campus board

(climbing) A piece of training equipment consisting of thin horizontal slats affixed to a larger, inclined vertical board. The climber uses only their hands to ascend.


veruled

a hunting-horn, vert, veruled or

27. a bugle-horn, sa., veruled or, stringed gu. pl. 88, n. 19.

1851, The Book of Family Crests; Comprising Nearly Every Family Bearing, Properly Blazoned and Explained, Accompanied by Upwards of Four Thousand Engravings ...: Dictionary, page 382:

BURTON, Yorks., an arm, couped and erect, vested, per pale, ar. and gu., cuffed, of the first, in hand, ppr., a walking staff, of the second, headed, rimmed, and veruled, or. Pl. 18, cr. 1.

1860, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn's Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. Revised by L. Butters, ed.by J. Maclaren, page 88:

Hunter. Scotland, a hunting-horn vert, veruled or, and stringed gu.

1892, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, page 232:

[…] crowned or, in sinister chief an anchor and cannon saltirewise argent (badge of the IX Corps, Civil War); on a canton of the last a tomahawk and a powder horn crosswise azure, stringed and veruled of the second.

(heraldry) Alternative form of viroled (“ringed in a different tincture”).


Lioness

(soccer) A player for England women's national football team


on the burst

(sports, rugby, colloquial) (Of a player taking a pass) running at full speed towards the opposition.


on the boil

(sports, colloquial) Playing exceptionally well.


off the boil

(sports, colloquial) No longer playing exceptionally well.


rizom

Rizoms of Oats, [...]
Rizomes, the spearsed ears of Oats in the Straw, a Rizome head, a chaffy sparsed head

1688, Randle Holme, The academy of armory, book 2, chapter VI:

… the Corns in the Husk. / Some, in stead of an Ear, have a rizom (or plume) conteining the Corns by bunches, as, Oats, …

1659, Johann Amos Comenius, Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, […], XVII, Corn

The corn, or fruit, at the top of an oat-stalk is not generally termed the ear, but the rizom; and in old heraldry it is sometimes blazoned an oat-stalk, bladed and rizomed.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:

(also heraldry) A plume or ear, as of oats or corn.


lay one down

en-verb

lay one down (third-person singular simple present lays one down, present participle laying one down, simple past and past participle laid one down)

lays one down (present singular third-person)
laying one down (participle present)
laid one down (participle past)
laid one down (past)

Martin laid one down to get Buckley over to second.

(intransitive, baseball, slang) To bunt (sense 4)


perlin

(falconry) A cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.


Satista

(obsolete, photography) Describing a photographic print process that used salts of silver, with smaller amounts of platinum and iron


towboard

(sports) A skateboard or snowboard towed by a vehicle


long-stop

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

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

(intransitive, cricket) To field in the role of long stop.


all-run four

(cricket) A four scored by the two batsmen running four times between the wickets


boundary four

It meant England were crowned world champions by virtue of having scored more boundary fours and sixes - 26 to New Zealand's 17 - in the entire match.

2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:

(cricket) A four scored by hitting the ball past the boundary (rather than an all-run four)


come home

come home (third-person singular simple present comes home, present participle coming home, simple past came home, past participle come home)

comes home (present singular third-person)
coming home (participle present)
came home (past)
come home (participle past)

The sport usage was popularised by the 1996 song "Three Lions", which contains the phrase "it's coming home", referring to the UEFA Euro 1996 championship hosted in England, the birthplace of association football.

(sports, of a sport) To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.


Black Cap

New Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling.
The value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat.

(cricket) A player for the New Zealand national cricket team


come to bat

come to bat (third-person singular simple present comes to bat, present participle coming to bat, simple past came to bat, past participle come to bat)

comes to bat (present singular third-person)
coming to bat (participle present)
came to bat (past)
come to bat (participle past)

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In that case, the player who was called out for failure to come to bat properly is charged with having been put out, and whatever happened that resulted in the improper batter being put out goes into the scoring box of the batter who failed to bat in proper turn.

2015, Andres Wirkmaa, The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, →ISBN:

(cricket, baseball) To have one's turn at bat.


on the rails

(horse racing) Racing toward the inside, near the fence that bounds the track.


fly line

(fishing) A line for angling with an artificial fly.


bare-knuckle

The bare-knuckle boxing era ended in the early 20th century, when gloves were introduced, stricter rules implemented and oversight organizations formed.

2009, David Lindholm, Ulf Karlsson, Bare-Knuckle Boxer's Companion, →ISBN:

In bare-knuckle fights, one of the most frequent injuries is a broken hand.

2012, Ken Shamrock, Richard Hanner, Inside the Lion's Den, →ISBN:

He was known as a tough bare-knuckle boxer and had already consolidated a reputation from his teenage years, when he had first thrown his fists in anger.

2013, Eamon Dillon, Gypsy Empire, →ISBN, page 126:

The difference between a street fight and a bare-knuckle boxing match is an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent.

2015, Patrick White, The Legends of Bare-knuckle Boxing: The History & the Champions, →ISBN:


baggy green

(cricket) The cap worn by members of the Australia Test cricket team


play fine

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

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

(billiards) To strike the object ball near the edge.


play full

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

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

(billiards) To strike the object ball nearer to its centre than its edge.


Red Star

(soccer) Red Star Belgrade (a professional football club from Belgrade, Serbia)


(athletics) A road race over 10 000 metres.


road event

(athletics) an athletics (track and field) discipline that takes place on a road: typically one of a 5K or 10K run, a half marathon or marathon run, or a 20K or 50K racewalk.


(athletics) A road race or racewalk over 20 000 metres, such as the 20K race walk at the Olympic Games.


combined event

(athletics) any of the disciplines in athletics (track and field) that combine more than one other discipline: typically one of the indoor pentathlon (women), indoor heptathlon (men), outdoor heptathlon (women), or outdoor decathlon (men).


She stalked the family home to catch Sophie on a run, and then she lied and said she was a part of the 5K the family did in Jon's memory. Then, she wanted to leave a note (or maybe the memory card with that info on it) for Delilah, and then she chickened out. These aren't actions of a straight-thinking woman.

2019 February 28, Lindsay Denninger, “Why You Might Be Wrong About Emma & Barbara Morgan On 'Million Little Things'”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 2023-03-29:

(athletics) A road race over 5 000 metres.


sideline reporter

en-noun

sideline reporter (plural sideline reporters)

(sports) A reporter who is stationed on or near the field in order to be able to closely observe what is happening off the field and to interview players and coaches during the course of the game.


wickie

(sports, cricket, colloquial, British) A wicketkeeper.


scanscope

(photography) A device that converts glass slides into digital files


in lap

(motor racing) In qualifying, the (non-competitive) lap after one or more flying laps on which one enters the pit lane.

sisääntulokierros

a qualifying lap on which one enters the pits


out lap

(motor racing) In qualifying, the (non-competitive) lap on which one exits the pit lane and prepares for a flying lap.

ulostulokierros

a qualifying lap on which one exited the pits


mobile chicane

(motor racing, derogatory) A driver or car considerably slower than the rest on the track, when perceived to repeatedly act as an obstruction to faster drivers or cars.


flying lap

(motor racing) In qualifying, a competitive lap to set a fast time, as opposed to an in lap or out lap.


floatant

(fishing) A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it float on the water.


deuces wild

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Refers to various card games where deuces are used as wild cards. Probably coined by Los Angeles Dodgers sportscaster Vin Scully.

The deuces are wild, he would announce before a pitch. Two balls, two strikes, two out, two on, and two to two in the bottom of the second. Bosch could hear Scully's voice in his head as he considered that the deuces were now wild in his own game

If there were two balls and two strikes on a batter, with two outs in an inning—what is called “deuces wild” in baseball—the bullpen would work like mad to get its pitcher out of the inning.

2011, Travis Haney, Gamecock Glory: The University of South Carolina Baseball Team's Journey to the 2010 NCAA Championship.:

(baseball) A situation in a ballgame where there are two balls, two strikes, two outs and two men on base.


quersprung

His witty book ends with ski specialties such as propeller hops, gazelle christies, the gelaendesprung, the umsprung and the quersprung.

1965, Curtis W. Casewit, Ski Fever: How to Master the Fastest-growing Winter Sport:

A quersprung is a turn done with two poles, one on each side, like a gelundesprung but at a much slower speed.

2001 March, Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 13, number 1, page 7:

(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.


bait up

en-verb

bait up (third-person singular simple present baits up, present participle baiting up, simple past and past participle baited up)

baits up (present singular third-person)
baiting up (participle present)
baited up (participle past)
baited up (past)

The housewife smiled to herself and started baiting up the hook.

1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 29:

(fishing, transitive) To place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.


out of play

Bristol City have told their Championship rivals, including Huddersfield Town, that they will not be kicking the ball out of play this season, unless a player has suffered a genuine head injury.

2019 August 5, Mel Booth, Emelio Galantini, Aidan McCartney, “Huddersfield Town and Championship told of Bristol City stance on kicking ball out”, in Examiner Live:

(sports) Unavailable to be played according to the rules of the game in question.


retrofocus

(photography, attributive) A wide-angle lens with an inverted telephoto configuration.


prooflike

en-adj

prooflike (comparative more prooflike, superlative most prooflike)

more prooflike (comparative)
most prooflike (superlative)

(numismatics) Of a coin: highly reflective, like the first batch struck from a new die.


total bases

(baseball) A statistic that measures a player's hitting. In this statistic, each single counts as one base, each double counts as two bases, each triple as three bases and each home run as four bases.


superline

(fishing) A fishing line made from technologically advanced materials and having desirable features such as small diameter, great strength, and lack of stretch.


whole plate

(photography, historical) A photographic plate measuring 6½ by 8½ inches.


quarter-plate

(photography, historical) A photographic plate measuring 3¼ by 4¼ inches.


half-plate

(photography, historical) A photographic plate measuring 4¾ by 6½ inches in Britain (4¼ by 5½ in the US).


bait boat

(fishing) A small, typically radio-controlled, craft that distributes bait to a region thought to contain fish.


slow off the mark

slow off the mark (comparative slower off the mark, superlative slowest off the mark)

slower off the mark (comparative)
slowest off the mark (superlative)

From sports races, where the mark in this case is the point from which the racers start.

(idiomatic, sports) slow to act or react


racing line

Leclerc seemed to have come perilously close to breaking the rule that says a driver moving back to the racing line to defend his position must leave at least a car's width on his outside. He said he thought he had; Hamilton said he definitely had not.

2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:

(motor racing) The most optimal (fastest) line or course on a racetrack.


get off the mark

en-verb

get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> off the mark

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

gets off the mark (present singular third-person)
getting off the mark (participle present)
got off the mark (past)
got off the mark (UK participle past)
gotten off the mark (US participle past)

And now Leclerc has won two races while Vettel is still to get off the mark this year. Looking at the remaining races - the tracks they are on, and the pattern of Ferrari's form - it is far from certain he will get another chance.

(idiomatic, sports) To score one's first points


barrier rogue

(Australia, horse racing) A racehorse that is difficult to control when being put into the starting gates.


negatoscope

(obsolete, photography) A device used to display negatives, now only used to display x-ray images


one that goes the other way

the one that goes the other way (canonical)


change the leg

change the leg (third-person singular simple present changes the leg, present participle changing the leg, simple past and past participle changed the leg)

changes the leg (present singular third-person)
changing the leg (participle present)
changed the leg (participle past)
changed the leg (past)

(equestrianism) To change the gait of a horse while riding.


zero blitz

(American football) A defensive scheme which involves no deep defenders, person-to-person coverage and a heavy pass rush.


pass rusher

A late-scoring push forced overtime, but even in added time, the team was forced to go for a field goal on their initial drive after a pass rusher forced an overthrow from Purdy. This allowed Mahomes in and the emerging all-time great doesn’t often make mistakes.

2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:

(American football) A defensive player who engages in a pass rush, who attempts to sack or pressure the quarterback.


pass rush

Coach Ron Rivera was hired to restore pride and discipline (and winning seasons) to a decaying franchise, and for a defensive-minded coach, buttressing the pass rush with the best defensive end prospect in the class is a reasonable way to start.

2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time:

(American football) A defensive tactic which involves one or more players charging towards the quarterback either to get a sack or other pressure.


gumby

Eddy Delwood wove an exaggerated tale about him. It was a story about the day's big climb.
"So the gumby's up there fifteen minutes now...He's not movin', just standin' there."

1984, Steve Roper, Ascent: The Mountaineering Experience in Word and Image, page 61:

"Beattie...What's a gumby?"
"It's what I thought you were the first day: a beginner, a rookie, green as grass and wet behind the ears. Something you've never been, Spider-Man. Though the way you climbed just now...well..."

2008, V. M. Jones, Out of Reach, page 230:

You do notice one guy (not a gumby, he's done A5 climbs) who doesn't really hoist any equipment, never leads the climb, never finds routes, and conveniently forgets to bring his ropes.

2011, Stephen E. Schmid, Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone, page 155:

Caroline was silent. Probably standing there, watching with pity. Or maybe she'd left. Why would she stay to watch the gumby climb anyway?

2018, Sarah Nicole Lemon, Valley Girls, page 183:

(climbing, slang, sometimes derogatory) An inexperienced climber.


white ball

Kohli says that his white-ball batting is essentially an extension of his Test batting.

2017 January 28, Jonathan Liew, “To cling together or drift apart? Red and white-ball cricket facing a divided future”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:

Adil Rashid has put his ambitions for a Test return on hold and negotiated a new white-ball deal at Yorkshire after losing some of his appetite for the first-class game. ... “I’ve made the decision to just concentrate on white ball, something which makes me very happy and gives me the best chance of improving my cricket,” said Rashid.

2018 February 15, Ali Martin, Vithushan Ehantharajah, “Adil Rashid opts out of first-class cricket for 2018 season”, in The Guardian, London:

limited overs cricket
limited overs cricket

(cricket, journalism, metonymically) limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket


rod line

(fishing) A fishing line that is not wound on a reel.


chest down

chest down (third-person singular simple present chests down, present participle chesting down, simple past and past participle chested down)

chests down (present singular third-person)
chesting down (participle present)
chested down (participle past)
chested down (past)

(ball games, especially soccer) to control a high ball with the chest (for example, in order to shoot, dribble, or pass it)


scout team

(American football) A group of players on a team, often from the practice squad who emulate the style of play of future opponents so that the starting players can practice against them.


practice squad

(American football) A group of players who are not eligible to play in games, but who participate in practices.


chinlock

(wrestling) A position in which one wrestler grabs the other's chin, particularly with the attacker's knees on the opponent's upper back.


waiver wire

en-noun

waiver wire (countable and uncountable, plural waiver wires)

(sports) The mechanism by which players who have been released (waived) by teams are eligible to be hired by other teams.


running rail

(horse racing) A fence which marks the inside edge of a racecourse track.


deep-water solo

deep-water solo (plural deep-water solos)

(climbing) A climb without safety equipment over water deep enough to provide safety after a fall.


deep-water solo

en-verb

deep-water solo (third-person singular simple present deep-water soloes, present participle deep-water soloing, simple past and past participle deep-water soloed)

deep-water soloes (present singular third-person)
deep-water soloing (participle present)
deep-water soloed (participle past)
deep-water soloed (past)

(climbing) To climb without safety equipment over water deep enough to provide safety after a fall.


out for a duck

From the use of duck to mean a batsman's score of 0 in cricket.

The inevitable happened - I was out for a duck and was furious when I got back to the dressing room.

2012, Andrew Flintoff, Ashes to Ashes: One Test After Another:

The batsman out first ball is out for a duck, no matter how fervently and frequently he replays the awful moment in his mind's eye; a missed catch is a drop, however intricate and extenuating the context; and wickets claimed in the post-match bar do not count, even if the bowler believes them "deserved".

2013, Robert Winder, The Little Wonder: The Remarkable History of Wisden:

Shaw's five victims included Australian skipper, David Gregory, out for a duck.

2014, Philip Barker, Lord's Firsts: 200 Years of Making History at Lord’s Cricket Ground, page 98:

(cricket) Having batted no hits for the entire game.


créquier

From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).

83, the arms of the Créquy family are the créquier gules on a field or; see the picture.

Gules, a créquier argent, are the arms of LE JOSNE (now LE JEUNE) Marquis DE CONTOY. Argent , a nut tree eradicated vert, is borne by NOZIER, and NOGARET in France, and by FACCHINETTI in Italy.

1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 335:

(heraldry) A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.


cox box

(rowing) An electronic device with a digital readout displaying the stroke rate and a voice amplifier allowing the coxswain to give instructions to the crew.


starting signal

en-noun

starting signal (plural starting signals)

At the starting signal, pull up and back against the underside of the starting platform to get your body moving forward.

2003, Ernest W. Maglischo, Swimming Fastest, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 277:


1v1 (countable and uncountable, plural 1v1s)

With all my teams, we conduct 1v1s at least every third or fourth training session all season long.

2016, Thomas DeNigris, Play Faster: Speed, Agility & Quickness for Soccer, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

SOCCER IS A GAME OF 1V1S […] Anytime you mention 1v1 to coaches, we immediately picture players lined up facing each other practicing step-overs and feints. But, as Michael [Beale] says, “it most certainly isn’t that.”

2018, Josh Faga, The Real Giants of Soccer Coaching: Insights and Wisdom from the Game’s Greatest Coaches, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, page 144:

He was occasionally caught out in 1v1s, especially against Derby’s fast and strong CF, who was able to ‘pin and spin’ on Billy twice.

2023, A. Mark Williams, Paul R. Ford, Barry Drust, editors, Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers, 4th edition, Routledge, →ISBN:

(sports) An exercise in which one player is pitted against one other player, as opposed to team play.


en-verb

1v1 (third-person singular simple present 1v1s, present participle 1v1ing, simple past and past participle 1v1ed)

In any other universe, they’d probably be 1v1ing Batman since you’re sure they’re the Joker incarnate.

Moreover, if you ever have a class on Upper Campus, you can get off at the second stop which is High St, saving you the trouble of 1v1ing Basser Steps.

2016 February, Bizzness One, UNSW Business Society, page 16:

“1V1 ME BRO”

Is she pissed that I barely did anything in our last battle but took all the credit and gloated in the end anyway?! Does she want to 1v1 me?!

2022, Kota Nozomi, translated by Tristan K. Hill, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace 2, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

JLINGZ was spurred on by it, Oscar ‘Yuki’ Jiang (江铭亮) felt the boost as he 1v1ed eventual winner Phillip ‘ImperialHal’ Dosen, and the home advantage had a palpable effect.

2023 February 16, Ben Sledge, “ALGS New Boys Northeption Are Here To Stay”, in TheGamer, archived from the original on 2023-02-16:

(video games, sports) To compete as one player pitted against one other player.


free soloist

(climbing) A climber who engages in free solo climbing, i.e. without ropes or other protection.


free solo

(climbing) An ascent in which the climber does not use ropes or other protection for safety.


free solo

free solo (third-person singular simple present free soloes, present participle free soloing, simple past and past participle free soloed)

free soloes (present singular third-person)
free soloing (participle present)
free soloed (participle past)
free soloed (past)

(climbing) To climb without ropes or other protection.


front-rower

The Wallaby defence was too easily spilt by Farrell’s snappy midfield miss-pass, allowing a beaming Sinckler to storm untouched through the unguarded heart of the defence. The Harlequins front-rower used to be a fly-half in his youth but this was the stuff of any prop forward’s dreams.

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


broken field

Quarter-backs this year who have gained considerable notice are Fallis of Haskell Indians and Pooler of Kansas University, they both being very good in a broken field.

1905, Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide, page 169:

The forward passer receives the ball, runs a yard or two as a feint, and then, with scarcely a look over the broken field, selects a person and a place and throws the ball.

1972, Chronicle of American Physical Education, page 383:

Barely two minutes after the interval the margin was reduced to just a single point after Elliot Daly, under a bit of pressure, knocked on 40 metres from his own line and gave the Wallabies a broken field to play with.

(rugby, American football) A field in which there are defensive players from the other team between the player who has the ball and the goal.


natural protection

(climbing) Trees, rocks and other natural features which are used to anchor safety equipment.


prop forward

(rugby) A forward who acts as a prop in a scrum.


overtackle

overtackle (third-person singular simple present overtackles, present participle overtackling, simple past and past participle overtackled)

overtackles (present singular third-person)
overtackling (participle present)
overtackled (participle past)
overtackled (past)

You can use virtually any sturdy tackle and, generally speaking, it is better to overtackle than to undertackle.

1963, Heinz Ulrich, America's Best Deep-sea Fishing, page 234:

A lot of kings are taken by accident, by fishermen trolling for marlin and sailfish, and as a result they are often overtackled and the fighting qualities of this great fish are not appreciated.

1976, Nick Karas, America's Favorite Salt-water Fishing, Dutton Adult, page 122:

The explosive strike of a tenor fifteen-pound largemouth bass as it rushed from the cover of lily pads to take the bob must have been as exciting sport as any had by the most overtackled present-day angler.

2013, Paul Schullery, The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 40:

(fishing) To use or equip with excessive tackle.


arbor knot

(fishing) A type of knot used to secure fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel.


five-pin

(bowling) five-pin bowling (played only in Canada)


dot down

dot down (third-person singular simple present dots down, present participle dotting down, simple past and past participle dotted down)

dots down (present singular third-person)
dotting down (participle present)
dotted down (participle past)
dotted down (past)

[…]Makazole Mapimpi became the first Springbok try scorer in a RWC final when he dotted down in the 67th minute.

2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:


sideboarded

en-adj

sideboarded (comparative more sideboarded, superlative most sideboarded)

more sideboarded (comparative)
most sideboarded (superlative)

The sideboard ratios that are applicable for each general sideboarded fishery for a rockfish cooperative in the Catcher/processor sector are calculated by dividing the aggregate retained catch of that fishery, from July 1 through July 31 in each year from 1996 through 2002, caught by LLP licenses assigned to that rockfish cooperative that are subject to directed fishing closures under this paragraph (d), by the total retained catch from July 1 through July 31 in each year from 1996 through 2002 caught by all groundfish vessels in that sector.

2009, Code of Federal Regulations, page 783:

Conversely, in fisheries with increasing sideboards, economic benefit could be denied to the sideboarded sectors.

2012, Federal Register - Volume 77, Issue 50, page 15226:

(fishing) Having a sideboard restriction.


white belt

en-noun

white belt (countable and uncountable, plural white belts)

A new student is appointed to the tenth kyu (step), or initial white belt stage.

1983, Thomas H. Makiyama, Steve Sanders, Keijutsukai Aikido: Japanese Art of Self-defense, page 166:

A typical school might start beginner students at white belt.

2010, Jim Ollhoff, Martial Arts Around the Globe, page 30:

This mountain you start from white belt and finish at black belt, the path up the mountain will have many twists and turns, and occasionally lead you astray.

2013, Aaron Smalley, Developing the Mindset of a Black Belt, page 97:

There's a saying my karate buddy used to tell me when talking about white belt (beginner) versus black belt (expert) karate skills. He said, “Pros are predictable, amateurs are dangerous!”

2014, Dave Erickson, JP Grebenc, Superior Texas Hold'em: Evolved Poker Strategy:

(martial arts, uncountable) The lowest rank; beginner level.

He decided to stay and clean the floor, as he had done when he was a white belt.

2006, Richard C. Gould, Red Sun on the Journey, page 23:

When a karate student is a white belt, the student aspires to be a black belt, the top color of karate belts, someday.

2011, Annemarie Algeo, Fat, Fit, and (Almost) Fifty, page 35:

I started attending on Sundays, and teamed up with Ian and another 'white belt', we got a 'green belt' - Ralph, to show us our first Kata.

2012, Tom Hill, Essays for Black Belt: 20 Inspirational Student Stories:

(martial arts, countable) A student at the white belt level.

For example students holding a white belt who pass the exam for high white, will wear a yellow stripe on their white belt.

2008, Master Richard Gordon, The Complete Guide to Tae Kwon Do: Reference Manual, page 3:

My one hope as I tie this white belt on you, sir, is that one day you do me the honor of tying on your black belt.

2017, Master Taekwon Lee, Jeffrey Nodelman, Ara's Rocky Road to White Belt, page 92:

(martial arts, countable) The belt worn by a student of white belt rank as a symbol of rank.


flatlay

(photography) A kind of photograph where objects are laid out on a flat surface and photographed perpendicularly from above.


at speed

(heraldry) Courant, in full chase: running, at full stride with its legs in the air.


black ace

At one time or another every Springfield player was designated a "black ace." According to Kilrea, that meant reporting to the rink at 8:30 in the morning and skating from 9 to 11. Another session followed in the afternoon, from 12 to 2, and Shore would keep his ace, or aces, out on the ice sometimes until 4 P.M. All in the name of discipline.

1985, The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 16, page 210:

We'd have our morning skate and then I would have the black aces stay out, the guys that weren't gonna dress.

2011, Rob Simpson, Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs:

We spent a lot of time with the Habs as “black aces” —players who practised with the team as fifth-liners and wouldn't get into the lineup unless there was an injury to one of the veteran players.

2014, Terry Ryan, Tales of a First-Round Nothing: My Life as an NHL Footnote:

(ice hockey) A player from a junior league who is called up by an NHL team after their original team's season has ended and kept as a reserve player.


undertype

(numismatics) The type of coin used as a blank in the creation of a new coin.


have one's ears pinned back

en-verb

have one's ears pinned back (third-person singular simple present has one's ears pinned back, present participle having one's ears pinned back, simple past and past participle had one's ears pinned back)

has one's ears pinned back (present singular third-person)
having one's ears pinned back (participle present)
had one's ears pinned back (participle past)
had one's ears pinned back (past)

(idiomatic, sports) To be soundly defeated.


knothole section

en-noun

knothole section (plural knothole sections)

The regular Knothole section was in the right field pavilion, but sometimes the left field pavilion was open as well. The two sections would compete to see which one could root the loudest. After 1938 the Knotholers sat in the upper deck of the pavilions and stomped their feet on the metal floor until the noise reached a deafening crescendo. The teams played more and more night games after World War II, and as a result, Knothole days became fewer and fewer.

1987, Richard Miller, Gregory L. Rhodes, “The Life and Times of the Old Cincinnati Ballparks”, in Queen City Heritage, volume 45, number 2, Cincinnati Historical Society, pages 25–41:

The next year, I sat in the Knothole section for the Northwestern game. Iowa won that day, too, 28–21. Within a few years, I went from kid-in-the-Knothole-section to photographer’s spotter on the sideline during Evashevski’s outstanding seasons.

2003, Ron Maly, Tales from the Iowa Sidelines, Sports Publishing, →ISBN, page viii:

… mission in the north end zone, affectionately called The Knothole Section (TKS). Elementary and junior and senior high school students by the thousands filled the cheap seats and not only for the game. It was a social happening, because sanctioned gathering spots for kids were scarce.

2006, William Teten, Very Truly, Tudey: An Austin Anthology, Old Austin Press, →ISBN, page 57:

This collector explained how as a young boy he dove for the balls when thrown into the stands at the knothole section.

2017 October 15, Terry Hutchens, Bill Murphy, Indiana Hoosiers Fans' Bucket List, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 173:

(colloquial, especially baseball) The section of cheap seats in a stadium favored by youth spectators.


brushback pitch

brushback pitch (plural brushback pitches)

(baseball) A pitch that comes very close to the batter, forcing them to move back from the plate.


muscle god

(slang, bodybuilding) A superheavyweight bodybuilder alpha male.


jet sweep

(American football) A play where a wide receiver catches a short pitch, then runs left or right prior to running downfield.


coffin corner

coffin corner (American football)
coffin corner (aerodynamics)

During that second half, Carideo, one of Notre Dame's greatest punters, repeatedly kept SMU bottled up deep in its own territory on “coffin-corner” punts which invariably went out of bounds inside the Mustangs' 10-yard line.

2010, Jack Cavanaugh, The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football:

Kick it hard, kick it deep, and aim for the coffin corner when close enough to the opponents' end zone.

2014 November 7, “Rugby-style kicking helps Chiefs' Colquitt take punting to another level”, in Kansas City Star:

His ability to find the coffin corner pinned countless opponents deep in their own zone, and even when he didn’t have the big numbers that some other CFL punters did, he was always considered to be one of the very best directional punters in the league.

2019 November 28, Daniel Austin, “Rob Maver announces retirement after 10 seasons with Stampeders”, in Calgary Herald:

During his career, Higgins punted 135 times for an average of 43.5 yards, with 40 in the "coffin corner".

2019 December 13, “Higgins gets third All-America honor”, in The Marshall Democrat-News:

(American football) A corner of the field formed by the opponent's goal line and a sideline, into which a punt is often aimed in order to force the opposition to play close to their goal line.


mossyback

From mossy + back (in sense 2 (“person who stayed hidden to evade conscription during the American Civil War”) probably a variant of mossback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.
Sense 3.2 (“menhaden”) may be influenced by mossbunker.

(fishing, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.


high-key

en-adj

high-key (comparative more high-key, superlative most high-key)

more high-key (comparative)
most high-key (superlative)

Details are tremendously important in composing an outstanding high-key photograph.

1942 November, Victor Keppler, “Key to Good Pictures”, in Popular Photography, →ISSN, page 29:

(art, photography) Characterised by light tones and absence of shadow.


Ammie

From amateur + -ie, from the club's former name, the Salford Amateurs.

(soccer) Someone associated with Salford City F.C., as a fan, player, coach etc.


RURP

Brand name, originally an acronym for realized ultimate reality piton.

(climbing) A very tiny piton used in thin, shallow seams.


Dutch roll

(skating) Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.


bosie

(cricket, obsolete) Alternative form of bosey


suicide squad

The most violent men in pro football play on the suicide squads.

1971, LIFE, volume 71, number 23, page 3:

(American football, slang) Synonym of special team


sleeper hold

(martial arts, wrestling) A chokehold from behind that restricts blood flow to the brain and can cause the recipient to become unconscious.


skin the cat

en-verb

skin the cat (third-person singular simple present skins the cat, present participle skinning the cat, simple past and past participle skinned the cat)

skins the cat (present singular third-person)
skinning the cat (participle present)
skinned the cat (participle past)
skinned the cat (past)

(gymnastics) To perform a certain turning exercise while hanging from a bar or rings.


ABU

(UK, soccer, slang) Initialism of anyone but United: a fan who dislikes Manchester United and will support any team that is playing against them.


pit crew

(motor racing) The mechanics who work on a car during pit stops.


bunny buster

(Australia, informal, archery) a blunt rubber arrowhead intended for rabbit shooting


spade mashie

(golf, dated) A kind of golf club, the number six iron.


falling leaf

So called from the gradual "drifting" motion like a leaf falling from a tree.

(soccer) A dated kicking technique used to put the ball into a swaying movement that makes it harder to estimate its trajectory.


gallery hit

As if applauded from a theatrical gallery.

[…] which is sure to reward a long innings or even a showy 'gallery' hit.

1882, Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, page 692:

(sports, rare) A shot that appeals to the watching audience.


topspinner

(sports) A player who applies topspin to the ball.

She sent a topspinner sailing across the court.

(sports) A ball to which topspin is applied.


skish

(fishing) A game used to practice fishing skills, involving casting a small lead weight at a series of targets.


beauty shot

Cut to beauty shot of skin care products with beauty show going on in the background. Cut to business woman on street.

1983, John A. Quelch, Paul Farris, Cases in Advertising and Promotion Management, →ISBN, page 71:

(advertising, photography) A close-up of the product being advertised.


Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch

Named after committee member William Williams, involved in purchasing the land as a market garden in 1907.

(rugby, slang) Twickenham Stadium, England.


youth academy

(sports) An institution run by a sports team to train up young players they have signed.


in chief

Erm. a fesse betw. two demi lions in chief and three mascles in base gu.

1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland, page 375:

Arg. a saltire betw. a cross-gate in chief and in base and a crescent in each flank gu. / HEGENS, Scotland. Arg. a saltire engr. betw. a mullet in chief two crescents in flanks and a cross crosslet fitchy in base gu.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland: Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials : Upon an Entirely New Plan ..., page 1070:

(heraldry) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, chief. In the chief of the escutcheon.


rainbow shot

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

In reference to the arched shape of a rainbow.

Even after Spooner dropped in one of his patented rainbow shots from the left side and Schulz scored on another tip-in, Quincy still held a two-point lead with half a minute to go in the third quarter.

2002, Scott Johnson, Julie Kistler, Once there were giants: how tiny Hebron won the Illinois state basketball championship and the hearts of fans forever, page 158:

(basketball) A high arcing shot into the basket.


schussboom

schussboom (third-person singular simple present schussbooms, present participle schussbooming, simple past and past participle schussboomed)

schussbooms (present singular third-person)
schussbooming (participle present)
schussboomed (participle past)
schussboomed (past)

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to remind my colleagues who may be planning a trip to Hawaii that they should not forget to pack their snow boots and bring along their skis and pole. Schussbooming in Hawaii? Yes, indeed […]

1968, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates:

They skied the streambed below Gothics's north face. They skied down Mount Haystack, one of the steepest peaks in New York, where Jackrabbit himself is said to have skied. They schussboomed all week long, barely stopping for a rest day.

2008, Adirondack Life, volume 39, page 36:

(skiing) To take part in fast downhill skiing.


sausage board

From the resemblance in shape to the meat product.

But in my dream or whatever it was I imagined Harley opening a surf shop. […] But Harley was known for his long Malibu sausage board.

1996, Crazy Horse, numbers 50-51, page 105:

(surfing) A surfboard with two rounded ends.


Three-Eye League

(US, baseball, historical, humorous) Synonym of Three-I League


Three-I League

(US, baseball, historical) A Minor League Baseball organization that operated mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.


tiger country

These open holes are followed by an adventurous hole of 323 yards that takes the player through some real tiger country on the left and private property on the right.

1950, William Galbraith, Pestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club, page 54:

The approach shot is uphill, guarded by bunkers, so if you miss it you're on your own in "tiger" country.

1991, William H. Davis, Sally Peters, The world's best golf, page 286:


starting grid

(motor racing) The part of the track on which the vehicles line up in order, according to their performance in qualifying.


speedlight

(photography) A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera.


flash pack

(photography) A device attached to a camera to provide a flash.


platinum duck

(cricket) The score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball of a team's innings.


diamond duck

(cricket) Synonym of platinum duck (“score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball of a team's innings”)

platinum duck

(cricket) The situation where a batsman is dismissed without facing a ball (most usually run out from the non-striker's end, but alternatively stumped or run out off a wide delivery).


bonk bag

(cycling, slang) A cyclist's musette or satchel used to carry food to counter "bonk" (sudden glycogen depletion).


boot money

In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.

2000, Frank Galligan, Advanced PE for Edexcel, page 240:

For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]

2001, Keir Radnedge, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer:

(sports, slang) Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.


hard light

Maybe at first they thought that they wanted hard light, but after the shoot begins, they start asking for me to minimize shadows, and by the end of the shoot, I may end up firing a softbox through a scrim (FYI, that means extra, extra, extra soft light).

2017, Nick Fancher, Studio Anywhere 2: Hard Light: A Photographer's Guide to Shaping Hard Light, Rocky Nook, Inc., →ISBN:

(photography) Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light.


Super Sunday

(US, sports) The Sunday on which the Super Bowl takes place, usually the first Sunday in February.


knifeblade

(climbing) A kind of piton used in thin cracks.


double grab

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, motorcycling) A trick that involves grabbing the board, skis, or motorbike with both hands during a jump


downcountry

(cycling) Being a form of cross-country bicycle designed to perform well on trails, like a mountain bike.


double tackle

It was the key breakthrough – and rich reward for the determined double tackle by Booth, who simply didn't give up.

(rugby) A tackle by two players of the same time on an opposition player.


spring net

(fishing) A fishing net that closes by means of a spring.


flap doodle

en-noun

flap doodle (countable and uncountable, plural flap doodles)

What just about everybody does agree on is that a flap doodle will often increase your chances of hooking a king salmon. A flap doodle is nothing more than a small spinner blade attached to the rear of the fly, and it's nothing new.

2006, American Angler: The Magazine of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying:

(fishing) A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.


cyclogram

(photography) A photograph of a moving object using an intermittent light source (such that its path appears as a dotted line)


Cup

(informal, sports) A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the".


Cup

(informal, sports) A win of a championship that is awarded a cup.

(informal, sports) A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup


image sensor

(photography) A sensor that detects and conveys information used to make an image.


RB

(American football) Initialism of running back.


sjark

From Norwegian sjark, from Russian, from English shark.

(nautical, fishing) A Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40 feet, and with a particular hull style, used in northern Norway.


ninth-inning

en-adjective

ninth-inning (comparative more ninth-inning, superlative most ninth-inning)

more ninth-inning (comparative)
most ninth-inning (superlative)

In baseball, the ninth inning is the last period of the game.

(baseball) Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game.


Chel

(UK, slang, soccer) A supporter of the English football club Chelsea F.C..


C.S.C.S.

The secret to improving endurance is to go faster, not lengthen a plodding run. Bill Hartman, P.T., C.S.C.S., suggests breaking your run into intervals at your goal speed.

2008 October, “17 problems you can fix right now”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 162:

(US, sports) Initialism of certified strength and conditioning specialist; also CSCS.


Bill Hartman, P.T., C.S.C.S., suggests breaking your run into intervals at your goal speed. If your 5-K goal is 24 minutes, you must run a mile in 7:40, a half-mile in 3:50, and a quarter in 1:55.


catch a wave

en-verb

catch a wave (third-person singular simple present catches a wave, present participle catching a wave, simple past and past participle caught a wave)

catches a wave (present singular third-person)
catching a wave (participle present)
caught a wave (participle past)
caught a wave (past)

Like surfers trying to catch a wave, balloonists try to ride jet streams.

1999 March 29, Nadya Labi, “Around the World in a Balloon in 20 Days”, in Time, retrieved 2020-04-04:

As anyone who has ever caught a wave on her own knows, surfing is a profound confidence booster.

2015 May 10, Ondine Cohane, “A Small Child, a Big Board, on Oahu’s North Shore”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-04-04:

(surfing) To mount one's surfboard at a distance from shore, turn it toward land, and control it for a successful, satisfying ride on inrushing water.


low post

(basketball) The low post area area on a basketball court.


low post area

(basketball) The areas that are closest to the basket but outside of the free throw lane.


frame lock

(cycling) A lock that is permanently attached to the frame of a bicycle.


sitout

. From this position, start a sitout by extending your left leg. Drop your opponent, but keep a firm hold on his arm.

I throw my best moves from here. I walk out on him — "crawl" out, actually, charging on my hands and knees, like a giant little kid escaping from his playpen; then I explode into a sitout and reverse for two points.

2015, Terry Davis, Vision Quest, page 9:

Her husband, Dick Jr., was a longtime assistant coach at Norwalk, and Janella proudly claimed that she knew a sitout when she saw one.

2003, Nolan Zavoral, A Season on the Mat:

(wrestling) A wrestling move that is often used to escape from a hold in which one straightens one's legs to get into a sitting position where one can use them for leverage.


featherboard

(woodworking) A flat grooved piece of wood or other material used to hold the workpiece in position.


jewel box

(baseball) A member of the second major generation of professional ballparks, built between 1909 and approximately 1940 and distinguished by a relatively compact layout, the use of steel and reinforced concrete as structural materials rather than wood, and the presence of one or more close-in upper decks of seating supported by pillars extending from the lower deck.


teleconversion

(photography) The enlargement of an image achieved with a teleconverter lens.


Brunswick star

From the German Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

(heraldry) An emblem formed by an eight-pointed or sixteen-pointed star composed of many narrow rays.


nimp

Then you fish with a nimp, when it should be an Alexandra, or strike too soon or too hard, or play the fish too heavily, […]

1950, Country Life, volume 107, page 223:

The majority of Western fly-fishing guides tend to be the sort of folks you meet in the cheap seats at professional sporting events—the sort of decent, working-class personages who call a beer a "brewski," a nymph a "nimp," a lost fish a "long-range release," and a minor flesh wound a "Hertz Donut." That I abhor the riverside company of these perfectly amiable souls might seem snobbish. But a river, when one is fly-fishing, is like a symphony: you need your full concentration to make sense of the thing. Is it snobbery when attending the symphony not to want to sit beside some bloke, however likable, who natters on throughout the performance about their favorite brewski brands, deadliest nimps, and most hilarious Hertz Donuts?

2002, David James Duncan, My Story as Told by Water:

(fishing, slang or nonstandard) A nymph.


Lombardi-esque

en-adj

Lombardi-esque (comparative more Lombardi-esque, superlative most Lombardi-esque)

more Lombardi-esque (comparative)
most Lombardi-esque (superlative)

Players were still passing out “Gator Bowl Champions” hats and celebrating with their Lombardi-esque trophy when Muschamp, speaking to the roughly 10,000 fans lingering in the stands, didn't fully buy into the revelry.

2012 January 3, Greg Luca, “Muschamp minimizes Gator Bowl win as Florida avoids losing season”, in The Independent Florida Alligator:

In the past, each Super Bowl has had its own logo. But this year the NFL is switching to a generic logo based on the Lombardi Trophy. […] while the Super Bowl may be the biggest event on the planet, the Lombardi Trophy still ain't no Stanley Cup, no matter how many Lombardi-esque logos the NFL comes up with.

2011 February 3, Paul Lukas, “Super Bowl XLV primer on aesthetics”, in ESPN.com:

(American football) Resembling or like the Lombardi trophy.


flag-happy

flag-happy (comparative more flag-happy, superlative most flag-happy)

more flag-happy (comparative)
most flag-happy (superlative)

I remain convinced of my capacity to harangue flag-happy officials (both when they are correct and when they've just cocked up another costly decision), to the point where they might occasionally favour the Arsenal just for a quiet life!

2012, Bernard Azulay, Arsenal on the Double:

If any host nation has ever earned a handful of incompetent decisions from nervous and flag-happy officials, it was this one.

2013, Nick Hornby, Fan Mail: Twenty Years of Writing about Football:

Soccer players may "head" the ball for tactical purposes, while football players are barred from "leading" with their heads. Laving aside offensive and defensive lineman who do so every play. Also, most linebackers. A rule which is applied in practice only to defensive backs, arbitrarily, now and again, haphazardly, when a flag-happy zebra feels like it, but never to running backs who lower their heads to gain another two yards.

2019, R.L. Sterup, Things You Can't Say About Sports, page 57:

(sports) Overly inclined to rule that an infraction has occurred.


CBMP

contra body movement position
w:contra body movement position

(dance) Initialism of contra body movement position.


FLOD

(dance) Initialism of facing line of dance.


FDW

(dance) Initialism of facing diagonally to the wall.


BDW

(dance) Initialism of backing diagonally to the wall.


BLOD

(dance) Initialism of backing line of dance.


touchdown pass

en-noun

touchdown pass (plural touchdown passes)

Burrow, the Heisman Trophy winner, threw for 5,671 yards and set a Football Bowl Subdivision record with 60 touchdown passes — the final 12 of which came in his last two games, blowouts over Oklahoma and Clemson, to propel L.S.U. to a national title.

2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time:

(American football) A pass in which the receiver then scores a touchdown.


hog molly

General Manager Dave Gettleman swoons over “hog mollies” — his nomenclature for enormous offensive linemen — and that, no doubt, is a priority for him as he builds around quarterback Daniel Jones. In Andrew Thomas, the Giants have their hog molly.

(American football) A very large and obese player, especially in the offensive line.


receiving yard

In addition to putting up nearly 3,300 receiving yards and 32 touchdown receptions in three college seasons, he was also the main punt returner for the Sooners.

2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in the New York Times:

(American football) Yard gained by the offense on a play in which a receiver caught the ball.


edge rusher

According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.

(American football) A defensive player who runs on the outside of the field, making a turn at the last minute to get to the offensive player who has the ball.


tackle for loss

tackle for loss (plural tackles for loss)

The Seattle Seahawks, who are defensive minded but have slipped in recent years, chose Jordyn Brooks, a linebacker from Texas Tech. He led the team in tackles in three of his seasons at Tech. He also had 20 tackles for loss and three sacks last year, when he injured his shoulder.

(American football) A tackle that causes a loss of yardage for the opposing running back or wide receiver.


forced throw

As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw.

2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102:

His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.

(American football) A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.


running lane

Shortly after Donaldson received the throw, Andrus slyly observed that the catcher’s left hand was in the running lane.

2021 May 16, Martín Gallegos, “3 key moments from A's wild road-trip finale”, in MLB News, MLB:

(baseball) The portion of the field between the basepath and the foul ball line in which a batter is allowed to run without causing or receiving interference. Also referred to as runner's lane.

On the field, Brown thwarted triple-teams, mauled quarterbacks and stuffed running lanes.

2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Times:

(American football) An informal division of a football field indicating the channel through which a player will run either to catch a pass or when carrying the ball.


route runner

“The best route runner I have ever seen,” Vincent said. “When he was with the Rams, then over to Washington, he was real clever. He made everything look alike. You didn't know whether he was running a two-yard route or a 'go.'

2006, Gordon Forbes, Tales from the Eagles Sideline, page 61:

You must have great awareness to be a great route runner.

2012, Merritt J. Norvell, Route Running for Wide Receivers:

He has a slightly-limited route tree as primarily a vertical deep threat. He is a sufficient route runner despite underutilizing his size during the stem phase.

2021, Matt Manocherian, SIS Football Rookie Handbook 2021:

After plucking Courtland Sutton in the second round last year, the Denver Broncos needed to complement him with another receiver, preferably one who can stretch the field now that Pro Bowl wideout Emmanuel Sanders has left for New Orleans.
Jerry Jeudy, a polished route-runner who can line up anywhere in a formation, fits that description.

(American football) A receiver who is good at finding a route through the defensive players on the other team in order to get into position.


boundary corner

boundary corner (plural boundary corners)

The field corner and boundary corner line up on number 1 strong and number 1 weak, respectively.

2000, Dick tomey, Rich Ellerson, Larry MacDuff, and Johnnie Lynn, “Swarming the Offense”, in American Football Coaches Association, editor, Defensive Football Strategies, page 80:

If Cover 4 is played with the strong safety in a cloud position and the boundary corner as the deep- one-half defender, the boundary corner has similar alignment and responsibility as in Cover 5.

2008, Ron Vanderlinden, Football's Eagle & Stack Defenses, page 34:

Even if the 5-foot-10 Gladney doesn’t stick as a boundary corner because of his size, his coverage skills, tenacity and feistiness make him an ideal candidate to flourish in the slot.

(American football) A defensive position, responsible for covering the deep half of the field on the boundary side.


safety spot

A safety spot in gymnastics is designed to prevent falling. To execute a safety spot, the instructor or spotter must first determine where the fall might occur and place himself in that position.

1986, Jay Sanford Shivers, Recreational Safety: The Standard of Care, page 219:

Explain the reasons for spotting and demonstrate the kinds of spotting that should be used in different situations, for example, a safety spot for a difficult skill or a control spot to aid in good technique.

1987, YMCA of the USA, Progressive Gymnastics, page 26:

Safety spot for skilled knee hang swing dismounts: One to two children secure the landing at stomach and back.

2009, Ilona E. Gerling, Teaching Children's Gymnastics: Spotting and Securing, page 200:

(gymnastics) The action of a spotter who is focused on preventing a fall or injury, as opposed to a control spot, which is focused on helping the gymnast acquire a skill.

Competing for the safety spot are soph Mike Hincewicz and freshman Gary Marshall, a small player in Davis' mold at 6-0, 155 pounds.

1970, Princeton Alumni Weekly - Volume 71, page 10:

But with Samari Rolle at the other corner and Blaine Bishop at the other safety spot, the team will find a combination that works.

2001, Craig Carter, Pro Football Guide, page 94:

According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.

(American football) The position of defensive safety; a position furthest from the line of scrimmage whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tackler of last resort.


rear naked choke

rear naked choke (plural rear naked chokes)

(martial arts) A chokehold applied from an opponent's back.


Idaho stop

Idaho + stop; it first became law in Idaho in 1982.

(cycling) The situation, legal in certain jurisdictions, where a cyclist treats a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign.


clay courter

(tennis) A tennis player who plays on a claycourt


point-shave

en-verb

point-shave (third-person singular simple present point-shaves, present participle point-shaving, simple past and past participle point-shaved)

point-shaves (present singular third-person)
point-shaving (participle present)
point-shaved (participle past)
point-shaved (past)

You can recall the scandals that have occurred in the various colleges, of attempts to point-shave and fix games.

1972, Public Hearing Before Gambling Study Commission, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

He had been sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiring to point-shave in six BC games during the 1978–79 season.

1987, Richard Edward Lapchick, Robert Malekoff, On the Mark: Putting the Student Back in Student-athlete, page 56:

Similarly, at Northwestern University, basketball players Kenneth Dion Lee and Dewey Williams were paid $4,000 to point-shave and fix the outcome of games against Penn State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan in 1995.

2003, Nevada Law Journal - Volume 4, page 323:

(sports, gambling) To deliberately perform badly in a game as part of point shaving.


MLH

(philately) Initialism of mint, lightly hinged.


VLH

(philately) Initialism of very lightly hinged.


FVF

(philately) Initialism of fine/very fine.


XF

(philately) Initialism of extremely fine or extra fine; also EF.

(numismatics slang) Initialism of extremely fine.


Stableford

en-noun

Stableford (countable and uncountable, plural Stablefords)

Named after its devisor, Frank Stableford (1870–1959).

(golf) A scoring system in the sport of golf that involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole; (by extension) a game played according to this system.


Zornhau

(fencing) A powerful, diagonally descending blow.


ukemi

This will also tend to assist in the development of a good style, for it is noticeable that those men with the 'best' and 'freest' styles are also those with the most effective ukemi.

1966, Francis Walter Pearson, Judo Coaching Manual, page 28:

(judo, aikido, martial arts) The set of breakfall and roll techniques used by uke to safely fall and accept attacks from tori.


stereocamera

(photography) Alternative form of stereo camera


stereo camera

(photography) A camera, fitted with two lenses, that can produce stereoscopic photographs


USSF

United States Soccer Federation
United States Soccer Federation#English

(US, soccer, sports) Initialism of United States Soccer Federation.


hypostain

en-verb

hypostain (third-person singular simple present hypostains, present participle hypostaining, simple past and past participle hypostained)

hypostains (present singular third-person)
hypostaining (participle present)
hypostained (participle past)
hypostained (past)

(photography) To accidentally stain with hypo


speedbooster

(photography) A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to reduce the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens while concentrating the light rays on a smaller area.


ROB

(photography) Region of background (in digital images).


jet dryer

From jet + dryer. From being a device that projects a jet of air used to dry a surface.

(motor racing) A piece of racetrack maintenance equipment, a truck or trailer equipped with a gas turbine jet engine (which does not provide motive or electrical power), that provides copious amounts of hot air, which is used to blow dry the track surface.


screwjob

I will throw out Giant taking title from Flair on RAW. Desperately attempted screwjob did not come off, I can still her Woman's screams, or was that every match of those days:) And I loved it that the Giant didn't sell.

1997 March 26, John0714, “Most Significant Non-Screwjob Matches of All Time?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <19970326010000.UAA22561@ladder01.news.aol.com>:

What is a screwjob finish and does the finish of last night's Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H match count as one?

2003 December 30, Dont Trust Anybody, “What Is A Screwjob Finish And Does Last Night's Count As One?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <5dcc46b096e7859a0d6c2914242d6283@news.teranews.com>:

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) An incident where management disadvantages a wrestler without their prior knowledge.


OPS+

on-base plus slugging
on-base plus slugging

(baseball) The baseball metric on-base plus slugging adjusted for the park and the league in which the player played, but not for fielding position.

On-base plus slugging#Adjusted OPS (OPS+)


HOF

(chiefly sports) Initialism of hall of fame.

(chiefly sports) Initialism of hall-of-famer.


pennantless

(baseball) Not having won a competition.


scribing block

A scribing block is seldom dispensed with in the amateur's workshop, excepting in cases where its very existence is unknown.

1883 July, “Surface Gauges or Scribing Blocks”, in Amateur Mechanics, page 213:

By testing various parts of a line with the scribing block let the boys see that the line drawn is parallel to the surface plate.

1903, J. S. Miller, Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work, page 29:

The operation is to move the scribing block from end to end of the work and on both sides of it, packing it up until the upper surface is level, taking care, if the work does not lie level and steady upon the table, to insert wedges in the necessary places so that the work will lie firmly and not move during the operation of marking.

2013, Joshua Rose, The Complete Practical Machinist, page 322:

(metalworking) A device for scribing (marking) lines at a specific height from the base of an object, prior to machining.


paranzella

All the gill nets, trammel nets, paranzellas, net ropes, trawl lines, etc., are tanned.

1892, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Report, page 132:

Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or maintained in any of the waters of this state in violation of any existing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this state for the protection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it is the duty of every peace officer to seize and keep the same and report such seizure to the board of fish commissioners of the state.

1901, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy, The Codes and Statutes of California:

(fishing) A deep, finely meshed conical net with long narrow wings, held open by cork floats and lead sinkers.


double-headed

(numismatics) Of a coin, having a head on both sides, especially when counterfeited by being constructed from two separate coins.


off-width

(climbing) Pertaining to crack climbing in which the width of the crack is too great for one-hand holds but not wide enough to be used as a chimney.


miscatch

Forty-five vessels had, during the whole fishing time, fished 3266 times and caught 21,623 barrels of herrings, consequently on an average 6.66 barrels every time the nets were laid; however, there having been 882 times a miscatch, the above-named number really has been caught in 3266-882=2,384 times fishing. Hence the catch of every time of fishing amounts to 9.1 barrels.

1858, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal:

At temperatures below fifty, the proportion of catch to miscatch is almost equal ; between fifty and sixty degrees the proportion is about four catches to one miscatch.

1859, Walter White, Northumberland, and the Border, page 242:

Investigating types and number of fishing gears; catch per unit of effort by different fishing gears; miscatch amount and bycatch ratio of fish banned.

2017, Zhenli Huang, Bingfang Wu, Three Gorges Dam: Environmental Monitoring Network and Practice, page 133:

(fishing) A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released.


sideface

1998, Colin Beech, The Redhead: A Collector's Guide to Shading the Stamps of the One Penny Red George V., Sideface Issues of Australia, 1914-1922, British Society of Australian Philately, page Title:

(philately) A definitive stamp with the portrait facing to the side of the stamp.


hot roll

hot roll (third-person singular simple present hot rolls, present participle hot rolling, simple past and past participle hot rolled)

hot rolls (present singular third-person)
hot rolling (participle present)
hot rolled (participle past)
hot rolled (past)

(metalworking) To roll metal in a temperature that is above its recrystallization point.


screen pass

(American football) A short pass to a receiver protected by blockers.


honor point

(heraldry) The point just above the fess point.


Andretti

(automotive, motor racing, figurative) Ellipsis of Mario Andretti. (a common noun, not a proper noun) ((A) a street racer; (B) a U.S. racecar pilot outside of the U.S.)


Gretzky

Fantasy camp is where would-be Gretzkies can skate with members of professional teams.

(ice hockey, figuratively) Ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky.


lowcard

(professional wrestling) The part of a wrestling show at the beginning of the card (programme or schedule). It is the least prestigious part compared to the uppercard and midcard


midcarder

(professional wrestling) A wrestler who performs in the midcard


uppercard

(professional wrestling) The part of a wrestling show towards the end of the card (programme or schedule). It is the most prestigious part of the show compared to the midcard and lowcard


uppercarder

(professional wrestling) A wrestler who performs in the uppercard


midcard

(professional wrestling) The part of a wrestling show in the middle of the card (programme or schedule). It is less prestigious than the uppercard and more so than the lowcard


lowcarder

(professional wrestling) A wrestler who performs in the lowcard


Elam ending

(basketball) A basketball rule where, for all or part of the fourth quarter, teams play to a target score rather than a set amount of time.


competition caution

en-noun

competition caution (plural competition cautions)

(motor racing) A caution (“yellow flag”) flown during a race to separate a race into different stages. During the yellow period, standard caution flag rules apply.


buzzer-beater

In the sense of beating out the buzzer which ends a game.

The Knicks immediately went 7-0 upon Lin's insertion in the lineup. He dropped 38 against the Lakers and beat Toronto with a buzzer-beater.

2013, Pete Birle, On the Hardwood: New York Knicks, MVP Books, →ISBN, page 40:

(basketball, idiomatic) A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment.


palenka

(Jamaica, fishing) A fishing tool comprising numerous small lines with hooks.


Árpád stripe

The origin of the stripes is associated with the House of Árpád, the founding dynasty of Hungary.

(heraldry, chiefly in the plural) Any of the stripes (barry of eight gules and argent) forming a particular heraldic and vexillologic configuration used since the early 13th century mainly in Hungarian heraldry.


flagfall

Boyce took him ahead at the flagfall , with the Hughes horse in pursuit

June 22, 2020, David Milnes, The Lir Jet swoops late to deny Wesley Ward's Golden Pal in Norfolk in The Racing Post
The result looked unlikely soon after flagfall when Wesley Ward's Golden Pal blazed a trail down the centre of the track under Andrea Atzeni

(horse racing) The start of a horse race


bibliophilately

(rare, philately) The collection or study of postage stamps and other philatelic material thematically related to books or libraries.


pistolgraphy

From pistol + -graphy, coined by the inventor Thomas Skaife (1806-1876).

(historical, photography) The use of an early miniature camera shaped like a pistol.


biophilately

A recent addition to the list of Life Members of the Wilson Ornithological Society is Dr. John T. Emlen, Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin. […] He has three sons, all of whom are students of biology, and besides his professional work finds time to devote to conservation matters, as well as photography and biophilately.

1966 March, “New Life Member”, in The Wilson Bulletin, volume 78, number 1, page 120:

For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education […]

1990, Desh Bandhu, Harjit Singh, A. K. Maitra, editors, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Indian Environmental Society, page 486:

(rare, philately) The collection or study of postage stamps and other philatelic material thematically related to biology (animals, plants etc.).


maximum card

(philately) A postcard with the stamp placed on the picture side of the card where the stamp and card match or are in concordance.


EFO

(philately) Initialism of errors, freaks, and oddities.


astrophilatelist

(philately) One who practices astrophilately.


MHH

Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. Very mixed condition, from VF to junk, all "mint" in some form or another, some MNH, some MH, some MHH, some MNG, etc.

1995 February 12, R L Silverman, “For Sale: Portugal/Colonies "Ceres" 1912-1931”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):

(philately) Initialism of mint, heavily hinged.


misperf

Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. […] Includes perf varieties, paper varieties, color varieties, misperfs, etc.


telegraph stamp

telegraph stamp (plural telegraph stamps)

(philately) A stamp intended solely for the prepayment of telegraph fees.


souvenir sheet

(philately) A small block or sheet of postage stamps, including a single value or a series of stamps, often without gum or perforations, having a wide margin with an inscription or design identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.


postage due stamp

postage due stamp (plural postage due stamps)

(philately) An adhesive stamp affixed by a post office to an item of mail, indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid.


miniature sheet

miniature sheet (plural miniature sheets)

(philately) A smaller-than-normal sheet or pane of usually identical postage stamps, commonly containing gum and perforations, sometimes bearing a marginal inscription identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.


false number 9

From the traditional use of the number 9 for centre-forwards, and the difference from a traditional centre-forward, who would stay near the line of defenders until an opportunity arose to move past them toward goal.

not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) An unconventional lone striker or centre-forward who drops deep into midfield.


Cincitucky

(American football, slang, by extension) The Cincinnati Bengals.


pitchometer

A batter's best hope for hitting one of these 90 mile-per-hour missiles that reached the plate in just less than a second was his 200 mph swing. Speeds were then measured by electronic “pitchometers”; in 1946 Bob Feller's fastball could be timed at 98.6 mph.

1983, David Quentin Voigt, American Baseball, volume III: From Postwar Expansion to the Electronic Age, University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 71:

A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.

2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210:

(baseball) A device used in baseball to measure the speed of a pitch or the time a pitcher spends between pitches thrown.


outyard

en-verb

outyard (third-person singular simple present outyards, present participle outyarding, simple past and past participle outyarded)

outyards (present singular third-person)
outyarding (participle present)
outyarded (participle past)
outyarded (past)

From out- + yard (“unit of length equal to 3 feet”).

af

Although Oklahoma outyarded the Jays 339 to 155, Kansas fought magnificently and earned its 13-13 tie. Royal's punting had begun to jell. He kicked four out-of-bounds against the Crimson and Blue.

1984, Harold Keith, Forty-Seven Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 28:

(American football) To gain more yards than.


bacteriography

From bacterio- + -graphy. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented the process.

(art, photography, microbiology) The art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.


bacteriogram

(art, photography, microbiology) An image formed by growing bacteria on a previously used photographic substrate


bacteriograph

From bacterio- + -graph. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented it.

(art, photography, microbiology) A picture created by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.


mini-hold

From mini- + hold (“game won by the server”).

Coordinate term: mini-break

(tennis) In a tiebreak, a point won by the server.


helium descrambler

en-noun

helium descrambler (plural helium descramblers)

(technical diving, saturation diving, underwater diving) An electronic device that lowers the pitch of speech, to compensate for the high-pitched speech of someone breathing in a helium atmosphere mixture (e.g. heliox or heliair), so as to be understandable to other people.


helium unscrambler

helium unscrambler (plural helium unscramblers)

helium descrambler
helium descrambler#English

(technical diving, saturation diving, underwater diving) Synonym of helium descrambler


sinkant

(fishing) A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it sink instead of floating on the water.


chain stay

(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.


crank arm

(cycling) One of the two lever components that attach the bottom bracket spindle to a pedal.


the other way

(baseball, of a batted ball) To the opposite side of the plate relative to the batter.


Mardi Grass

(historical, US, sports) The artificial turf used as a playing surface at the New Orleans Superdome until 2003.


pit straight

The race was punctuated by two red flags, the first caused by a pile-up on the pit straight, the second by a high-speed crash for Lance Stroll.

2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:

(motor racing) A straight section of a racecourse with an entrance to the pit on one side.


bend dexter

(heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going (from the viewer's perspective) from top left to the bottom right.


glute bridge

(exercise) An exercise performed by lying in a fashion where the imaginary line between the feet and the head is parallel to the floor and the fundament is raised and lowered (optionally with weight on the pelvis).


hip thrust

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(exercise) An exercise where the shoulders rest on their back on an elevated surface while in the concentric part the pelvis moves upwards usually under added weight until the thighs reach a right angle with the calves.


dead man's float

dead man's float (plural dead man's floats)

(swimming) A floating position in which the swimmer lies face down on the water with the arms extended forward and the legs behind them.


reverse hyper

Coordinate term: hyper

reverse hyperextension
reverse hyperextension#English

(bodybuilding, colloquial) Clipping of reverse hyperextension.


strap on the boots

(informal, sports) To prepare to play a field sport; to take up playing a field sport.


call balls and strikes

en-verb

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

calls balls and strikes (present singular third-person)
calling balls and strikes (participle present)
called balls and strikes (participle past)
called balls and strikes (past)

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The San Rafael Pacifics and Vallejo Admirals, two independent (not major league-affiliated) minor league teams, recently played two games using a computer system, rather than the home plate umpire, to call balls and strikes.

2015 August 10, Alex Shultz, “Rise of the machines? Baseball weighs use of automated strike zone”, in LA Times:

(baseball) To act as a home plate umpire.


nose-ender

Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.

1879, Ed James, The Lives and Battles of the Champions of England, page 39:

(boxing, slang, dated) A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory.


Rose Bowl

(US, American football) The annual NCAA college football championship game typically played on New Year's Day.


brifter

(cycling) On a bicycle, a lever that combines brake and gear shifter functions.


exercise track

(sports) A track having a soft springy rubber surface and lane markings, designed for exercising and running races.


screwgate

(climbing) A kind of carabiner that is fastened by means of a screw thread.


toe-crushing

en-adj

toe-crushing (comparative more toe-crushing, superlative most toe-crushing)

more toe-crushing (comparative)
most toe-crushing (superlative)

(cricket) Of a delivery, directed at the feet of the facing batsman.


add to the list

en-verb

add to the list (third-person singular simple present adds to the list, present participle adding to the list, simple past and past participle added to the list)

adds to the list (present singular third-person)
adding to the list (participle present)
added to the list (participle past)
added to the list (past)

Sabinus has been added to the list.

(transitive, slang, dated, horse racing) To geld (a horse).


backheader

(soccer) A hit of the ball with the back of the head


keep someone honest

keep someone honest (third-person singular simple present keeps someone honest, present participle keeping someone honest, simple past and past participle kept someone honest)

keeps someone honest (present singular third-person)
keeping someone honest (participle present)
kept someone honest (participle past)
kept someone honest (past)

Jones is down ten games to two, but still keeping his opponent honest.

(sports) To continue to compete strongly against someone despite being in an inferior position, so as not to allow one's opponent an easy victory.


outruck

outruck (third-person singular simple present outrucks, present participle outrucking, simple past and past participle outrucked)

outrucks (present singular third-person)
outrucking (participle present)
outrucked (participle past)
outrucked (past)

So potent, indeed, was this offensive amalgam that it almost obliterated further questions. Anything that was not it had attractions: the Welsh rugby team, outrucking Chamberlain and Hoare and Halifax and the young toffs they'd persuaded to stand in for them - Raymond Williams, Wales and England, 1983.

(rugby) To outplay an opponent in a ruck


niramiai

(sumo) The staredown between sumo wrestlers before a match.


gravel trap

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(motor racing) A gravel-filled zone on a racetrack, used as a hazard, exclusionary region, and, safety device to slow down and trap vehicles.


leg theory

(cricket, dated) The tactic of bowling at or near the line of leg stump, so as to cramp the batsman.


top-out

(climbing) The act of topping out, reaching the top of a route.


insweep

(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm inward, towards the body.


autobid

(US, sports) A bid for a sports team to participate in a tournament, based on objective performance in prior competition.


left-half

(soccer, dated) A player who plays wide on the left side of midfield


right-half

He had grown up admiring his United predecessor Eddie Colman, a right-half of greater natural gifts, who died in the Munich air disaster of 1958. By that time Stiles had already represented England schoolboys as a right-half, displaying attacking talents that would be somewhat inhibited in his later career.

2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian:

(soccer, dated) A player who plays wide on the right side of midfield


inside-forward

He had grown up admiring his United predecessor Eddie Colman, a right-half of greater natural gifts, who died in the Munich air disaster of 1958. By that time Stiles had already represented England schoolboys as a right-half, displaying attacking talents that would be somewhat inhibited in his later career.
He made his debut for United, in fact, as an inside-forward in the 1960-61 season, playing 26 league matches and scoring twice.

(soccer, dated) A forward playing on one side of the centre forward, but not as wide as the outside-forward


outside-forward

(soccer, dated) A forward playing on the wing, wider than the inside-forward


outsweep

(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm outward, away from the body.


furiosant

RANGANT, a term used, in old heraldry, for the bull, bugle, or buffalo, when borne furiosant, or in a rage, or madness.

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

An old term for the bull etc., enraged, or furiosant.

2009 06, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 107:

(heraldry, uncommon, of a bull, ox, etc) Passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge.


beer frame

(bowling) A frame in which the bowler who performs worst is assigned the forfeit of buying beer for the other players.


charge the mound

charge the mound (third-person singular simple present charges the mound, present participle charging the mound, simple past and past participle charged the mound)

charges the mound (present singular third-person)
charging the mound (participle present)
charged the mound (participle past)
charged the mound (past)

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(baseball, of a batter) To run towards the pitcher's mound with the intent of physically assaulting the pitcher for a perceived grievance.


climbing hold

(climbing) A grip fixed to a climbing wall that climbers can grab or step on


ski skin

(skiing) A strip attached to the underside of a ski that offers grip when ascending in snow


climbing iron

(climbing) A kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing.


climbing gym

(climbing) A building used for climbing, which includes such artificial climbing walls.


chili dip

A perfect shot can give confidence to propel a round, and a single chili dip can ruin an entire year around the greens.

2010, Andy Wible, Golf and Philosophy: Lessons from the Links, page 171:

(golf, informal) An unsuccessful shot that brings up a chunk of grass or earth.


cocked hat double

en-noun

cocked hat double (plural cocked hat doubles)

Davis was left with a choice to either double the black into the top right hand pocket, or play the black around the angles with a chance of making a cocked hat double into the centre pocket.

(snooker) A type of double of the called ball off three cushions, usually around the colours, with the aim of potting into the centre pocket while keeping the cue ball safe.


chalk-eating weasel

chalk-eating weasel (plural chalk-eating weasels)

(horse racing) A bettor who regularly wagers on the favorite.


Haakon flip

Named after Norwegian snowboarder Terje Haakonsen.

named-after

(snowboarding) An aerial maneuver performed in a half-pipe by taking off backwards, and performing an inverted 720° rotation.


hand traverse

(climbing) A maneuver involving traversing (a ledge) using only the hands


home ice

(ice hockey) The rink where a team usually plays


home stand

(sports) A series of consecutive games played at one's home ground


home advantage

(sports) The advantage a sports team has from using their usual sports field


MLU

en-noun

MLU (countable and uncountable, plural MLUs)

(photography) Initialism of mirror lock-up.


touch judge

(rugby) An official who monitors the touch line to signal if the ball (or a player holding the ball) goes out of play, and to signal if the ball goes through the goal posts during a penalty or conversion.


touch-in-goal

touch-in-goal (plural touch-in-goals or touches-in-goal)

touch-in-goals (plural)
touches-in-goal (plural)

(rugby, historical) The part of the field behind the goal line and beyond the touch line. Any ball entering this zone would be considered out of play.


glass chin

(boxing, figurative) Synonym of glass jaw


girdle traverse

girdle traverse (plural girdle traverses)

(climbing) A problem involving horizontally traversing along a cliff


off-ice

They did some off-ice training.

(sports, ice hockey) Not taking place on ice.


caliber

caliber (countable and uncountable, plural calibers)

→ Irish: calabra

→ Welsh: calibr

From French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”), from Italian calibro.


drift park

(motor racing) A driving track where people partake in the sport of drifting.


batting collapse

en-noun

batting collapse (plural batting collapses)

(cricket) A succession of batsmen or batswomen getting out without adding many runs to the team's score.


Melbourne shuffle

Melbourne shuffle (plural Melbourne shuffles)

(music, dance) A style of dancing in the rave scene, with fast-paced steps and heel-and-toe movements, T-steps, the running man, etc.


double-shuffle

en-verb

double-shuffle (third-person singular simple present double-shuffles, present participle double-shuffling, simple past and past participle double-shuffled)

double-shuffles (present singular third-person)
double-shuffling (participle present)
double-shuffled (participle past)
double-shuffled (past)


double-shuffle

Curtis did a piece of double-shuffle tracking to illustrate his point.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 43:

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer makes a shuffle twice.


jacklighting

A Pennsylvania man was charged with jacklighting, allegedly shining his truck headlights onto a police deer decoy.

2019 December 12, Maryland Department of Natural Resources press releasehttps://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2019/12/12/police-deer-decoy-struck-by-suspect/

(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.


plate-carrier

The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing.

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

(photography, historical) A thin black frame used to hold a photographic plate in early cameras.


Savardian

en-adj

Savardian (comparative more Savardian, superlative most Savardian)

more Savardian (comparative)
most Savardian (superlative)

From Savard + -ian. A "Gallivanism" coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan.

(ice hockey) Pertaining to Serge Savard or Denis Savard


cart path

You want to research the question of whether a golfcart lessor's liability policy provides coverage for a claim arising out of the lessee's negligence in maintaining the cart path.

1996, Theodor Herman, How to Research Less and Find More: The Essential Guide to Computer Assisted Legal Research, Eagan, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, page 13:

You get free relief, normally, when your ball lies on an artificially surfaced road or cart path, according to the rules of golf.

2011 April 27, Michael Patrick Shiels, Michael Kernicki, Golf's Short Game For Dummies, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, page 154:

(golf) A paved path designed for golf carts, especially on a golf course.


Man Utd

Manchester United Football Club
w:Manchester United Football Club

(soccer) Abbreviation of Manchester United Football Club.


breast the tape

en-verb

breast the tape (third-person singular simple present breasts the tape, present participle breasting the tape, simple past and past participle breasted the tape)

breasts the tape (present singular third-person)
breasting the tape (participle present)
breasted the tape (participle past)
breasted the tape (past)

(UK, athletics) To win a race by hitting the tape with the chest


hurry-up offense

en-noun

hurry-up offense (plural hurry-up offenses)

(American football) An offensive style in which the offensive team avoids delays between plays, sometimes also avoiding or shortening the huddle to limit or disrupt defensive strategies and flexibility.


flankerback

(rugby, American football) A back whose task is to receive the ball from a scrum.


upman

(American football) A player of the return team at kickoff


flexbone

(American football) A formation involving three running backs in which a fullback is lined up behind the quarterback and two slotbacks are lined up behind the line of scrimmage at each end of the offensive line.


cuemaker

(pool, billiards, snooker) A manufacturer of cues


chesney

(billiards, snooker) An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it


cotgrave

(billiards, snooker) A fluke in which a pot or snooker is obtained by accident


cheatability

(billiards, snooker) The extent to which a pocket is cheatable


cheat the pocket

en-verb

cheat the pocket (third-person singular simple present cheats the pocket, present participle cheating the pocket, simple past and past participle cheated the pocket)

cheats the pocket (present singular third-person)
cheating the pocket (participle present)
cheated the pocket (participle past)
cheated the pocket (past)

(billiards, snooker) To pot a ball in the edge, rather than the middle, of a pocket.


highrun

(billiards, snooker) A series of successful shots that is lengthy for the player's level of skill


tip tool

(billiards, snooker) Any device used to maintain the tip on a cue


stakehorse

(billiards, snooker) A person who bets (backs with a stake) on a player


stakehorse

stakehorse (third-person singular simple present stakehorses, present participle stakehorsing, simple past and past participle stakehorsed)

stakehorses (present singular third-person)
stakehorsing (participle present)
stakehorsed (participle past)
stakehorsed (past)

(billiards, snooker) To bet on the outcome of a game


poolshark

(pool, billiards, snooker) A hustler who deliberately disrupts a game for his own advantage


fudadome

(sumo) sold out said of spectators' seats


hanamichi

(sumo) Either of the East or West paths that lead to the dohyo


ebanzuke

(sumo) A banzuke illustrated with pictures of the wrestlers


harite

(sumo) A slap (strike with an open hand)


hazuoshi

(sumo) The act of pushing the opponent with hands beneath his armpits


hiwaza

(sumo) Any of passive several ways of winning because the opponent makes a mistake


itamiwake

(sumo) A draw due to the injury of one of the wrestlers


kuisagaru

(sumo) A technique in which a wrestler lowers his centre of gravity and pushes his opponent out of the ring


nekodamashi

(sumo) The act of clapping the hands in order to distract one's opponent


maemitsu

(sumo) A grip on the front of the mawashi


makikae

(sumo) A quick change from an overarm to an underarm grip on the opponent's mawashi


okamisan

From Japanese 女将さん (okami-san, literally “miss proprietress”).

bor

(sumo) The wife of a stablemaster who oversees all activities except coaching


kadoban

(sumo) An ozeki who is in danger of demotion


nodowa

From Japanese 喉輪 (literally “throat ring”).

(sumo) A thrust at the opponent's throat.


shingitai

(sumo) The qualities of head, technique and body held to be essential for a successful wrestler


shonichi

(sumo) The first day of a basho, or the first win after a string of defeats


tegatana

From Japanese 手刀 (tegatana, “knife hand”).

(sumo) The ceremonial gesture made by a winning wrestler after receiving his prize money.


sewanin

(sumo) A retired wrestler who assists at a stable.


zanbara

(sumo) hair that is loose and dishevelled and too short to be arranged into a chonmage


wakaimonogashira

(sumo) A retired wrestler who works with new recruits


shimenawa

(sumo) A length of straw that lines the ring (used as ritual purification in shinto)