally lose it. The boat swings sideways and we have to easy oar or risk slamming into the bank.

2014, Pip Harry, Head of the River, page 82:


testpiece

(climbing) A difficult climb, one that tests the climber.


randori

(Japanese martial arts) Freestyle practice, such as one-on-one sparring.


in the refrigerator

This game's in the refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O's jiggling!

(basketball, slang) Of a game: having its outcome beyond a doubt, despite the fact that time is remaining before the final buzzer.


preflash

First, a preflash is fired to analyze exposure. Then the flash fires during the actual exposure, creating the image. During the preflash, the camera's Evaluative metering system measures the light reflected back from the subject.

2005, Michael Guncheon, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/EOS 350D:

(photography) A flash produced in advance of the main flash when taking a picture.


mogully

en-adj

mogully (comparative more mogully, superlative most mogully)

more mogully (comparative)
most mogully (superlative)


autowind

en-verb

autowind (third-person singular simple present autowinds, present participle autowinding, simple past and past participle autowound)

autowinds (present singular third-person)
autowinding (participle present)
autowound (participle past)
autowound (past)

(photography, transitive) To wind on (the film in a camera) automatically.


draw iron

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

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


playcalling

(American football) The communication between coach and players of the plays to be used during a game.


play-action pass

en-noun

play-action pass (plural play-action passes)

(American football) A certain kind of play; see Wikipedia article for details.


one-touch

Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make sure he was in the right place to head home John Stones' nod-back for his third.

2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Executed immediately after touching the ball, without holding it


feature back

Colton Hansel was the Spartans’ feature back and netted 38 yards on 16 carries.

2014, Linder, Jeff, "Xavier’s district debut is a dandy," Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311181713/http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/xaviers-district-debut-is-a-dandy-20140912

(US, American football) In American football, a back – usually a running back – that gets the most carries and most yardage in a game.


chip and charge

(tennis) A weak groundstroke followed immediately by an advance towards the net.


chip and charge

en-verb

chip and charge (third-person singular simple present chips and charges, present participle chipping and charging, simple past and past participle chipped and charged)

chips and charges (present singular third-person)
chipping and charging (participle present)
chipped and charged (participle past)
chipped and charged (past)

(tennis) To hit a weak groundstroke and advance towards the net.


three-pointer

Here Colgate stiffened, so Will place-kicked a 33-yard three-pointer from the 23 to put the Lions in front 10-7.

1944, “Football at mid-season”, in Columbia Alumni News:

Barry John's try was the last three-pointer to be scored for Wales.

1982, David Parry-Jones, The Golden Years of Welsh Rugby:

(sports) A goal or other means of scoring worth three points.

A basket by Texas' Hamilton and a three-pointer by Madsen put the Longhorns ahead.

1948, The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Guide:

I'd like to see a long shot beyond an established line become a three pointer. It would stand out like a home run in baseball.

1966, Bob Pettit, Bob Wolf, Bob Pettit: The Drive Inside Me:

(basketball) A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line.

...one a three-pointer, the other a seven-pointer, and the one still lying down, a spike.

1918, John B. Griffin, “A Fight with the 'Bald Faced' Bear”, in Oregon Sportsman:

(hunting) A deer or other animal whose antlers feature three points or tines.


Altuve

After José Altuve, Venezuelan-American baseball player who stands five feet, five inches tall.

So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.

2014 June 30, Bob Nightengale, “Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights”, in USA Today:

In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.

2015, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader, →ISBN:

Judge is 1.22 Altuves. Is there a drawback to being a big man in baseball?

2017 October 13, Victor Mather, “David vs. Goliath Gets an Update: It's Now Altuve vs. Judge”, in New York Times:

No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.

2018 February 20, Kate Preusser, Isabelle Minasian, Tim Cantu, Connor Donovan, “2018 AL West Preview: The Astros’ Lineup”, in Lookout Landing:

Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base? That would be 16.61436219309581.

2018 June 1, Melanie Hauser, “Ways to recover from the Rockets' loss”, in Houston Chronicle:

(baseball, slang) A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.


faunch

faunch (third-person singular simple present faunches, present participle faunching, simple past and past participle faunched)

faunches (present singular third-person)
faunching (participle present)
faunched (participle past)
faunched (past)

Uncertain. Used in Midland American English and Western American English. Entered the fanspeak body of slang after writer Noel Loomis used it in a review in Pro-Phile.

Instead of the fine faunching black mare he usually rode he was on a light grey today, a little slower if it came to a run from the Indians or a buffalo stampede, but much less conspicuous against the snow.

1954, Mari Sandoz, The Buffalo Hunters, published 2008, →ISBN, page 6:

Ecstatic, they faunched and gamboled and I could hardly get them in the traces.

1986, Jerry Bumpus, Heroes and Villains, →ISBN, The Outdoorsman, page 59:

(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.


shirt-front

shirt-front (third-person singular simple present shirt-fronts, present participle shirt-fronting, simple past and past participle shirt-fronted)

shirt-fronts (present singular third-person)
shirt-fronting (participle present)
shirt-fronted (participle past)
shirt-fronted (past)

(sports) To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).


sound blimp

(photography) A housing attached to a camera in order to reduce the shutter click sound.


service court

(tennis) The part of the court in which the ball must land on a serve.


saltchucker

(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.


forehander

(racquet sports) A shot played forehand.

The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhanders nightmare

(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave ("on their forehand") rather than with the wave behind them ("on their backhand").


mini-break

From mini- + break (“game won against the server”).

prefix

Coordinate term: mini-hold

(tennis) In a tiebreak, a point won against the server when ahead.


boilie

(fishing) A bait made from a paste of various ingredients mixed with eggs as a binder and then boiled to harden it.

bojli

a bait made from a paste of various ingredients


accolated

an accolated shilling

(numismatics) Containing two or more profile heads so arranged that one partially overlaps the next.


aim-crier

(archery) One who encouraged an archer by crying "Aim!" when he was about to shoot.


MGUH

motor generator unit, heat
motor generator unit, heat#English

(motor racing) Alternative form of MGU-H Initialism of motor generator unit, heat.


MGUK

(motor racing) Alternative form of MGU-K Initialism of motor generator unit, kinetic.


flying wedge

(aviation, American football) A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.


sucker tracks

(skiing) Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand the risks.


Tartan Army

The widely predicted jeering of Aiden McGeady from the Tartan Army briefly turned to cheers when he was next to see a yellow card for a poor challenge on Fletcher.

2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:

(soccer) The fans of the Scottish national football team


water jump

(show jumping, athletics) A (usually rectangular) pool of water intended to be an obstacle to be jumped.


flop style

(athletics) The technique of using the Fosbury flop when performing the high jump.


Hail Mary pass

en-noun

Hail Mary pass (plural Hail Mary passes)

From Hail Mary, a prayer for intercession, from Latin Ave Maria, plus pass (“moving the ball from one player to another”). Attested from the 1970s in the context of American football.

With 11:04 left in the game, and a comfortable 38–14 lead, Smith heaved a 62-yard, Hail Mary pass to Carter.

1983, “A Run for the Roses”, in Michigan Ensian, page 120:

Maybe I should just toss up a “Hail Mary” pass deep into their territory, as though I was saying a prayer that one of our players would catch it.

1990, Michael Teitelbaum, Play Book! Football, →OCLC, page 35:

(American football) A long forward pass with little chance of completion, typically used by the losing team when time is running out and no other play is practical, in a desperate attempt to score the winning points.

Hail Mary

American football: pass with little chance of completion


JKD

(informal, martial arts) Initialism of Jeet Kune Do.


scorelessness

(sports) The property of being scoreless; lack of any points scored.


babber

From bab (“to fish for eels using a bab (bundle of live worms)”) + -er (agent noun suffix); the further etymology of bab is uncertain.

suffix

Another way of taking eels, and by far the more ingenious, is that known as "babbing," or "bobbing." A series of large worms are strung on cobbler's worsted and coiled into a knot. […] I have known a couple of "babbers" to take as many as four or five stone of eels in a single night.

1868 September, “The Norfolk Broads”, in Anthony Trollope, editor, Saint Pauls. A Monthly Magazine, volume II, London: Virtue and Co., […], →OCLC, page 724:

It was pretty, too, to watch the lights in the town going out one by one, until, to borrow from Gray again, the world was left to darkness and to me, and the other eel-babbers.

1876 February, Saxon [pseudonym], “A Night’s Babbing”, in The Guernsey Magazine: A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Information, Instruction, & Entertainment, volume IV, number 2, Guernsey: F. Clarke, […], →OCLC, column 1:

The babbers follow the eels, and you may see fifteen boats as close together as possible, babbing away, and catching as much as four stone-weight of eels per boat of a night.

1884, G[eorge] Christopher Davies, “About Eels”, in Norfolk Broads and Rivers: Or The Water-ways, Lagoons, and Decoys of East Anglia, new edition, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, pages 243–244:

Get a few eels babbing; a babber close by caught 1¼ lb. tench on his bab.

1891 June 26 (date written), P[eter] H[enry] Emerson, “Log of the ‘Maid of the Mist.’ September 15, 1890, to August 31, 1891.”, in On English Lagoons: Being an Account of the Voyage of Two Amateur Wherrymen on the Norfolk and Suffolk Rivers and Broads […], London: David Nutt, […], published 1893, →OCLC, page 295:

(East Anglia, fishing) A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of bundles of live worms”) to catch eels.


under center

Bill O’Brien’s quarterback preferences aren’t quite as clear, and the Texans don’t have an obvious solution under center, but he’s also exhibited an interest in big-armed mediocrities.

2014, Bill Barnwell, What’s Next for RG3? Breaking Down 10 Possible Destinations:

(American football) Playing at the quarterback position.

(American football) (Of the quarterback) initiating play from immediately behind the center.


win one for the Gipper

en-verb

win one for the Gipper (third-person singular simple present wins one for the Gipper, present participle winning one for the Gipper, simple past and past participle won one for the Gipper)

wins one for the Gipper (present singular third-person)
winning one for the Gipper (participle present)
won one for the Gipper (participle past)
won one for the Gipper (past)

Attributed to Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame football team, during a 1928 American football game between Notre Dame and the Army. During a half-time talk to his team, who were losing the game, he encouraged the team with the death-bed speech of former player George "The Gipper" Gipp:
: "I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."
Popularized by the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which starred future President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, as George Gipp.

(idiomatic, American football) To do something in memory of another person.


speed riding

(sports) a winter sport, a combination of speed flying (a variant of paragliding) and paraskiing (a combination of paragliding and skiing)


speed flying

(sports) an air sport, a variant of paragliding, focusing on high-speed passes skimming close to the ground and terrain features.


disability sport

en-noun

disability sport (countable and uncountable, plural disability sports)

(countable, sports) A sport played by people with a physical disability


Selection Sunday

Selection Sunday (plural Selection Sundays)

(US, basketball) The Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.

(US, American football) The Sunday in December on which the college teams that participate in major bowl games are announced.


bowl game

From Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium, in turn named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl.

(US, American football) A postseason college football competition.

Rose Bowl (stadium)
Rose Bowl Game
Yale Bowl


I formation

From the vertical (as viewed from the opposing endzone) alignment of quarterback, fullback, and running back, particularly when contrasted with the same players' alignments in the T formation.

(American football) A common offensive formation, beginning with the usual five offensive linemen (two offensive tackles, two guards, and a center), the quarterback under center, and two backs in-line behind the quarterback. The base variant adds a tight end to one side of the line and two wide receivers, one at each end of the line.

(tennis) A formation in doubles where the server's partner starts crouched down close to the center of the net


avalement

avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:

(skiing) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.


complete game

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

(baseball) A game during which the starting pitcher pitches for the entirety of the game, without a relief pitcher.


beauty dish

So called from its dish-like shape and its use in portrait and fashion photography.

(photography) A photographic lighting device that uses a parabolic reflector to distribute light towards a focal point.


fistulous withers

It is now generally believed that fistulous withers are the result of a germ, probably picked up from the grass, although at one time they were thought to be caused by saddle or roller pressure.

1962, Catherine Harris, “Ailments”, in Practical Pony Keeping, London; Glagsow: Blackie, →OCLC, part 2 (Care of Your Pony), page 100:

The sooner fistulous withers is treated, the more likely that a cure is effected.

1997, Tony Pavord, Marcy Pavord, “Fistulous Withers”, in The Complete Equine Veterinary Manual: A Comprehensive and Instant Guide to Equine Health, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, published 1998, →ISBN, part III (A–Z of Diseases), page 154, column 2:

(veterinary medicine, pathology, equestrianism) Inflammation of the serous bursa of withers in horses which bursts outside, creating a fistula.


TMO

But before he could take the penalty there was a dramatic intervention from Irish TMO Joy Neville. She had spotted Russell trying to halt Youngs with his outstretched right leg and the Scotland stand-off was punished with ten minutes in the sin-bin.

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

television match official
television match official#English

(rugby) Initialism of television match official.


scissor tackle

Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboué has defended his scissor tackle on Liam Ridgewell by insisting that he "did not want to kill" the Birmingham player in Saturday's match at the Emirates.

2010, I did not want to kill Liam Ridgewell, says Emmanuel Eboué, The Guardian

As he looks to get a shot away, a clumsy, lunging scissor tackle by Ledley King drags him to the ground.

2013, Steve Mingle, From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Rebirth of Manchester City:

(soccer) A tackle where one player slides in and wraps their legs either side of an opponent's legs.


black diamond

black diamond (countable and uncountable, plural black diamonds)

(skiing) A symbol representing a steep and relatively difficult trail, typically of a 40% gradient or above.


bench strength

(sports) The quality and number of players available to substitute during a game.


splitfinger

split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball


HC

(cycling) Abbreviation of hors categorie. (French HC)

AC

athletics; athletics club; as in all sporting activities

AC

athletics; athletics club; as in track-and-field


soft hand

(cricket) A grip on the bat that merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket


sumotori

His past was evident in his small office, crowded with his wrestling trophies and certificates, but most intriguing to Hiroshi were the photos of sumotori that lined the wall—their bulky, imposing bodies filling the space around them.

2007, Gail Tsukiyama, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms: A Novel, page 47:


PWI

Pune Warriors India
w:Pune Warriors India

(India, sports) Initialism of Pune Warriors India.


chevronelle

(heraldry, rare) Alternative form of chevronel


annulletty

(heraldry, uncommon) Semé (strewn) with annulets.


platé

(heraldry) Alternative form of platy (“semé (strewn) with plates”)


semé-de-lis

(heraldry) Semé (strewn) with fleurs-de-lis.


fimbriation

fimbriation (countable and uncountable, plural fimbriations)

(uncountable, heraldry, flags) The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.

(countable, heraldry, flags) Such a stripe.


crusily

(heraldry) Semé (strewn) with cross crosslets.


tortelly

Crest[:] On a grassy mount a lion rampant Or tortelly supporting by the forepaws a torch Gules banded and chained Or enflamed proper.

1972, arms awarded by the College of Arms to Iain Ball (quoted e.g. by The Heraldry Society, "Members' Roll of Arms" / archived)

Argent, tortelly gules. […]

2020 November 13, arsaraldica (Instagram account), "Variations of the field (semy)

(heraldry) Semé (strewn) with torteaus (red roundels).


tergiant

Tortoise [:] this animal is usually borne displayed tergiant in fesse, which position is sometimes described as passant. The term gradient seems to be used to mean the same, and tergiant seems to be implied though not expressed.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 578:

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant.

(heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.


go deep

en-verb

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

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

On this play, we're going to fake a short pass but go deep to Kelly or Chris.

(American football, Canadian football) To throw a long pass attempt or to get in position to catch one.


run deep

run deep (third-person singular simple present runs deep, present participle running deep, simple past ran deep, past participle run deep)

runs deep (present singular third-person)
running deep (participle present)
ran deep (past)
run deep (participle past)

(American football, Canadian football) Synonym of go deep


vulned

a pelican or, vulned gu.

1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 74:

Or a pelican in piety ppr. REIDHEUGH, Culte-bragan. Per chev. vert and erm. in chief a pelican or vulned ppr. JOYNER. [...] Quarterly per fess indented sa. and or in the first quarter a pelican of the second vulning itself ppr.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 306:

Gu. a pelican feeding her young arg. vulned ppr. (4th quarter).

1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 190:

(heraldry, especially of a pelican) Wounded and bleeding, especially from the breast.


aversant

[...] bore, sable three sinister gauntlets aversant [...]

1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 204:

Gules, a fess azure between 4 hands (mains) sinister aversant or.

1979, W. E. Hampton, Memorials of the Wars of the Roses: A Biographical Guide:

(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet).


rabona

(soccer) A kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the other leg.


angle of view

(photography) The angular extent of a given scene as imaged by a camera.


Leo Belgicus

(heraldry) A map of the Low Countries drawn in the shape of a lion and sometimes used as a heraldic device.


swimbait

(fishing) A kind of fishing lure that imitates a swimming fish.


hookset

(fishing) A sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.


spinnerbait

(fishing) A kind of fishing lure with spinning blades that create varying degrees of flash and vibration mimicking the movement of a fish.


hair rig

(fishing) A piece of tackle allowing the bait to be linked to the hook by a thread rather than directly mounted on the hook.


nonball

Forcing in or out and nonball side help are the first two situations when team defense is necessary.

1979, Maryalyce Jeremiah, Coaching Basketball: Ten Winning Concepts, page 68:

The other major challenge with tryouts is to learn to focus on the nonball side of a court during competitive drills.

2004, Sally Kus, Coaching Volleyball Successfully, page 201:

(sports) Not having possession of the ball.


Texas rig

(fishing) A fishing rig involving a bullet-shaped weight threaded onto the fishing line, followed by an optional bead and then the hook.


Carolina rig

(fishing) A fishing rig resembling the Texas rig, but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding down to it.


beast mode

(slang, sports, video games) A high level of performance.


code-switch

code-switch (third-person singular simple present code-switches, present participle code-switching, simple past and past participle code-switched)

code-switches (present singular third-person)
code-switching (participle present)
code-switched (participle past)
code-switched (past)

(rugby) To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa.


double napoleon

en-noun

double napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural double napoleons)

From its value of twice the 20-franc napoleon.

(countable, historical numismatics, slang) A former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.


hammer fist

(martial arts) A blow with a clenched fist, usually using the side of the hand or wrist


sagari

(sumo) The stiffened silk fronds inserted in the front of a mawashi.


kick-step

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.


kick-step

en-verb

kick-step (third-person singular simple present kick-steps, present participle kick-stepping, simple past and past participle kick-stepped)

kick-steps (present singular third-person)
kick-stepping (participle present)
kick-stepped (participle past)
kick-stepped (past)

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.


chesticle

(bodybuilding slang) A roundly defined pectoral muscle.


coin die

(numismatics) Any of the (usually metal) stamps used in pairs during hammered coining to strike impressions of designs onto their obverse and reverse faces.

Münzstempel

stamp used in hammered coining to strike impressions onto coins


acrobranching

Jonathan told her how they had been acrobranching on zip wires and climbing nets in the trees.

2017, Robert Bluck, Mr Woodreeve's Reflection:

(rare, sports) A recreation in which participants climb tall trees and cross to others via the branches


renew acquaintances

renew acquaintances (third-person singular simple present renews acquaintances, present participle renewing acquaintances, simple past and past participle renewed acquaintances)

renews acquaintances (present singular third-person)
renewing acquaintances (participle present)
renewed acquaintances (participle past)
renewed acquaintances (past)

Sergio Agüero’s goal midway through the second half does change the complexion slightly before the sides renew acquaintances in this Champions League last 16 fixture on 18 March but City’s momentum was quickly lost after Gaël Clichy’s second yellow card and the return leg would have felt like a formality had Messi put away that penalty in the third minute of stoppage time.

2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London):

(sports) Compete for a subsequent time in another match.


military medium

When TV cricket is dull—and even on the Saturday of the Lord's Test most of the bowling was "military medium" and most of the batting was of the prod and push variety—I take refuge in the verbal gymnastics of the commentators.

A total of 109 was never going to be enough for Cuba, let down by their baseball-style batting again, and they couldn't cope with the military medium bowling of our imbedded Telegraph journalist Tony Francis, another son of Leicester, who made a remarkable five for nineteen, which made his day too.

(cricket) Straight, medium pace (bowling).


clutch artist

Roddy Osborne had set up the score with a 32-yard pass to "clutch artist" Don Watson.

1956 October 28, Dave Campbell, “Trib classic: Baylor's 1st top-10 showdown”, in Waco Herald-Tribune, retrieved 2015-03-03:

Shaq has perhaps the next great point guard in the NBA in Cleveland Cavaliers clutch artist Kyrie Irving.

2013 February 15, Josh Hill, “NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2013: Team Chuck Or Team Shaq?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2015-03-03:

The Chicago Blackhawks . . . will have a slew of decisions to make and contracts to sign. . . . [T]eam captain Jonathan Toews and designated clutch artist Patrick Kane need extensions.

2014 June 3, Rob Winn, “Decisions Await The Blackhawks This Offseason”, in Chicagoist, retrieved 2015-03-03:

Joe Johnson is still a fourth-quarter clutch artist.

2015 January 10, “How Many NBA Playoff Spots Are Still Up for Grabs?”, in yackityyacksports.com, retrieved 2015-03-03:

(idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations.


speed bag

(boxing) A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.


jacklight

jacklight (third-person singular simple present jacklights, present participle jacklighting, simple past and past participle jacklighted or jacklit)

jacklights (present singular third-person)
jacklighting (participle present)
jacklighted (participle past)
jacklighted (past)
jacklit (participle past)
jacklit (past)

* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man.
* Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).

(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.


counterembowed

(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.


swingout

(dance) The principal dance move in Lindy Hop


Lindy Hop

(dance) An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.


frozen rope

(basketball) A shot, especially a free throw, with little or no arc.


bladejob

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) An act of blading, or intentionally cutting to provoke bleeding.


summit fever

Now that we were so close on Kilimanjaro, summit fever was taking me again.

2010, Daniel Dorr, Kissing Kilimanjaro:Leaving it All on Top of Africa, →ISBN:

(mountaineering) The compulsion to reach the summit of a mountain at all costs.


sports drink

(sports) A drink whose purpose is to replenish the body's water and energy levels when doing exercise.


target man

For Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, however, it was further evidence his decision to add the former San Jose Earthquakes target man was on the money. Despite the precision passing of Robbie Keane and the pace of Gyasi Zardes up front, Gordon can still come on late for LA to go route one and chuck it in the mixer, or at least make the most out of set-pieces like corners.

2015 March 16, Richard Whittall, Graham Parker, “Turf war escalates as New York City FC makes home debut in week two”, in The Guardian:


go up for

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

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

the keeper went up for a caught behind

(cricket, informal) Of the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out.


tandem bicycle

(cycling) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer.


cup final

(sports) The final of a cup competition.


veiled plate

(photography) A fogged plate; that is, a photographic plate that has been unintentionally exposed to radiation (such as light), resulting in undesired image degradation.


magazine camera

en-noun

magazine camera (plural magazine cameras)

(photography, dated) A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.


light-struck

en-adj

light-struck (comparative more light-struck, superlative most light-struck)

more light-struck (comparative)
most light-struck (superlative)

From light (noun) + struck (participial adjective).

affix

(photography, of plates or films) Damaged by accidental exposure to light.


lead climb

en-verb

lead climb (third-person singular simple present lead climbs, present participle lead climbing, simple past and past participle lead climbed)

lead climbs (present singular third-person)
lead climbing (participle present)
lead climbed (participle past)
lead climbed (past)

(climbing) To climb by placing anchors while ascending a rock.


lead climber

(climbing) One who climbs with the use of anchors.


lead climbing

(climbing) A climbing technique, in which the climber places anchors while ascending a rock.


oroheliograph

From oro- + heliograph, from Ancient Greek word for "mountain".

(photography) A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the horizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a vertical lens above. A specially-shaped mirror reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate.


eikonogen

(chemistry, photography) The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C₁₀H₅(OH)(NH₂)SO₃Na, used as a photographic developer.


Rodinal

(photography) A black-and-white developing agent based on the chemical 4-aminophenol.


pyrosoda

(obsolete, photography) A mixture of pyrogallic acid and soda used as a photographic developer.


terminal tackle

(fishing) Gear that is attached to the end of a fishing line.


alpha paper

The sheets of alpha paper which have been grained are first dipped in soft acetate remaining there for three minutes. They are dried in an oven and made ready for impregnation with hard acetate.

(UK, dated, photography) A sensitized photographic paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride.


Niepce's process

Invented by J. N. Niepce, a French chemist, in 1829.

(photography, historical) A photographic process based on the action of light in rendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated, insoluble.


hip lock

(wrestling) A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.


odontometer

The idea of an odontometer is due to Dr. Magnus—the very word, signifying literally a tooth-measurer, was laid down by him; and in Le Timbre-Poste, five years ago, the first odontometer was published by him in illustration of an article on perforations.

1872, “Reviews of Postal Publications”, in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, volume 10, page 110:


Cooperstown

(baseball, slang) The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the New York town.


infight

infight (third-person singular simple present infights, present participle infighting, simple past and past participle infought)

infights (present singular third-person)
infighting (participle present)
infought (participle past)
infought (past)

Apparently a back-formation from infighting, perhaps continuing Middle English infighten (“to attack”), from Old English infiht, infeoht (“an attack made upon a person by another in the same house or between members of a household”), equivalent to in- + fight.

Be prepared to slip and duck his jab to infight or to counter with a quick punch to the head or body.

2004, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, Boxing Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science, →ISBN, page 213:

Even if you're giving up reach in order to infight, standing at the end of your opponent's punch (impact position) isn't the way to do it.

2007, Alan Lachica, Doug Werner, Boxing's Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 29:

Walker tried hard to close with his opponent, and infight, but by using both hands to good advantage Fus. Scott held his own.

2003, Peter B. Kyne, Captain Scraggs; Or, the Green-Pea Pirates, →ISBN, page 252:

"In a minute," said the commodore faintly. "He's so good I hate to hurt him. But I'll infight him to a finish."

1929, St. George's Gazette - Volume 47, page 247:

(boxing) To box while extremely close to an opponent


mattoir

(engraving) A kind of coarse punch with a rasp-like face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.


anchor space

(billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.


divinity calf

(bookbinding) calfskin stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books


anchor shot

(billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.


Kopite

From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.

(informal, soccer) A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..

(informal, soccer, derogatory) A fan of Liverpool F.C. who exhibits loutish behaviour, football hooliganism, or poor sportsmanship.


keikogi

(clothing, martial arts) A set of uniform worn while training in some Japanese martial arts


big show

He was thirty-one when he finally made it to the big show, having labored in the minors since 1924.

2010, Ted Taylor, The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954, page 70:

These Swedes also had a ticket to the big show of hockey, after their high school careers.

2011, Robert Montes, White Mexican, page 316:

(sports) The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues.


javelinist

To the right another trainer leans on his stick watching two more athletes, first a discus thrower, holding the discus in both hands in front of him, second a javelinist tightening the thong of his weapon in his outstretched right hand; he stands frontal.

1973, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 386:

Popular athletes took the form of the long striding Akalonu to the record breaking javelinist; Sesan.

2014, Oji Azuka, chapter 5, in A Binary Book, page 172:


(sports) Abbreviation of second overtime period.


(sports) Abbreviation of first overtime period.


(sports) Abbreviation of third overtime period.


gorge fishing

(fishing) trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge


gorge hook

The gorge hook consists of two, or what is called a double Eel hook: to the shank of the book is fastened about two or three inches of brass wire twisted, the end of which forms a loop

1841, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Troller's Guide […] :

(fishing) Two hooks separated by a piece of lead.


javelin thrower

en-noun

javelin thrower (plural javelin throwers)

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the javelin throw.


Baltimore chop

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(baseball) A ball hit forcefully into the ground near home plate, producing a bounce high above the head of a fielder; technique that was intentionally employed during the dead-ball era of Major League Baseball, but today occurs infrequently and usually unintentionally


Banglawash

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2010–11

From Bangla + wash. Coined in October 2010 by commentator Athar Ali Khan, who used the term to describe a 4–0 victory against New Zealand.

It gave their fans enormous belief, and it also made them hungry for more. For more Banglawashes.

2015 June 24, Agency, “India vs Bangladesh”, in Sunvilla Samachar, year 1, number 151, Ahmedabad, archived from the original on 2015-12-01, page 3:

Even though the spectators want nothing less than a Banglawash in the ODIs and T20Is, the reality is a bit different. Against a formidable side like South Africa, the chances of that happening is very low.

2015 June 28, Minhaz Uddin Khan, “Over-enthusiasm undermining Tigers' success”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 3, number 76, page 26:

(cricket, informal) A whitewash by the Bangladesh national cricket team.


Banglawash

en-verb

Banglawash (third-person singular simple present Banglawashes, present participle Banglawashing, simple past and past participle Banglawashed)

Banglawashes (present singular third-person)
Banglawashing (participle present)
Banglawashed (participle past)
Banglawashed (past)

The Tigers have made us proud by defeating the Black Caps in seven ODIs in a row and Banglawashed them once again in the three match ODI series yesterday at Fatullah (Sunday).

2013 November 6, Mazhar Uddin, quoting a fan, “Fans queue overnight for tickets”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 1, number 223, page 13:

After 'Banglawashing' Pakistan, Bangladesh have now thrashed India to win their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-0 with one match to go.

2015 June 22, Sandipan Banerjee, “Bangladesh should now get the respect which they truly deserve”, in CricketCountry.com, archived from the original on 2017-08-22:

(cricket, informal, of the Bangladesh national cricket team) To whitewash.


stephening

(numismatics, historical, obsolete) Alternative form of steeping


steping

(numismatics, historical) Obsolete form of steeping.


dormy

Encyclopaedia of Sport
A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.

1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110.
I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteenth all square.


printing in

(photography) A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.


wet plate

(photography) A plate whose film retains its sensitivity only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.


printing out

(photography) A method of printing in which the image is fully brought out by the direct actinic action of light, without subsequent development by means of chemicals.


tac-au-tac

From French riposter du tac au tac (“to parry”), where tac imitates the sound made by the steel.

bor

(fencing) The parry which is connected with a riposte.

(fencing) A rapid series of attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.


punt-out

(American football) A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made.

(rugby, obsolete) A kick back into play from the touch line, after the ball had gone into touch. It has been replaced by the lineout/line-out

(soccer, obsolete) A method of returning the ball into play, similar to a goal kick


grid girl

From the fact that the hostesses appear on the grid at the start of motor races.

(motor racing) A hostess at a motor racing event.


shot sample

(metalworking) A sample taken for assay from a molten metallic mass by pouring a portion into water to granulate it.


weldless

(metalworking) Made or done without welding.


barrel process

(metalworking) A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.


bromoiodized

(photography) Treated with bromides and iodides.


basic process

(metalworking) A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.


Bower-Barff process

From the surnames of the two men who developed the process.

(metalworking) A method of coating iron or steel with magnetic iron oxide in order to minimize atmospheric corrosion. The articles to be treated are put into a closed retort and a current of superheated steam passed through for a period, followed by a current of producer gas (carbon monoxide), to reduce any higher oxides that may have been formed.


bromogelatin

(photography) A process for preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.


bromide paper

en-noun

bromide paper (countable and uncountable, plural bromide papers)

(photography, historical) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with silver bromide, used in contact printing and in enlarging.


ball hog

"Ball hog!" Linda Shanklin howled from the stands. "Pass the ball!"

2015 June 16, Baxter Holmes, “Iguodala NBA's no-stats Finals MVP”, in ESPN:

(sports, idiomatic, informal) In team sports, a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it.


dead-handed

en-adj

dead-handed (comparative more dead-handed, superlative most dead-handed)

more dead-handed (comparative)
most dead-handed (superlative)

Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.

1984, George Peper, Golf's Supershots: How the Pros Played Them - How You Can Play Them, →ISBN:

(golf) Having very little wrist or hand action.


cross-handed

Just then, a sailor, who had crossed the channel, and was making rapid headway, by rowing cross-handed, emerged from behind a merchant vessel which was moored at the wharf.

1844, Rufus Dawes, Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America, →ISBN:

(rowing) Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).


Trudgen stroke

(swimming) Synonym of trudgen (“type of swimming stroke”)


squam

Shortened from Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.

He raised his big hand to his squam hat. It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily. She smiled again brightly. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.

1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162:

(US, fishing) An oilskin hat; a southwester.


cross-buttock

(wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.


nightline

(fishing) A fishing line set out to catch fish overnight.


solargraphy

(photography) the practice of creating solargraphs; creating photographs of the path of the Sun across the sky using a pinhole camera and exposure periods measured in days or months


solargraph

(photography) A photograph of the paths of the Sun across the sky created with pinhole photography.


home-and-away

the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding

2010 February 10, David Conn, “Premier League plans play-off for last Champions League place”, in The Guardian:

2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'"
Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.

(British English, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.


home-and-home

The USA won the home-and-home series with the Italians, entering the World Cup through a side door

2012 January 17, Vicki Michaels, “After 'humbling' loss, U.S. women's soccer team is cautious”, in USA Today:

(Canada, US, sports) (British, obsolete) Of a series of two games: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.


home-and-home

BYU will host Mississippi State on October 15, 2016. Mississippi State will host the second half of the home-and-home on October 14, 2017.

2015 March 20, Kevin McGuire, “Dates set for BYU-Mississippi State home-and-home series”, in NBC Sports:

(Canada, US, sports) A home-and-home series.


platoon system

(baseball) A method of sharing playing time, whereby two players are selected to play a single defensive position.


moundsman

Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).

2017, Brandon Isleib, Playing for a Winner, page 77:


spot stroke

(billiards) The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.


level-handed

...however incredulous most of us then were as to the chances of success the Colonials would have, all heartily applauded the pluck of young Australia in coming so far to play the game, level-handed, against the well-seasoned skilled cricketers of old England.

2014, John Stern, Marcus Williams, The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, →ISBN:

I have got a single-wicket match on with Jackson " — he was the great bookmaker known as " Jock of Fairfield "— " for ,£5." I said : " You are surely not going to play him level-handed?

1894, Henry Custance, Riding Recollections and Turf Stories, page 119:


loose-handed

loose-handed (comparative more loose-handed, superlative most loose-handed)

more loose-handed (comparative)
most loose-handed (superlative)

In which method of receiving the puck—with a fixed stick or a loose-handed stick—do you apply a bigger force to the puck?

2013, Robert Gardner, The Physics of Sports Science Projects, →ISBN, page 90:

Then some sand wedges—loose-handed flop shots, cut shots, back in stance, forward in stance, different kinds of lies in the sand bunker.

2004, Jerry Travis, Match Play, →ISBN, page 75:

With the currently popular loose-handed grip, the wrist maintains a certain amount of flexibility.

1961, Edmund H. Burke, Field and Target Archery, page 36:

In the very first place, cultivate a “loose-handed” way of hitting the ball— the arm should never be rigid and should snap the ball rather like a willow withe than strike it stiffly, as with a baseball bat.

1920, Bernarr Macfadden, Macfadden's Encyclopedia of Physical Culture: A Work of Reference:


backlead

(fishing) An additional weight on a fishing line, to ensure that the line rests on the bed of the lake.


plunker

(fishing) An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.


drop science

en-verb

drop science (third-person singular simple present drops science, present participle dropping science, simple past and past participle dropped science)

drops science (present singular third-person)
dropping science (participle present)
dropped science (participle past)
dropped science (past)

Her rapid-fire delivery and syncopation allows her to coast past hardcore beats as she drops science with her new school feminism.

1992, SPIN, volume 8, number 4, page 49:

His back catalog inspired 2005's self-published gem Rakim Told Me: Hip-Hop Wax Facts Straight From the Original Artists, a collection of legendary rap acts dropping science on their most celebrated records.

2007, Urb, volume 17, numbers 148-150, page 52:

(slang, hip-hop) To show off one's talent and ability, as if to educate others.


rod pod

(fishing) A stand for holding various items of angling equipment while it is in use.


RX

en-noun

RX (countable and uncountable, plural RXs)

(motor racing) Abbreviation of rallycross. (a motorsport)


heelish

en-adj

heelish (comparative more heelish, superlative most heelish)

more heelish (comparative)
most heelish (superlative)

The heelish pair plotted to make everyone believe that their partnership was on its way out.

2002, Robert Picarello, Monsters of the Mat:

Grant argues that many takers are good at hiding their unpleasant side from potential benefactors... But that isn’t the entire story. It turns out that undisguised heelish behavior can often help you get ahead.

2015 June 5, “Why It Pays to Be a Jerk”, in The Atlantic:

(professional wrestling) Exhibiting the characteristics of a heel.


game, set, match

"Game, set and match to Byrd!" announced Westcott above the applause. "Byrd wins the School Championship!"

1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 13, in Left Tackle Thayer:

(sports, tennis) Victory at the conclusion of a tennis match.


pit boss

In that same race, the first use of two-way radio-to-pits communication was logged. Al Stevens, who operated a radio dispatch service in Maryland, kept in contact with his pit boss, Cotton Bennett, throughout the race.

2009, Gerry Souter, The Earnhardts: A Biography, →ISBN, page 29:

(motor racing) The supervisor of the maintenance pit crew of a driver.


isolation play

Sure, there is room to be critical. He's holding on to the ball too much. He's settling for isolation plays too often.

2015 June 10, David Thorpe, “Top 10 Postseason MVPs: LeBron No. 1”, in ESPN:

(basketball) A goal attempt that does not result from a direct pass.


high challenge

ANOTHER PENALTY: Frickson Erazo with a high challenge in the area on the onrushing Lizio and Aguilar blows up for a spot kick.

2015, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

In the ninth minute, Mile Jedinak was booked for a high challenge on Christian Cueva, who was looking to break in the middle of the park.

2018 June 26, “Guerrero, Carrillo Score as Peru Spoils Australia Knockout Stage Bid”, in Sports Illustrated:

Chris Duvall was handed a straight red for a high challenge on Andrea Pirlo.

2016 July 5, Ryan Brister, “MLS Week 17 Recap, Highlights: NYCFC take derby, more”, in Empire Of Soccer:

It occurred after Roldan mistakenly booked Cameroon's Sebastien Siani for a high challenge on Germany's Emre Can which had been committed by team-mate Ernest Mabouka.

2018 June 17, “Gareth Southgate's England squad arrive in Volgograd ahead of World Cup opener against Tunisia”, in Daily Mail:

Álvarez is deservedly booked for a high challenge on Neymar.

2018 July 2, “As it happened: Brazil v Mexico, World Cup last 16”, in The 42:

(soccer) A tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.


Duckworth-Lewis

Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method


volume shooter

When the 76ers drafted Iguodala ninth overall in 2004, many wanted him to be a me-first scorer and volume shooter just like the player who previously held the team's spotlight and bared [sic] the same initials: Allen Iverson.

(basketball) A player who takes a lot of shots.


underwater hockey

(sports) A sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling it with a pusher.


backscreen

(basketball) Alternative form of back screen


kobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


outhomer

en-verb

outhomer (third-person singular simple present outhomers, present participle outhomering, simple past and past participle outhomered)

outhomers (present singular third-person)
outhomering (participle present)
outhomered (participle past)
outhomered (past)

Philadelphia has been outscored, 57-18, during the skid and has been outhomered, 19-2.

2015 June 17, The Associated Press, “Kris Bryant Hits Grand Slam as Cubs Romp, 17-0”, in New York Times:

(baseball) To score more home runs than another player.


pellety

en-adj

pellety (comparative more pellety, superlative most pellety)

more pellety (comparative)
most pellety (superlative)

: -gules, a hind trippant or between three pheons or, within a bordure engrailed argent pellety. The printed version of Glover , which is frequently incorrect and is, incidentally, responsible for the use of many false[…]

1933, James Thomas Herbert Baily, The Connoisseur:

A dragon's head erased Or pellety eared and langued Gules.

1998, Joan Corder, John Blatchly, A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests: Heraldic Crests of Suffolk Families, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 319:

(heraldry, not comparable) Semé (strewn) with pellets (roundels sable).


butterflier

(swimming) Someone who competes in butterfly swimming.


uptrace

(fishing) An almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of the river.


shifter cart

(motor racing) A type of small personal vehicle used in racing.


set out one's stall

en-verb

set out one's stall (third-person singular simple present sets out one's stall, present participle setting out one's stall, simple past and past participle set out one's stall)

sets out one's stall (present singular third-person)
setting out one's stall (participle present)
set out one's stall (participle past)
set out one's stall (past)

Probably a reference to someone setting out a stall (“bench or table for the sale of merchandise; small open-fronted shop”) and publicly displaying the goods they intend to sell.

(sports, originally cricket) To (decide to) play (especially to defend) in a determined manner.

puolustaa päättäväisesti

to (decide to) play (especially to defend) in a determined manner


Maracanaço

/ˌmæɹəkəˈnɑːsəʊ/

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match.

OK. But will you, Mr Scolari, be able to make the Brazilians forget about O Maracanaço defeat?

2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar: The Making of the World’s Greatest New Number 10, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 198:

(soccer) The final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.


headground

One Hollywood Flood-Lite was used, subdued to 20 amperes and screened by lowering the Lite back of a small headground, until detail in the composition was almost lost to the eye.

1922, Abel's Photographic Weekly - Volume 30, Issues 776-783, page 567:

But a card table was folded up and made as fine a headground as one could wish.

1927, American Photography - Volume 21, page 12:

(photography, dated) A background used for a headshot.


round the wicket

Benaud, bowling round the wicket and pitching into the rough of Trueman's footholds, brought such a collapse that in 20 minutes to tea England virtually lost the game.

2011, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes: The Authoritative Story of Cricket's Greatest Rivalry:

around the wicket
around the wicket#English

(cricket) Alternative form of around the wicket


selectorial

No great selectorial issues have been decided.

2015 June 27, Vic Marks, “Australia’s Mitchell Marsh punishes Kent bowlers to disturb the peace”, in The Guardian:

(especially cricket) Relating to selection.


legside

Captain Simon Katich (35 off 26) swiped three legside sixes to keep the scoreboard ticking along until he was dismissed right at the halfway point of the innings to leave NSW at 5-67.

2009 January 17, AAP, “NSW earn top spot and home final after win over Victoria”, in Herald Sun:


narrow-angle lens

en-noun

narrow-angle lens (plural narrow-angle lenses)


go wide

en-verb

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

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

1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.
First and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive.

2004. Digital Photography Bible. Dan Simon. Pg. 48.
You need to go wide just to fit things in.

(photography) To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.


go narrow

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

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

Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on.

(photography) To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.


megahack

As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany.

1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center:

(falconry) A large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.


marquee player

Without a doubt, Brees was a marquee player. Before the season even started 10 or 11 of our games already were designated as television games.

2006, Joe Tiller with Tom Kubat, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, Champaign, IL: Sports Pub, →ISBN:

(sports) An outstanding athlete popular with audiences.

(sports) A player whose salary is exempt from capping.


b-girling

(dance) Breakdancing performed by a female.


b-boying

In b-boying culture, a group of b-boys or b-girls who dance and battle together are referred to as a crew.

2016, Sophy Smith, Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration, Routledge, →ISBN, page 10:


handline

(fishing) A single fishing line without a rod, but usually attached to a reel, held in the hands.


handline

handline (third-person singular simple present handlines, present participle handlining, simple past and past participle handlined)

handlines (present singular third-person)
handlining (participle present)
handlined (participle past)
handlined (past)

(fishing) To fish with a single fishing line held in the hands.


Serena Slam

From Serena (“Serena Williams”) + slam (“grand slam”).
From Serena Williams who achieved the feat (though she was not the first) and was greatly celebrated for it.

compound

(tennis) A type of grand slam in tennis, where a player is reigning champion of all the major tournaments at the same time, but not all the tournaments have occurred in the same tennis season/calendar year.

Tiger Slam

the same feat in golf, named after Tiger Woods

grand slam

a conventional grand slam requires the player to be reigning champion of all major tournaments in the same calendar year/sports season

grand slam

all of the major tournaments collectively

career grand slam

a player having won all major tournaments at least once in their playing career


PBC

(historical, philately) Initialism of passed by censor.


fieldable

Mookie Wilson hit an easily fieldable weak ground ball that rolled between first baseman Bill Buckner's legs […]

2011, Richard M. Russell, A Brief History of the Boston Red Sox, page 173:


Atleti

(informal, soccer) Atlético Madrid, a soccer team from Madrid


sclaffer

At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.

1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:


ten-second rule

en-noun

ten-second rule (plural ten-second rules)

Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior during a ten-second interval, especially:

(basketball) The rule that a team must advance the ball over the center line within ten seconds of gaining possession. The 10-second interval is used in U.S. high school and college basketball; professional leagues use an 8-second limit.


three-second rule

three-second rule (plural three-second rules)

Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior in a three-second interval, especially

(basketball) A rule stating that no offensive player may remain in the free-throw lane, with or without the ball, for more than three seconds.


tip drill

(basketball) A practice drill where a line of players improve their rebounding skills by catching a rebound in the air, tossing the ball back against the backboard before landing, and returning to the end of the line to go again.


sitzmark

(skiing) An indentation in the snow made by a fallen skier.


buck dance

(dance, African-American Vernacular) A type of African American traditional clogging.


buck dance

en-verb

buck dance (third-person singular simple present buck dances, present participle buck dancing, simple past and past participle buck danced)

buck dances (present singular third-person)
buck dancing (participle present)
buck danced (participle past)
buck danced (past)

(dance, African-American Vernacular) To dance in a particular style of African American traditional clogging.


off time

en-noun

off time (countable and uncountable, plural off times)

It is suggested that Rule VIII (c) requires that the drivers be on the track 5 minutes before off time, not post time, and that since off time can not be known until the race actually starts, the rule is meaningless.

1958, Sidney O. Raphael, Petition against The State harness Racing Commission, page 75:

That meant if you didn't bet on the off time posted on the infield board the race went off anyways.

2009, Eli Schleifer With Robert Temple, The Pilgrims Would Be Shocked: The History Of Thoroughbred Racing in New England, →ISBN:

(motor racing) The point in time when the official starter signals that a race begins, as distinct from the time the race is scheduled to start (post time).


stringbed

A second limitation is the lack of measurement of both handgrip force and ball impact location in the stringbed.

2015 July 16, “Tennis Racket Vibrations and Shock Transmission to the Wrist during Forehand Drive”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(tennis, squash, racquetball) The matrix of strings within the oval frame of a racket


TUE

therapeutic use exemption
therapeutic use exemption#English

(sports pharmacology) Initialism of therapeutic use exemption.


therapeutic use exemption

therapeutic use exemption (plural therapeutic use exemptions)

(sports pharmacology) An exemption which allows the use of a banned substance for therapeutic purposes so that a ban from competition will not result when testing yields a positive results.


eightsman

(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.


toolsy

en-adj

toolsy (comparative toolsier, superlative toolsiest)

toolsier (comparative)
toolsiest (superlative)

From tools + -y, in reference to a five-tool player.

Bryce Petty (Baylor) is more toolsy than Grayson or Carden, but he has had some back injuries, and it shows when he moves around.

2015 February 17, “Beginner's Guide to Understanding the 2015 NFL Draft”, in Bleacher Report:

2016 June 4, “2013 MLB Draft Profile: Austin Wilson”, in Amazin' Avenue:

(sports) Of a player: having numerous skills and abilities.

Tabbed the No. 30 prospect in the Giants' system by Baseball America, which calls him "raw and toolsy. His best tool is his arm, and if he doesn't succeed in the field, he could ... move to the mound. He threw in the low 90s in workouts at Texas. ... One of the best defensive infielders in the system already, as his arm plays well at either (shortstop or third base). ... The best defensive third baseman in the organization."

2006 June 7, “Augusta pitcher is on the right track”, in The Augusta Chronicle:

He was considered very toolsy and athletic, but rather raw, best-known as a basketball player in high school.

2008 March 20, “Not a Rookie: Matt Kemp”, in SB Nation:

The Twins are known for their fascination with toolsy and athletic outfielders, but Hicks has the most talent of any Twins draft pick since Joe Mauer in 2002.

2008 June 11, “Breaking down the draft, Part 1”, in The Hardball Times:

Okay, this joke worked better when Jim Bowden was still the GM, with his fetish for toolsy outfielders and troubled second-chancers.

2009 August 2, “Michael Vick In MLB?”, in The Washington Post:

I think he might be a little bit toolsier than Dexter. He probably has a little more power.

2014 August 5, “Grand Junction Rockies broadcaster Adam Spolane on Hamlet Marte, Rockies' depth at lowest minor league levels”, in Purple Ros:

Mitchell was one of the more toolsy and projectable prep outfielders in this draft.

2015 June 8, “Mitch Hansen profile: A closer look at Dodgers' 2nd-round pick”, in SB Nation:

...the toolsy Jones was somewhat of a cult favorite among the prospect-watching set.
Now, three years later, Wilson is back as one of the toolsier college bats in the class. And he certainly looks the part, strong and athletic, with the ability to hit for power and run well.

2015 July 30, “Pirates trade JaCoby Jones for Joakim Soria”, in Bucs Dugout:

(baseball) Able to hit for a high batting average and for power, to run the bases well, to throw well, and to field well.


Big Drum

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and dance, and an associated festival tradition, found in many islands of the Lesser Antilles.


TBL

Tampa Bay Lightning
w:Tampa Bay Lightning

(ice hockey) Initialism of Tampa Bay Lightning.


aerophore

Predecessor of modern scuba was the 1865 aerophore invention of Rouquayrol and Denayrouze.

1992, Richard A. Clinchy, Glen H. Egstrom, Lou Fead, Jeppesen's Open Water Sport Diver Manual, →ISBN, page 53:

Benoit Rouquayrol (a French mining engineer) and Auguste Denayrouze (a French naval officer) invented the aerophore in 1865. Their creation is considered the source of modern scuba equipment.

2010, Dennis Graver, Scuba Diving-4th Edition, →ISBN, page 3:

The aerophore consisted of two main components — an air-filled canister about the size and shape of a lawn mower engine, which the diver wore on his back, and a new creation, a "regulator," which automatically adjusted the pressure of the air in the tank to that of the water surrounding it.

2015, Stephen Harrigan, Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef, →ISBN, page 190:

(underwater diving, historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865


through the gate

(cricket, slang) Through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.


longball

Wells, in the three hole, extended his streak of at-bats without a home run to 134, the longest longball drought of his career.

2009 June 14, RICHARD GRIFFIN, “Janssen struggles as Marlins take another”, in Toronto Star:


yuko

As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.

2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25:

(judo) The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.


man in motion

(American football) A single player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.

(Canadian football) Any player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards, forwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.


tumble turn

(swimming) A turn used to reverse the direction in which the person is swimming.


tagball

(sports, games) a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags out opponents with rubber balls fired from air pistols or paintball guns, without the mess of paint, akin to dart tag


dart tag

(sports, games) A game/sport similar to paintball using suction darts fired from air pistols to tag out one's opponents; the variant game/sport that uses soft-headed tag darts instead of suction cups.


wheelchair rugby

Blend of wheelchair basketball + rugby from its development from wheelchair basketball for play by quadriplegics, instead of paraplegics; and its rough aggressive play reminiscent of rugby.

(sports) A variation of rugby played by players in wheelchairs, primarily players with some disability. It is a full-contact sport and is played on a hardwood court with a ball similar to a basketball.

pyörätuolirugby

the variation of rugby played by players in wheelchairs


hamade

From French, derived from the town of La Hamaide (in Belgium).

I said I thought that a hamade consists of three trunked bars, even though the Bigot Roll of 1254 blazons d'Abrichecourt's arms as having 'three hamades.' The writers in the Antiquaries' Journal, however, in addition to the Bigot Roll,[…]

1952, The Coat of Arms: An Heraldic Quarterly Magazine:

It consists of a bar couped at each end, but was originally always borne in threes. There is a dispute as to whether a hamade is properly three couped bars and therefore cannot be borne singly. The adjective humetty (q.v.) is[…]

1985, John Philip Brooke-Little, An Heraldic Alphabet, Robson Books Limited:

(heraldry) A bar that does not touch the edges of the shield, especially if borne as part of a set of three (which may be of equal length, or have the top bar longer than the bottom one; and may have straight edges, or slanted edges with the base shorter than the top).


beanbag race

(games, motor racing) A novelty race in which each competitor must balance a beanbag on their head while running.


afterlength

Some luthiers believe it to be important to tune the afterlengths.

(music, lutherie) The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.


vambraced

Sir George Carlyon Hughes Armstrong, first Baronet, [...] He bears for Arms : Gules, three dexter arms vambraced argent, hands closed proper ; on a canton of the second three pallets azure; […] Charles Randal Armstrong-MacDonell, Esquire, [...] 2 and 3 gules, three dexter arms vambraced and embowed proper, the hands clenched also proper, […]

1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 25:

(especially heraldry) Wearing a vambrace.


undroppable

He will react in the way he generally does, training feverishly over the weeks ahead and attempting to make himself undroppable for the game on Merseyside.

2015 August 24, Guardian sport, “Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend’s action”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Unable to be dropped (from a team selection)


undroppable

United have two midfield undroppables vs RB Leipzig

2020 December 7, Elliott Jackson, “Gary Neville names Bruno Fernandes concern at Manchester United”, in Manchester Evening News:

(sports) A player who is unable to be dropped (from a team selection)


away from home

(UK, sports) Away; at the venue of an opposing team or competitor.


on the road

(US, Canada, sports) At the venue of an opposing team or competitor.


chossy

chossy (comparative more chossy, superlative most chossy)

more chossy (comparative)
most chossy (superlative)

(climbing, of rock) Unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.


invecked

The crooked Lines are these following : The first two Lines, Plate II. named ingraled and invecked, when represented together, are somewhat known, the one from the other, being opposite to one another, both being made (as it were) of Semicircles; the ingraled with Points upward, and the invecked Line with Points downward. But this is not yet a sufficient Distinction: For, suppose the Space betwixt them, which they form, be a Fess, then it's only ingraled, and not invecked; for a Fess ingraled, must have the Points on both Sides turned twoards the Field, and the convex or gibbose Parts towards the Fess it self; and so of a Bend, Chiveron, and other proper Figures in Herauldry: And if these be invecked, then the convex Parts of the Line are towards the Field; [...] within a Bordure invecked. These two Lines, ingraled and invecked, are more hard to be distinguished, when the field is divided into two equal Parts of different Tinctures, [...] Here we know not whether the Line be ingraled or invecked, except we observe this Rule, That the Form of the Line must be applied to the Colour first named. The French, for ingraled, say engrele; and for invecked, canele:

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 24:

Contrary invecked. Invecked on both sides as a chevron, &c. when the upper and under parts are both invecked.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Heraldry, page 10:

Greek cross in panel, centre "invecked." Inscription illegible

1899, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Journal, page 117:


Western roll

(sports) A high jump technique, developed from the existing straddle


spitballer

(baseball) A pitcher who moistens the ball with saliva before throwing it.


TP

en-noun

TP (countable and uncountable, plural TPs)


overgrip

(weightlifting, gymnastics) pronated grip


pop fly

(baseball, slang) A pop-up; a fly ball to the infield or the shallow outfield.


triple-header

(sports) Three games played one after another between the same teams.


Christmas tree formation

Christmas tree formation (plural Christmas tree formations)

An overhead diagram of the formation has a pointed shape, like a Christmas tree.

(soccer) A formation consisting of four defenders, three central midfielders, two attacking midfielders, and one striker.


draftmate

And when it came time for a question-and-answer session with the six prospects in town for the draft, the children tossed Long softball questions as his draftmates had to sweat out the tough ones.

2008 April 25, Mike Ogle, “Top N.F.L. Pick Exhales; Others Hold Breath”, in New York Times:


touch 'em all

en-verb

touch 'em all (third-person singular simple present touches 'em all, present participle touching 'em all, simple past and past participle touched 'em all)

touches 'em all (present singular third-person)
touching 'em all (participle present)
touched 'em all (participle past)
touched 'em all (past)

(baseball, slang) To touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.


knee-buckler

(baseball, slang) A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).


polka-like

en-adj

polka-like (comparative more polka-like, superlative most polka-like)

more polka-like (comparative)
most polka-like (superlative)

The members’ real innovation is their embrace of a Finnish polkalike genre called humppa, which sounds — well, like it sounds, more or less.

2007 September 22, Kelefa Sanneh, “Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls”, in New York Times:


squeeze box

At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; […] A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones.

1998 July, Andrew Todhunter, “Dark Passage: Descending into the Depths of California’s Longest Known Cave”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 282, number 1, archived from the original on 21 September 2015, pages 90–94; reprinted in Dangerous Games: Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Sports, 1st Anchor Books edition, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, November 2001, pages 61–62

The most notorious squeezes have names: the Gun Barrel, Jam Crack, the Electric Armpit Crawl, Devil's Pinch. You can even train for them by buying a product called a Squeeze Box. It's essentially a play torture chamber for cavers, a wooden box, about thirty by thirty inches, open on the two ends. You set it up in your living room, get down on your hands and knees, and crawl through it. No problem. But the box has adjustable sides and top. You loosen the bolts, lower the lid, slide the sides closer, crawl through again. […] Though a Squeeze Box may be good practice for learning how to squinch through small places, doing it on your living room carpet, […] just doesn't duplicate what causes the panic.

2003, Barbara Hurd, “The Squeeze”, in Entering the Stone: On Caves and Feeling through the Dark, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 11:

Prior to going back out to Mystery Cave again we spent a lot of time preparing. We made a squeeze box, which is a wooden box the opening of which can be adjusted in size. We could then crawl through the opening and measure to see how tight of a squeeze we could fit through.

2016, Diego Rodriguez, The Caver: Dig ... But Not to Far, Munich: BookRix, →ISBN:

(caving) A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces.


candombe

en-noun

candombe (countable and uncountable, plural candombes)


tyre barrier

(motor racing, British spelling) alternative form of tire barrier


body press

(wrestling) A splash; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.


racing driver

(motor racing) a person whose profession is driving racing cars.


demicharacter

From demi- + character, as a calque of French demi-caractère.

But other passages of “Concerto DSCH” have strong elements of what ballet folk define as both demicharacter and character dance.

2008 May 31, Alastair Macaulay, “Riding the Emotions of a Ratmansky Ballet”, in New York Times:


cross-check

en-verb

cross-check (third-person singular simple present cross-checks, present participle cross-checking, simple past and past participle cross-checked)

cross-checks (present singular third-person)
cross-checking (participle present)
cross-checked (participle past)
cross-checked (past)

(ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.


VSC

virtual safety car
virtual safety car#English

(motor racing) Initialism of virtual safety car.


virtual safety car

en-noun

virtual safety car (plural virtual safety cars)

(motor racing) A racing condition where the race steward declares that all race cars must run a similar pace and must not exceed a certain speed, so that they will appear to each follow their own personal imaginary safety car, theoretically maintaining race separations without change, and where they cannot overtake each other.

full-course yellow

a race condition where all race cars must slow down and where they cannot pass each other, indicated with waving yellow flags along the entirety of the circuit


touch map

(sports) A visual representation of all the points on the pitch where a given player touched the ball during the game.


outtackle

en-verb

outtackle (third-person singular simple present outtackles, present participle outtackling, simple past and past participle outtackled)

outtackles (present singular third-person)
outtackling (participle present)
outtackled (participle past)
outtackled (past)

(transitive, sports) To surpass in tackling.


goalkicking

(rugby) The goalkicker's task of kicking for penalties and conversions.


EPL

(soccer) Initialism of English Premier League.

(ice hockey) Initialism of English Premier League.


HIA

head injury assessment
head injury assessment#English

(rugby) Initialism of head injury assessment.


bad hop

(baseball) A ball that bounces in front of an infielder in an unexpected way, often as a result of imperfections in the field or the spin on the ball.


kisbet

From Turkish kispet, from Arabic كِسْوَة (kiswa).

(fashion, wrestling) A pair of loose-fitting leather trousers worn by wrestlers in Turkish oil wrestling competitions.


halfway line

Roberts scored a superb goal from the halfway line, lobbing the goalkeeper.

(sports) The line separating the two halves of a pitch, either side of which the teams must stand before the beginning of the game.


puckstopping

He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.

2009 February 20, Damien Cox, “Valuable learning experience for young Pogge”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) The state of being a goalkeeper


payoff pitch

(baseball, slang) A pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.


bonus baby

(baseball) A baseball player who is given a large bonus when joining a professional league for the first time.


Stimpmeter

Blend of Stimpson + meter; it was designed by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. in 1935.

(golf) A device that measures the speed of a golf course's putting green by applying a known force to a golf ball and measuring the distance travelled.


bogeyland

Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.

2009 June 20, Charles Mcgrath, “Where Golf's Best Looked Their Worst”, in New York Times:

(golf, colloquial) Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.


postshot

“Most golfers have a preshot routine but need a postshot routine, too.

2009 June 29, Bill Pennington, “The Key Is to Relax, Visualize and Refrain From Felony Assault”, in New York Times:

(sports) After a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).


speed stacker

(sports) a person who practices or competes in speed stacking


cup stacking

(sports) a sport where the goal is to quickly stack and unstack nesting cups between triangle stacks and columns of nested cups


speed stack

speed stack (third-person singular simple present speed stacks, present participle speed stacking, simple past and past participle speed stacked)

speed stacks (present singular third-person)
speed stacking (participle present)
speed stacked (participle past)
speed stacked (past)

(sports) to stack and unstack nesting cups in a competitive manner for the sport of speed stacking


speed stack

(sports) a triangular stack of cups created by speed stacking


piling on

A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.

(American football) An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.


hidden-ball trick

en-noun

hidden-ball trick (plural hidden-ball tricks)

(baseball) A fielding play where the fielders deceive the baserunners as to the location of the ball, allowing one of the fielders to attempt to tag a runner out without the runner being aware of it.


turn two

en-verb

turn two (third-person singular simple present turns two, present participle turning two, simple past and past participle turned two)

turns two (present singular third-person)
turning two (participle present)
turned two (participle past)
turned two (past)

(idiomatic, baseball) To complete a double play.


nontender

nontender (third-person singular simple present nontenders, present participle nontendering, simple past and past participle nontendered)

nontenders (present singular third-person)
nontendering (participle present)
nontendered (participle past)
nontendered (past)

In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché.

2015 October 13, Seth Berkman, “Former Met Justin Turner Provides Offensive Lift for Dodgers”, in New York Times:

(transitive, baseball) To fail to tender a contract to (a player).


pommee

From French pommé (“grown round, or like an apple”), past participle of pommer (“to pome”).

der

(heraldry, of a cross) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; having round shapes on the extremities.


d'or

1617, William Camden, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - description of coat of arms
On a shield azure Apollo, the inventor of phisique, proper, with his head radiant, holdinge in his left hand a bowe, and his right hande an arrow d'or […]

‘I forget your coat of arms.’
‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’

1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:

(heraldry, postpositive) Of gold; golden.


blindside flanker

en-noun

blindside flanker (plural blindside flankers)

The position of the blindside flanker depends on the proximity of a touch line, so if the scrum takes place close to the left-hand touch line, the blindside flanker will be closest to that touch line.

2015, Ann Waterhouse, Rugby Made Simple, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 23:

(rugby) a forward in rugby union, usually number 6, who binds to the scrum on the side closest to the side line.


in-goal

(rugby) a part of the playing area between each goal line and the corresponding dead ball line where players can score a try


supercoach

Griffin spent four years at Red Hill and was moved aside ahead of the 2015 season to make way for returning supercoach Wayne Bennett.

2015 October 21, “Penrith Panthers name coach Anthony Griffin as Ivan Cleary's replacement”, in The Guardian:

(informal, sports) A coach who has had great success in the past


chairmanager

Notoriously, Barry Fry spent nine years from 1996 to 2005 as chairmanager of Peterborough United, presiding over one promotion and two relegations.

2015 October 21, John Ashdown, “Football’s unbreakable records and the teams who can’t play each other”, in The Guardian:

(informal, soccer) A person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club


backtroller

(fishing) One who fishes by backtrolling.


backtroll

en-verb

backtroll (third-person singular simple present backtrolls, present participle backtrolling, simple past and past participle backtrolled)

backtrolls (present singular third-person)
backtrolling (participle present)
backtrolled (participle past)
backtrolled (past)

(fishing) To fish by trolling with the boat's motor in reverse, minimising movement of the boat.


find another gear

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

finds another gear (present singular third-person)
finding another gear (participle present)
found another gear (participle past)
found another gear (past)

But the Devils found another gear in the third period and found the energy that had been lacking throughout a sluggish second period.

1999 March 26, Tarik El-Bashir, “Hockey: The Devils Tighten Their Grip On First”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-24:

[I]f the 24-year-old Djokovic wants to replicate or even surpass his 2011 results, he'll have to keep finding another gear.

2012 January 29, Courtney Nguyen, “Challenged again, Novak Djokovic finds another gear in Australian Open final”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2015-10-24:

Swimmers talk about finding another gear when they need it.

2012 July 30, Mark Sappenfield, “Ryan Lochte finishes fourth as other swimmers steal the Olympic show”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 2015-10-24:

Trailing Kostelic by .017 seconds after her first run, Paerson found another gear on her second trip down the deteriorating course to finish with a combined time of 1min 38.65sec—almost a half-second clear of her Croatian rival.

2014 January 9, “Skiing: Paerson finds top gear to pip Kostelic”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2015-10-24:

(idiomatic, sports) To suddenly achieve an extra burst of athletic performance, especially after a sustained period of competitive exertion.


gegenpressing

From German, popularised by Ralf Rangnick (1958–), German football manager.

Not the kind of player you’d associate with the frenzied gegenpressing for which Jürgen Klopp’s name is a byword, the striker’s non-future with Liverpool is expected to be thrashed out by his agent Mino Raiola and Klopp in what the Rumour Mill imagines will be a fairly short conversation.

2015 October 26, Barry Glendenning, “Football transfer rumours: Pep Guardiola to manage Chelsea?”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup.


figure of eight

en-noun

figure of eight (plural figures of eight)

(climbing, caving) A device for abseiling, so-called for its shape.


CHA

(sports) Abbreviation of Charlotte (in North Carolina).


CBM

contra body movement
w:contra body movement

(dance) Initialism of contra body movement.


FG%

field goal percentage
field goal percentage#English

(basketball) Abbreviation of field goal percentage.


FT%

free throw percentage
free throw percentage#English

(basketball) Abbreviation of free throw percentage.


field goal percentage

field goal percentage (plural field goal percentages)

(basketball) A statistic computed by dividing a player or team's made field goals by the total number of field goals he or it attempted.


free throw percentage

free throw percentage (plural free throw percentages)

(basketball) A statistic computed by dividing a player or team's made free throws by the total number of free throws he or it attempted.


IARU

(rowing) Initialism of Irish Amateur Rowing Union.


puckhandler

He was a great goaltender but a poor puckhandler.

Even the defencemen, most of whom are smart, mobile puckhandlers, pinch in more often.

2009 April 7, Paul Hunter, “Devils aim to exorcise demons”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.


boardsman

The overall record for the team was also broken that night when the Royal boardsmen grabbed 71 bouncebacks.

1958, February 21, Pittston Gazette, page 6:

Willie Murrell, the fluid 6-6 frontliner, is the ’Cats No. 1 point producer with an 18.3 average. His 9.1 mark also tops the boardsmen.

1963, January 12, The Kansas City Times, page 23:

Michael Whitley of Ohlone led all boardsmen with 6 rebounds.

1984, February 9, Santa Cruz Sentinel, page 30:

(basketball) A basketball player who specialises in rebounds.


nontouchdown

Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.

The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.

2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times:

(sports) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.