call off the dogs

en-verb

call off the dogs (third-person singular simple present calls off the dogs, present participle calling off the dogs, simple past and past participle called off the dogs)

calls off the dogs (present singular third-person)
calling off the dogs (participle present)
called off the dogs (participle past)
called off the dogs (past)

Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.

(sports, idiomatic) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.


sportive

Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:


couché

Borrowed from French couché, past participle of coucher (“to lay, to lay down”). Doublet of couchant and collocate.

Azure, semé of tratti or billets couché or, two lions passant in pale of the same.

1866, The Herald and Genealogist, page 77:

3rd, to sinister—on a shield couché a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses, behind the shield a pastoral staff in pale, for Bishop Columba de Dunbar, being his arms and "baculum pastorale." […] Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, said to be a son or grandson of George, tenth Earl. Seal, 12th December 1452,—on a shield couché, a lion rampant within a bordure charged with eight roses or stars; […]

1881, Robert Riddle Stodart, Scottish Arms: Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, Reproduced in Fascimile from Contemporary Manuscripts, page 11:

Argent, semé of billets couches azure, a lion rampant gules, crowned or, Lordship of GEROLDSECK.

1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 114:

Andrew, Lord Avandale, bore on his seal a shield couché quartered : 1st , a lion rampant within a royal tressure […]

1909, James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, page 519:

A heater - shield of Savoy (Gules, a cross argent) couché, with helm, mantling, and crest of a lion's head between two wings;

1916, Francis Pierrepont Barnard, The Casting-counter and the Counting-board: A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and Early Arithmetic, page 123:

A chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

Gules, a chevron couché (or issuant from the dexter flank) argent, is the coat of MARSCHALCK. (Plate VII., fig. 5.) Gules , a chevron reversed argent, is the coat of the Bavarian Barons RUMLINGEN DE BERG; and of[…]

1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 148:

(heraldry, of a chevron) Couched: issuing from the side of the shield rather than the bottom or top.


X's and O's

Derived from the use of the letters X and O as common stand-ins for other concepts.

2006, Jerry Krause, Ralph Pim, Basketball Beyond the X's And O's: Lessons from the Legends:

(idiomatic, sports) The fundamental elements of a play.


guest star

guest star (third-person singular simple present guest stars, present participle guest starring, simple past and past participle guest starred)

guest stars (present singular third-person)
guest starring (participle present)
guest starred (participle past)
guest starred (past)

(sports) Of a player: to play as a guest of another team.


incensed

en-adj

incensed (comparative more incensed, superlative most incensed)

more incensed (comparative)
most incensed (superlative)

[…] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants;[…]

1861, George Oliver, The History of the City of Exeter, page 211:

Argent, a lion rampant gules, incensed azure;

1920, History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), page 428:

Supporters — Dexter, a lion argent; sinister, a panther guardant argent semy of roundels vert azure and gules incensed proper both gorged with a collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back and terminating in a ring or.

2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2996:

(heraldry, of a panther, lion, etc) Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere.


montant

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

(fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade


montant

[…] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus[…]

1873, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, page 178:

The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family.[…]

2018 January 31, R. D. Blackmore, Delphi Complete Works of R. D. Blackmore (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN:

(heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.


oaks

(horse racing) A stakes race in which entry is restricted to 3-year-old fillies.


fourche

Borrowed from French fourché. Doublet of furcate and fork.

(heraldry) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.


Gunners

(informal, soccer) Arsenal football club.


couchant

From Middle English couchant, from Middle French couchant.

His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised.

liggande

represented as crouching with the head raised


no score

(idiomatic, sports) In a sporting event, a score of zero to zero.


crazy golf

(golf) A variation on golf, played on a smaller scale, where players have to putt the golf ball into a hole, past various obstructions.


driving range

Improve your golf swing by taking your mate to the driving range. If you're good, you can show off and give her some tips. If you stink, play it for laughs.

2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:

(golf) An area where golfers practice their swing, and try to hit the ball far, toward no target.


cheaply

en-adv

cheaply (comparative more cheaply, superlative most cheaply)

more cheaply (comparative)
most cheaply (superlative)

(cricket, by extension) For a low score.


golf course

(golf) The land where one plays golf, with tees, fairways, greens and flags in holes.


grimy

en-adj

grimy (comparative grimier, superlative grimiest)

grimier (comparative)
grimiest (superlative)

Pro Era are a group of young rappers (and artists) straight from the streets of Brooklyn, New York. They're headed by Joey Bada$$ who is definitely the most well known figure but as a group they stand alone as some of the top emcees and producers coming through. They've been hailed as the return of hip hop, especially the gritty, grimey New York hip hop we all know and love

2014 June 6, Scott Miller, “A Few Thoughts on Pro Era's 'The Shift'”, in The Niche Cache, archived from the original on Febuary 4, 2024:

(slang, hip-hop, of a beat or song) Darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.


photo finish

(sports) The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.

maalikameraratkaisu

finish of a race in which the leaders are close together


Machin

From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.

der

(philately) Any of a British series of definitive stamps designed by Arnold Machin, first issued in 1967 and featuring a side view portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.


butt plug

Remove the butt plug of the pole and have the athlete grip 8–12 inches (about 20–30.5 cm) in excess of his or her extended reach on a pole placed vertically.

2000, Joseph L. Rogers, USA Track & Field Coaching Manual, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 208:

(athletics, rare) A rubber cap fitted to the end of the pole in pole vaulting; the pole tip.


run-on

(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.


piling

[ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]

(ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.


pentathlon

en-noun

pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)

Japanese: ペンタスロン (pentasuron)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”), equivalent to penta- + -athlon.

bor+

women's pentathlon
women's pentathlon#English

(athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run.

women's pentathlon

In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.

2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times:

Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever.

2021 March 11, Victor Mather, “Modern Pentathlon Drops Equestrian Competition After Abuse Claims”, in The New York Times:

modern pentathlon
modern pentathlon#English

(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.


photofluorogram

(photography) A photograph made by photofluorography


photofinishing

Berkey, a competitor in photofinishing, alleged violations of §2 arising from Kodak's failure to predisclose the nature of the new film, which would have given it time to adapt to the new requirements.

2021, Phillip E. Areeda, Louis Kaplow, Aaron S. Edlin, Antitrust Analysis: Problems, Text, and Cases, page 412:

(photography) The commercial developing and printing of photographs


photoflash

(photography) A lamp that emits a brief flash of bright light; used to take photographs in a dark environment


photoflood

(photography) A lamp that produces a broad beam of continuous bright light; used to illuminate a photographic subject


guddle

en-verb

guddle (third-person singular simple present guddles, present participle guddling, simple past and past participle guddled)

guddles (present singular third-person)
guddling (participle present)
guddled (participle past)
guddled (past)

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From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter (“to spatter with mud”).

(transitive, intransitive, Scotland, fishing) To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.


photofluorography

(medicine, photography) The photographic recording of fluoroscope images


photomosaic

(photography) A composite image made of individual photographs, normally of the same shape and size, placed together - to show a panoramic view etc.

fótamósáic

composite image made of individual photographs placed together


photomacrography

(photography) The photography of small objects, at close range, using a macro lens.

photomacrographie

photography of small objects at close range


photomicrograph

(photography) A photograph taken using a microscope.


macro lens

(photography) A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.


enlarger

(photography) An optical device used to make enlarged prints from a photographic negative


photomicrography

(photography) Photography using a microscope.


photoreconnaissance

(photography) The making of aerial photographs as a means of military reconnaissance, especially of potential targets.


photomontage

en-noun

photomontage (countable and uncountable, plural photomontages)

(photography) A composite image combining two or more photographs.

(photography) The art of constructing such images.


roid rage

(bodybuilding) Uncontrollable anger or violent behavior resulting from the use of anabolic steroids.


gym candy

(bodybuilding, slang) Steroids or other drugs taken to improve physical performance.


roid

(sports, slang) Steroids, especially those used illegally for performance enhancement.


ganging

/ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/

The object of the snood swivels, in which the gangings are so easily adjustable, is to save time in removing the fish and in baiting the hooks.

1887, George Brown Goode, The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States:

The full length of each tub was just under half a mile and had a total of 270 gangings and hooks if it was a nine-foot rig. Each line was coiled into a wooden barrel three feet in diameter and thirty inches high.

2011, Brenda Bishop Booma, Hugh Peabody Bishop, Marblehead's First Harbor:

(fishing) A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.


in hand

(snooker, billiards, pool) Of the cue ball: not on the table; able to be positioned by the current player.

At the other end […] the Sounders completed a run that had taken them from 15 points off the lead, to first place in the Supporters Shield standings with two games in hand.

(sports, chiefly UK) Still to be played.


NPC

(sports) Initialism of National Paralympic Committee.


pumper

(bodybuilding, slang) A steroid or other drug taken to improve blood flow and increase muscular size.


electric chair

(wrestling) A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.


tailback

(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.


one foot

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Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.

(snowboarding) A trick with one foot free from the bindings; instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime.


triple bogey

(golf) A score of three over par (for one hole)


LPGA

Ladies Professional Golf Association
w:Ladies Professional Golf Association

(golf) Initialism of Ladies Professional Golf Association.


sand wedge

(golf) A golf club (an iron) with a heavy flange on the bottom, ideal for bunker shots.


tee off

en-verb

tee off (third-person singular simple present tees off, present participle teeing off, simple past and past participle teed off)

tees off (present singular third-person)
teeing off (participle present)
teed off (participle past)
teed off (past)

I always check the wind direction before I tee off.

(golf) To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.

Reyes teed off on a hanging curve to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.

(baseball, by extension) To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run.


approach shot

(golf) Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power.

(tennis) A shot intended to allow the player hitting it to get to the net.


tap in

(golf) A simple, short putt very close to the hole.

(soccer) A simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.


tap in

tap in (third-person singular simple present taps in, present participle tapping in, simple past and past participle tapped in)

taps in (present singular third-person)
tapping in (participle present)
tapped in (participle past)
tapped in (past)

Bent was again left with the simplest of finishes when Rooney picked out Young and he unselfishly crossed for Bent to tap in from inside the six-yard area.

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

(soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.


Bharat Army

The Bharat Army—with around 30 in Gandhi topis, 51 tricolour T-shirts and Sachin Tendulkar posters—continually cheered the Indians […]

2004, Boria Majumdar, J A Mangan, Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003:

Every Barmy Army chant was countered by the British Bharat Army. India batted first. […]

Fan involvement was the main 90's phenomena, and the Barmy Army were the fore-runners and leaders in this (and have since been followed by the Bharat Army (India), the Aussie Cricket Family, etc).

2011, Pete Christopher, Barmy Days and Balmy Nights, page 319:

[…] loyalists such as England's Barmy Army and India's Bharat Army, who follow their national cricket team […]

2014, Rob Steen, Floodlights and touchlines:

(cricket) The group composed of Indian cricket fans who travel, sporadically, around the world to watch and support the Indian cricket team in action.


double bogey

(golf) A score of two over par (for one hole).


putting green

(golf) The area of a golf course nearest the hole, with a smoother surface to make putting easier.


gripped

en-adj

gripped (comparative more gripped, superlative most gripped)

more gripped (comparative)
most gripped (superlative)

(climbing, slang) Afraid; too anxious to continue a climb.


moonwalk

From Moon + walk.
* (backslide): Coined by Michael Jackson in 1983, when popularizing the backslide and renaming it.

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.

Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.

2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:

(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.


moonwalk

en-verb

moonwalk (third-person singular simple present moonwalks, present participle moonwalking, simple past and past participle moonwalked)

moonwalks (present singular third-person)
moonwalking (participle present)
moonwalked (participle past)
moonwalked (past)

(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.


afters

42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.

2010 David Lewis South Africa v England - as it happened: Proteas rip into top order as tourists flounder Daily Mail (16 January 2010)

Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.

2012 May 12, Nine-man Harps crushed in Wexford, Donegal News:

(British, Ireland, informal, sports) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.


film speed

(photography) A measure of a film's sensitivity to light; faster films needing shorter exposures


exposure meter

(photography) An instrument that measures the intensity of the light reflected from or falling on a subject, and calculates the optimum exposure depending on the film speed.


batterie

Borrowed from French batterie, from battre (“to hit”). Doublet of battery.

(dance) A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.


pickup

en-noun

pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)

Chinese:

→ Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)

→ Finnish: pick-up

→ French: pick-up, pickup

→ German: Pickup

→ Indonesian: pikap

→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)

desc

→ Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)

→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)

→ Portuguese: pickup

→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)

→ Spanish: pickup, picop

→ Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)

→ Turkish: pikap

→ Uyghur: پىكاپ (pikap)

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The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.


tuck in

en-verb

tuck in (third-person singular simple present tucks in, present participle tucking in, simple past and past participle tucked in)

tucks in (present singular third-person)
tucking in (participle present)
tucked in (participle past)
tucked in (past)

And although Steven Fletcher cut the deficit for Wolves, tucking in Stephen Hunt's cross, the home side held on.

2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion


wakeboarding

(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.


sensitometer

(photography) An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of photographic film to light.


BASE jumping

From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.

af

(sports) An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.


embattle

From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.

gloss

Again, it can be drawn with the angle of the limbs being greater or less than a right angle, but they will appear to conflict with the embattles which have to be rectangular. In some ordinaries such as the fess, there must be an odd number of embattles, otherwise it will start high and end low [...]

1996, Anthony Wood, Heraldic Art and Design, page 53:

(heraldry) A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement.


hark back

en-verb

hark back (third-person singular simple present harks back, present participle harking back, simple past and past participle harked back)

harks back (present singular third-person)
harking back (participle present)
harked back (participle past)
harked back (past)

From hark (“to listen attentively”) + back (“to or in a previous condition or place”, adverb), originally a hunting command to hounds meaning “Listen! Go back!”.

(hunting) Of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.

hakea jälki uudelleen

of hounds: to retrace a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey

(transitive, hunting) To call back (hounds); to recall.


hark back

(hunting) An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.


Bermuda green

en-noun

Bermuda green (countable and uncountable, plural Bermuda greens)

(golf, countable) A green whose surface consists of Bermuda grass.


hooking

hooking (countable and uncountable, plural hookings)

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.


embattled

en-adj

embattled (comparative more embattled, superlative most embattled)

more embattled (comparative)
most embattled (superlative)

From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.

suffix

Coordinate term: counterembattled

Argent, a Feſs embattled and tvvo Eſtoils in Chief, Sable, is born by the Name of Tvvyne, and vvas atteſted to belong (and vvas confirm'd) to Tvvyne of Preſton in the County of Lancaſter, Eſquire, […]

1724, John Guillim, chapter II, in A Display of Heraldry. […], 6th edition, London: […] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, […] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Honor Civil), [part I […]], page 87, column 1:

All theſe bearings have different Epithets, ſerving either to expreſs their Poſition, Diſpoſition, or Make, viz. […] Tovvers covered, embattled, &c. […]

1765, Mark Anthony Porny [pseudonym; Antoine Pyron du Martre], “Of Common Charges Born in Coats-of-arms. Article II. Of Artificial Figures Born in Coats-of-arms.”, in The Elements of Heraldry, […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, pages 147–148:

There are but three irregular lines mentioned in Glover's Roll, viz: 1. Undée (ondée) or wavy, 2. Engrailed, and 3. Indented or Dancettée. Later heralds have added three more: Invecked (the exact converse of Engrailed), Nebulée, and Embattled.

1852, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “Subordinate Ordinaries”, in The Pursuivant of Arms, or Heraldry Founded upon Facts, London: W. N. Wright, […], →OCLC, page 60:

(by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.

tindesnit

having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements


anchorwoman

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(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.


uppishly

en-adv

uppishly (comparative more uppishly, superlative most uppishly)

more uppishly (comparative)
most uppishly (superlative)

[…] the tall left-hander slapped a short ball from Adil Rashid wearily and uppishly to extra cover.

2010 June 30, Andy Wilson, “Kyle Hogg’s bat buoys Lancashire and halts Yorkshire in their tracks”, in The Guardian:

(cricket, of a ball, hit by a batsman) In an upward direction, with the chance of being caught.


VG

(numismatics, bookselling, music, slang) Initialism of very good (condition).


heraldric

en-adj

heraldric (comparative more heraldric, superlative most heraldric)

more heraldric (comparative)
most heraldric (superlative)

(heraldry) Of, or relating to heraldry; heraldic.


tressure

From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure.

(heraldry) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner.


counterflory

From French contrefleuri; equivalent to counter- + flory.

(heraldry) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner.


flory

From French fleuri (“covered with flowers”), past participle of fleurir. See flourish for more.

(heraldry, of a bordure, etc) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.

(heraldry, of a cross) Having the ends of the arms turn into fleurs-de-lis, rather than having fleurs-de-lis attached to the ends as in a cross floretty.


WR

(sports, speedrunning) Initialism of world record.

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of wide receiver.


push off

en-verb

push off (third-person singular simple present pushes off, present participle pushing off, simple past and past participle pushed off)

pushes off (present singular third-person)
pushing off (participle present)
pushed off (participle past)
pushed off (past)

(intransitive, basketball) to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.


bumps race

(rowing) A form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file; each boat attempts to catch the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind.


metol

From a trade name, presumably a shortened form of the chemical name.

(chemistry, photography) The sulphate of 4-methylaminophenol, used as a photographic developer


APG

(basketball) Abbreviation of assists per game.


kicky

en-adj

kicky (comparative kickier, superlative kickiest)

kickier (comparative)
kickiest (superlative)

(cricket) Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).


kayo

His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.

2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:


buttered

buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)

more buttered (comparative)
most buttered (superlative)

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Pertaining to the action of to butter, buttering

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, having used the to butter action to instantiate the turn.


peeled

(bodybuilding) Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume.


buttering

en-noun

buttering (countable and uncountable, plural butterings)

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(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.

The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards


juiced

en-adj

juiced (comparative more juiced, superlative most juiced)

more juiced (comparative)
most juiced (superlative)


mullered

mullered (comparative more mullered, superlative most mullered)

more mullered (comparative)
most mullered (superlative)

From muller (“to destroy; to beat or thrash; to utterly defeat or outplay”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs). Muller is probably derived from Angloromani mul-, the preterite stem of mer- (“to die”) (compare mullered, mullo (“dead”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die; to disappear”)) + English -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).

der

The papers were saying we were going to get mullered in the scrum. That's when the confidence started to grow. If they believe that, then that's good for us.

2010, Tom English, quoting Jim Telfer, “Once More unto the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More”, in The Grudge: Scotland vs. England, 1990, London: Yellow Jersey Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 160:

Looks like we're going to have a majority of around thirty, forty seats. I really can't wait to see [Jeremy] Paxman grilling the Tory top brass to explain their defeat. […] I better phone home and make sure that gets recorded. Mullered, they were, the Tory cunts. Absolutely mullered! Especially in London.

2011, Alex Wheatle, “It’s All Red on the Night”, in Brenton Brown, London: Arcadia Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 260:

Then she stuck her arms akimbo and delivered a look a mum would give to a lad who wanted to quit football just because his team got mullered.

2019, Laurel Kerr [pseudonym; Erin Laurel O’Brien], chapter 1, in Sweet Wild of Mine (Where the Wild Hearts Are; book 2), Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN:

(often sports) Of a sportsperson, a team, etc.: utterly defeated or outplayed; destroyed, thrashed, trounced.


webcam

And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?

1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page D24:

As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.

2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News:

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.


doping

en-noun

doping (countable and uncountable, plural dopings)

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.


gamely

en-adj

gamely (comparative gamelier or more gamely, superlative gameliest or most gamely)

gamelier (comparative)
more gamely (comparative)
gameliest (superlative)
most gamely (superlative)

From game + -ly; compare Old English gamenlīċ (“belonging to games, sportive, theatrical, ridiculous”) and Middle High German gāmelich, gemelich (“joyful”).

cog

The black bass was strongly recommended as a gamely creature and as excellent for the table, and it was put into Meeting-house Pond.

1893, William Sweetzer Heywood, History of Westminster, Massachusetts:

(hunting, fishing, etc.) Of or pertaining to game.


relegation zone

en-noun

relegation zone (plural relegation zones)

The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.

2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:

(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated.


splits

(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.


chapé

(heraldry) A division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.


confronté

From French confronté (“confronted”), past participle of confronter (“to confront”).

(heraldry, of two animals) Face-to-face; facing each other; fornenst.


quint

A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

(fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.


lanes

We spent every weekend down at the lanes.

(bowling, colloquial, usually in definite form) bowling alley


ermines

Attested in this form (with s) since at least 1562, in Legh's Accedens of Armorie, which defines it ("Sable poudred with Argent, … Ermines is his proper name") and contrasts it with both ermine and erminois. Related to ermine, but the derivation is unclear; the OED suggests "possibly [from] OF. herminès, pl. of herminet" (a supposed diminutive of hermine); modern French calls the fur contre-hermine.
The Fifteenth Century Book of Arms (c. 1460) uses ermyne in a way that sometimes contrasts with ermyn (“ermine”) ("John Garther beryth of ix pecys ermyñ and ermyne"); The Ancestor says the image of that blazon "shows the furs as those usually called at this date erminees (or erminee) and ermine—erminees being ermine with the colour reversed. It is evident that the maker of this roll, whose blazonry is sadly to seek, was uncertain by what name to call the ermine with the black field and white tails. On a later page of this MS. [fo. 59] we find ermine described as ermyñ and its reverse as ermyne)." The Middle English Dictionary defines that use of ermyne as "having the fur ermines, consisting of black with white spots (instead of black on white)", although they derive it from, and it appears to be, erminé ("ermined") instead, hence the Fifteenth Century Book also records a bend "sabyll ermyne" and a lion sable with "ermyne appon the sabyll".

He beareth Or, a Cheuron Checkey Ermin & Ermines.

1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie, II, 129:

(heraldry): In blazon, coloured with a heraldic fur of a black field with white spots; counter-ermine.

kontrahermelin

of black colour with white spots on a coat of arms


cha-cha

From Cuban/Latin American Spanish cha-cha, imitative of the music.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(dance) A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.


hipe

(wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.


hipe

en-verb

hipe (third-person singular simple present hipes, present participle hiping, simple past and past participle hiped)

hipes (present singular third-person)
hiping (participle present)
hiped (participle past)
hiped (past)

(wrestling, transitive, intransitive) To throw (an opponent) using this technique.


uppercut

(boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.

(cricket) A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.


whiteout

en-noun

whiteout (countable and uncountable, plural whiteouts)

(sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.


whitefish

whitefish (plural whitefishes or whitefish)

Bear Lake whitefish Prosopium abyssicola

(cooking, fishing) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.


LGM

(US, sports) Initialism of let's go Mets.


walkout

(weightlifting) A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.


surmounted

Argent, a fess vert, surmounted by a saltier gules, by the name of Parveis.

1846, William Newton, Display of Heraldry, page 75:

(heraldry) Overlaid; denoting a figure when another is laid over it.


inbound

en-verb

inbound (third-person singular simple present inbounds, present participle inbounding, simple past and past participle inbounded)

inbounds (present singular third-person)
inbounding (participle present)
inbounded (participle past)
inbounded (past)

Smith inbounds the ball to Johnson.

(basketball) To pass a ball inbounds; to throw the ball in.


tooled

en-adj

tooled (comparative more tooled, superlative most tooled)

more tooled (comparative)
most tooled (superlative)

A few sets of tooled leather bindings were set out on narrow polished tables, between book ends.

1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 22:

(bookbinding) Impressed with an ornamental design.


seeded

(sports) Being a seed; being in a seed position.

A rose in heraldry is a five-petalled one, and the five leaves and the seeds are often of different tinctures, e.g. A rose Gules barbed and seeded proper. When barbed and seeded proper the barbs or leaves are green and the seeds yellow. Otherwise the barbs and seeds must have their tincture stated.

1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, pages 72–73:

(heraldry, of a rose) Having the stamens / seeds indicated.


shelled

(cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.


guttered

(cycling) Unable to get into the slipstream of the echelon, by reason of the limited width of the road.


dovetailed

(heraldry) Involving a wavy line in the form of triangles, resembling a dovetail.


walk out

en-verb

walk out (third-person singular simple present walks out, present participle walking out, simple past and past participle walked out)

walks out (present singular third-person)
walking out (participle present)
walked out (participle past)
walked out (past)

(transitive, weightlifting) To step away with when carrying the weight in order not to hit the rack it was lifted off from during execution of the exercise.


NOC

en-noun

NOC (countable and uncountable, plural NOCs)

(sports) Initialism of National Olympic Committee.


posé

This perversion illustrates a tendency on the part of even educated people to call everything which is posé or exhibitional in action by the name of Delsarte.

1897 June, “Perversions of Delsarte”, in S.S. Curry, editor, Expression: A Quarterly Review of Art, Literature, and the Spoken Word:

Dégagé with the right foot, the left; posé on point: coupé with the right foot behind, left foot in fondu; small développé to the side with the left foot, the right foot posé on point;

The dance opens with a développé posé fondu in arabesque followed by a step back.

2005, Gay Morris, Moving Words: Re-Writing Dance, page 19:

A classical ballet syllabus has a similar structure, where steps are grouped together into sets such as posé, jeté, batterie etc.

2016, Maratt Mythili Anoop, Varun Gulati, Scripting Dance in Contemporary India, page 165:

(ballet, dance) Held in position for a prolonged period.


planche

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of phalange, phalanx, planch, plancha, and plank.

doublet

(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.


orle

From Old French (also modern) orle, from orler (“to hem”), or from Vulgar Latin *orula, a diminutive of Latin ora (“edge”), probably from os, oris (“mouth”).

1819, In his hand he bore that singular “abacus”, or staff of office, with which Templars are usually represented, having at the upper end a round plate, on which was engraved the cross of the Order, inscribed within a circle or orle, as heralds term it. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

(heraldry) A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.

(heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.


toman

Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

The band-roll strung with tomans
Which proves the veil a Persian woman's

1845, Robert Browning, The Flight of the Duchess:

(historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.

(informal, numismatics) An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.


bezant

From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).

One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...].

1941 December, “The Why and the Wherefore: Cornish names of G.W.R. locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:

(heraldry) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.


ski jump

(skiing) The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping

(skiing) A course prepared for ski jumping.


f-number

(photography) The ratio of the focal length of a lens to its diameter; a measure of the light-gathering ability of the lens.


HH

(philately) Initialism of heavily hinged.


one-on-one

en-adj

one-on-one (comparative more one-on-one, superlative most one-on-one)

more one-on-one (comparative)
most one-on-one (superlative)

After several near misses, Van Persie finally reached three figures by turning in Walcott's cross before Jaaskelainen saved from Walcott when one-on-one.

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

Swedish striker Isak was also foiled by Ortega in a one-on-one opportunity shortly before half-time. If converted, that may have put the game beyond City's reach.

2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.


greenie

From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.

“Come on Lil, catch a greenie,” I say. In between wipe-outs, Lily is having a great time too, occasionally catching waves all the way into the beach.

2014, Dianne Ellis, A Surfer's Healing Journey: The Beauty Beneath Life and Death, page 110:

(golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.


defacement

en-noun

defacement (countable and uncountable, plural defacements)

(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.


fleur-de-lys

(heraldry) Alternative form of fleur-de-lis


ruck rover

(sports) A position in Australian rules football: one of three followers, formerly a secondary ruckman, now an athletic player generally taller than a rover.


divot

1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).

Usually her voice came over the wire as something fresh and cool, as if a divot from a green golf-links had come sailing in at the office window, but this morning it seemed harsh and dry.

1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 8, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155:

Soon, thick dark tufts of hair began to spread across his scalp, hanging over his ears, a moor of unruly divots which he was first unable to tame and with time willingly cultivated.

2007, Lewis Crofts, chapter 1, in The Pornographer of Vienna, London: Old Street, page 4:

(especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.


divot

en-verb

divot (third-person singular simple present divots, present participle divoting, simple past and past participle divoted)

divots (present singular third-person)
divoting (participle present)
divoted (participle past)
divoted (past)

(transitive, especially golf) To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.


one-shot

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Ask anyone — golf writers, designers, players —and they all agree the coolest thing about the one-shot hole is — you can complete it in one shot.

2011, Michael Bartlett, Tony Roberts, Pete and Alice Dye, Golf's Finest Par Threes: The Art and Science of the One-Shot Hole, →ISBN:

And the real true measure of that was when I got to eighteen, and I had a one-shot lead at the time, and I hit a perfect tee shot—this is the last day, the fondest day, Sunday.

2014, Bob McCullough, My Greatest Day in Golf, →ISBN:

(sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.


hellgramite

(fishing) A lure designed to mimic a hellgramite.


ballotade

(dressage) A leap of a horse so that when its four feet are in the air simultaneously and aligned.


ripping

en-noun

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

(woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).

(bodybuilding) The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.


pole-vaulting

(athletics) The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition


shot put

shot put (usually uncountable, plural shot puts)

(athletics, uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.

(athletics, countable) A trial of shot put.

(athletics, countable) A ball used to perform the action of shot put.


poacher

Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.

2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:

(soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.


assumptive

en-adj

assumptive (comparative more assumptive, superlative most assumptive)

more assumptive (comparative)
most assumptive (superlative)

(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.


FDC

(philately) Initialism of first day cover.


FDC

(dance) Initialism of facing diagonally to the center.


dispossess

en-verb

dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)

dispossesses (present singular third-person)
dispossessing (participle present)
dispossessed (participle past)
dispossessed (past)

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.

It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.

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

(sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).


postseason

If Rodriguez slumps and the Yankees stumble, pressure will mount on a manager who failed to guide the team to the playoffs in 2008, the first time the Yankees missed the postseason in a nonstrike year since 1993.

2009 February 13, Tyler Kepner, “Before Arriving, Rodriguez Rules the Conversation”, in The New York Times:

Suárez has only two more starts in the regular season to convince the Phillies he deserves a longer leash than in previous postseasons.

2024 September 17, Matt Gelb, “Can Ranger Suárez recapture some of the Phillies’ trust before October?”, in The New York Times:

(US, sports) The period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).


eradicated

(heraldry) Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon.


day-to-day

He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.

(US, sports) Subject to daily redetermination.


in touch

Kick the ball in touch.

And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.

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

(rugby, of a ball or a player) outside the playing area or touching the touchlines of the playing area.


MOD

en-noun

MOD (countable and uncountable, plural MODs)

maximum operating depth
w:maximum operating depth

(underwater diving) Initialism of maximum operating depth.


fitness model

(bodybuilding) A good-looking person (usually a man) with a well-developed physique who is paid as a model to demonstrate exercises or related equipment.


woodblock

(philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.


day-nighter

limited overs cricket
limited overs cricket

(cricket) a limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights


tête-bêche

From French tête-bêche (literally “head-to-foot”).

bor

Liu himself is a professional stamp collector, and in 1972 he bought a tête-bêche pair of Qing dynasty stamps from an auction in London.

2017, David Der-wei Wang, A New Literary History of Modern China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 704:

(philately) Of a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.


racewalking

(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).


deadwood

en-noun

deadwood (countable and uncountable, plural deadwoods)

(bowling) Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.


two-step

The dancing shadows on the wall / (The two-step in the hall)

1977, Jeff Lynne (lyrics and music), “Turn to Stone”, performed by Electric Light Orchestra:

(dance) A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.

(dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.


foilist

(fencing) A fencer who fights with a foil.


rainmaker

esőcsináló

someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall

The slugger is known for hitting rainmakers.

His #Boomstick helped [Nelson] Cruz earn a spot as the second-longest Statcast™-rated homer of the 2016 season, coming up just shy of Giancarlo Stanton's 504-foot rainmaker in August.

2016 September 24, Adrian Garro, “Nelson Cruz’s 493-foot monster homer in Minnesota is Statcast’s second-longest of 2016”, in Cut4, MLB.com, Major League Baseball, archived from the original on 2018-09-09:

(baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.


SFA

Scottish Football Association
w:Scottish Football Association

(soccer) Initialism of Scottish Football Association.


in goal

After Chelsea had two goalkeepers injured in one match, their captain went in goal for the last few minutes.


brakeman

(sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.


England's formation was a rigid 4-4-2 against a Norway side of surprisingly limited ambition and on one of the rare occasions James Milner got in the action he forced a save from Jarstein.

2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers.


blaster

The "blaster" type of club has been blamed for doing its share in making golf courses look ridiculous, […]

1948, Henry Cotton, This Game of Golf, page 119:

The person who has a sand wedge - the blaster - for these shots has a distinct advantage.

1962, Gary Player, Golf Secrets, page 61:


corner flag

Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.

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

(sports) Each of the flags that denotes the corner of the field of play.

banderó de córner

flag marking the corner of a playing field


playmaker

It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides.

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

(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.


herringbone

herringbone (countable and uncountable, plural herringbones)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(countable, skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


herringbone

en-verb

herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)

herringbones (present singular third-person)
herringboning (participle present)
herringboned (participle past)
herringboned (past)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


final whistle

Before the next [tennis] game begins, the players in each court change partners: and the same routine is followed until the time agreed upon has elapsed, when the final whistle is sounded, scores are added up, and prizes awarded.

1888 July, “Chat”, in Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, volume XXIV, number 9 (number CCCI overall), New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] Jennings Demorest, →OCLC, page 583, column 2:

Only fifteen minutes now remained before the referee would blow the final whistle, and both teams exerted every effort to gain the mastery.

1910 January 15, Bernard Finch, “The Outside Right: A Football Story”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XXXII, number 16 (number 1618 overall), London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office, […], →OCLC, page 255, column 2:

On December 14 Cornell's green, soph-laden basketball team tasted its first defeat as it fell before an experienced Niagara five. […] The second half Niagara jumped into the lead and held it until the final whistle.

1949, “Basketball”, in The 1949 Cornellian, Ithaca, N.Y.: The 1949 Cornellian Board for the students of Cornell University, →OCLC, page 313, column 2:

It ended 1–0 to West Ham, and at the final whistle their players were going mad, knowing they were staying up [i.e., not being relegated].

2006, Wayne Rooney, “Introduction”, in Wayne Rooney: The Way It Is, London: HarperSport, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2007, →ISBN, page 3:

The final whistle prompted a pitch invasion – although there appeared to be an unwanted incident when a supporter seemed to punch Stevenage's Scott Laird, who subsequently fell to the ground.

2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 – 1 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2023-01-01:

(sports) The blow of the whistle by the referee or other adjudicator signifying the end of a match.

صَافِرَة نِهَائِيَّة

blow of the whistle signifying the end of a match


scoreline

A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn. The scoreline did not flatter Ireland who's produced a composed, classy and determined showing that will go down as the highlight of the Giovanni Trapattioni era so far.

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

England will qualify for the semi-finals if they beat Scotland on Tuesday and the Netherlands drop points in their final match with Belgium.
However, even if the Netherlands beat Belgium at home, England could still go through if they defeat the Scots by a sufficiently large scoreline to take their goal difference above the Dutch.

2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The score at the end of, of during, a match or game.


powder monkey

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

Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.

2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218:

How's about this then me little powder monkeys... A chance to WIN A SNOWBOARD OF YOUR CHOICE up to the value of £350.

2002 September 9, denise&bryn, “www Snowboard 25/12”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet):

On the opposite, western boundary, the blue fingers under the Timberline Express are training grounds for powder monkeys, flanked by mellow glades and blessed with small natural hits and stashes of deep snow.

2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 146:

Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning. But if you want a more laid-back holiday, […] you’ll love it.

2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times:

There are lots of fine cutovers into untouched sugar for powder monkeys (snow permitting, of course).

2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leocha's Ski Snowboard Europe, 16th edition, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, 978-0-915009-86-2, page 86:

(skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).


regression

en-noun

regression (countable and uncountable, plural regressions)

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/

Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion.
The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.

(exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.


pusher

(tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.


merch

Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.

2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business:

With almost two months until Inauguration Day, fans who were "With Her" (or are still "With Her") can grab Clinton merch — now at deeply marked-down prices.

2016 November 15, Sam Reed, “Still Fired Up? Hillary Clinton Merch Marked Down to Move”, in Hollywood Reporter:

The merch is proof of how much the sentiment resonates with people.

2019 October 19, “'OK Boomer' Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations”, in NY Times:

(informal) goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

(especially in entertainment, sports, marketing) goods connected with an entity such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc.


PADI

w:Professional Association of Diving Instructors

(underwater diving) Acronym of Professional Association of Diving Instructors.


Deutsche Mark

Deutsche Mark (plural Deutsche Marks or Deutsche Mark)

Deutsche Marks (plural)
Deutsche Mark (plural)

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑːk/

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑɹk/

-ɔɪt͡ʃmɑː(ɹ)k

(numismatics) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.


gainer

From gain + -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”).

I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.

1961, Stanisław Lem, chapter 4, in Return from the Stars:

(diving, gymnastics, slang) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.


right of way

right of way (countable and uncountable, plural rights of way or right of ways)

rights of way (plural)
right of ways (plural)

In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last.

2002, Elaine Cheris, Fencing: Steps to Success, →ISBN, page 63:

(fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.


seaming

(fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.


bulking

bulking (countable and uncountable, plural bulkings)

(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.


foiling

(hunting) The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.


shielding

shielding (countable and uncountable, plural shieldings)

(soccer) Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.


seeding

Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.

1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times:

(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

appariement

Arrangement of positions in a tournament


infighting

infighting (countable and uncountable, plural infightings)

From in- + fighting. Compare Middle English infighten (“to attack”), Old English infiht (“infighting”).

Tate predicted that Wills, famed for infighting, would have to change his tactics against Firpo to avoid being knocked "very loose."

1924 September 1, “Abdication”, in Time:

His left jab pecked at McTigue's face, and at infighting he matched the champion on even terms.

1955 March 28, Charles Lesemann, “Ruckus in Georgia”, in Sports Illustrated:

(boxing) Fighting with one's opponent closer than arm's length.

lähiottelu

boxing: fighting with the opponent close


setter

→ Czech: setr

→ Danish: setter

→ Finnish: setteri

→ French: setter

→ German: Setter

→ Italian: setter

→ Russian: сеттер (setter)

→ Swedish: setter

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.
The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).

(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.

2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2016-11-15:

(sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.


steeping

From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.


sunlamp

(film, photography) A high-intensity lamp, used to produce an illusion of daylight.


striding

striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)

From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.

(skiing, uncountable) A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.


quartering

(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

(hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.


switch-hitter

The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.

1961, National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, American Football Coaches Association, Athletic Journal, volume 46, page 23:

(baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.

(cricket) A batsman who performs switch-hits.


unhinged

en-adj

unhinged (comparative more unhinged, superlative most unhinged)

more unhinged (comparative)
most unhinged (superlative)

(philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.


loonie

From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin.

(Canada, informal, numismatics) The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987.


scalding

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

See synonyms at steeping.

(numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


toehold

(climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.

(wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.


chest pass

(basketball) A pass played with the ball at chest-height.


scrambles

(British, dated, sports) motocross (racing game)


entrail

en-verb

entrail (third-person singular simple present entrails, present participle entrailing, simple past and past participle entrailed)

entrails (present singular third-person)
entrailing (participle present)
entrailed (participle past)
entrailed (past)

A cross entrailed.

"Entrailed: outlined, always with black lines. See Adumbration, and Cross entrailed."

1847, Henry Gough, John Henry Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table ..., Oxford, page 124:

"Entrailed, a Cross, P.7, n.20, Lee says, the colour need not be named, for it is always sable."

1775, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, An Introduction to Heraldry: Containing the Origin and Use of Arms; Rules ..., H. Washbourne, page 122:


pellicle

From Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”). Doublet of pellicule.

(photography) The photosensitive emulsion of photographic film.


en-noun

4-2-4 (countable and uncountable, plural 4-2-4s)

4-2-4 (locomotive)
Formation (football)#4-2-4

(soccer, uncountable) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers


mantelshelf

(climbing) Synonym of mantel (“type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”)


gurges

/ˈɡɜːd͡ʒiːz/

From Middle English gurges, from Latin gurges.

Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 153:

A shield of arms of early shape : three gurgeses (or roundles charged with a central pellet and two annulets concentric), two and one.

1894, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 294:

(heraldry) A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool.


scorer

(cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls


boned

Bro, for sure you were all boned out, but I wasn't rolling.

2021 February 16, Charlie Berens and DudeDad, The 5 People on the Ski Slopes:

(snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.


schoolie

From school + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts′s Plymouth Rock Bass, Field & Stream, page 94,
Poppers and Clouser-style flies can produce large numbers of schoolies that average 16 to 24 inches, with a sprinkling of fish from 24 to 28 inches.

Oklahomans Jim Campbell and Gary Tyler caught 123 peacocks (including two teeners) by concentrating on the schoolies with jigs and other small lures that day.

2003, Larry Larsen, Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing: Top Tactics for Top Locations, page 150:

Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.

2009, Tom Rosenbauer, Nick Lyons, The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing: 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner, page 88:

(US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.

(equestrianism, informal) Synonym of school horse


siciliana

(dance) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure.


hot stove

the hot stove report

(baseball, attributive) The baseball off-season where trades take place and teams look to sign free agents.


seconder

From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

(climbing) A person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader


sin bin

From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.

Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”

1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27:

Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.

2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, page 46:

2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin.

(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.

jäähyaitio

sports: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play

penalty box

area for confinement of players while suspended


sin bin

en-verb

sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)

sin bins (present singular third-person)
sin binning (participle present)
sin binned (participle past)
sin binned (past)

(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

antaa jäähy

sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule


burn off

burn off (third-person singular simple present burns off, present participle burning off, simple past and past participle burned off or burnt off)

burns off (present singular third-person)
burning off (participle present)
burned off (participle past)
burned off (past)
burnt off (participle past)
burnt off (past)

Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament.

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


panchromatic

(photography, of black and white film) sensitive to all visible colours


winningest

There can be little doubt that Carroll Shelby deserves the high praise he has received from many quarters. On the record he’s America’s winningest big car driver.

1958, Charles Beaumont, William F. Nolan, editors, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport, Putnam, page 183:

[Jody Conradt] is the winningest all-time coach in women's basketball with more than 650 victories.

1996, David F. Salter, Crashing the Old Boys’ Network: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Girls and Women in Sports, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 83:

In just a few short years, Don Shula turned the Dolphins from a laughingstock expansion team into an NFL dynasty. He then went on to become the winningest coach in NFL history.

2004, Walter Harvey, The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities, Brassey’s, →ISBN, page 42:


switch-hit

switch-hit (third-person singular simple present switch-hits, present participle switch-hitting, simple past and past participle switch-hit)

switch-hits (present singular third-person)
switch-hitting (participle present)
switch-hit (participle past)
switch-hit (past)

His ability to switch-hit left the manager with a tough decision whether to bring in a left-handed or a right-handed relief pitcher.

(baseball, softball) To bat both left and right-handed.

(cricket) To face the bowler with a left or right-handed batting stance, and then switch to the opposite stance as the ball is bowled.


switch-hit

(cricket) An instance of switch-hitting.


luma

From Armenian լումա (luma). Doublet of nummus.

(numismatics) A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.


triplex

en-noun

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- + -plex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.


restrike

(numismatics) A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.


gated

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure, a castle argent, gated and windowed gules; 2nd, gules three legs armed proper, flexed and conjoined triangularly at the upper end of the thigh, garnished and spurred or; 3rd, azure, a deer's head cabossed[…]

1956, Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 203:

(heraldry) Having a gate of a specified colour.


Euros

(soccer) the UEFA European Football Championship


climbing bolt

(climbing) A bolt permanently fixed to a rock face to allow climbers to attach ropes etc


rebolter

(climbing) A person who replaces dangerous or broken climbing bolts in frequently-used climbs


tabletop

(skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.

Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.

1946, U.S. Camera, volume 9, numbers 6-11, page 72:

(photography, advertising) A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.


backfield

(sports) The rear part of the field of play, particularly

(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.

Moving the ball directly out of the backfield is the greatest form of attack there is.

2000, Derek Smethurst, Soccer Offense for Winning, →ISBN, page 1:

Cheryl Salisbury[…]moved back to defense, and became a veteran force on the backfield. By 2003 she was captain of the Matildas, but still found enough time to hone her skills for the WUSA[…]

2012, Barbara Stewart, Helen Stoumbos, Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, page 92:

“Like you should talk about good soccer, Ethan,” said Joshua, the team's starting keeper. “I bet every girl on the soccer team knows not to go charging on goal from the backfield, ignoring her teammates.”

2017, Jake Maddox, Eric Stevens, Soccer Stand-off, page 56:

(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.


fingerboard

(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


rusher

(American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.


run-up

(cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.

aanloop

(cricket) the approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball


ultramarathoner

(athletics) Someone who participates in ultramarathons.

ultrajuoksija

someone who participates in ultramarathons


bantamweight

(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).


UB

UB (countable and uncountable, plural UBs)

(gymnastics) Abbreviation of uneven bars.


commemorative

beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.

1956 December, “Classified Advertisements: Stamp collecting”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 106, number 6, page 57:

(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.


rotisserie

/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

/ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/

From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

rotisserie baseball
rotisserie baseball#English

fantasy baseball
fantasy baseball#English

(US, sports) Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball. Synonym of fantasy baseball

rotisserie sports
rotisserie sports#English

(US, sports) Ellipsis of rotisserie sports. Synonym of fantasy sports


backstretch

At the time appointed to start [2 1 2 P.M.], the horses made their appearance on the track, and were soon after called up by the judges for the race. They were startd at six minutes before three o'clock, the pacer having the pole, and leading round the first turn. On the backstretch he waited for the trotter, and let him take sides with him, it being apparent at this early stage that [George] Spicer did not intend to go any faster than the trotter would make him, at the same time keeping the trotter on the ouside all the way round, thereby making him go a greater distance in the race.

1853 November 26, “Ten Mile Race in Centreville, L.I.”, in Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, volume V, number 22 (number 126 from the start), Boston, Mass.: F[rederick] Gleason, corner of Tremont and Bromfield Sts., →OCLC, page 340, column 1:

This was a day almost fifty years since the time I was supposed to run in the 4 by 100-meter Olympic relay. I was standing on the track in the imposing, empty Olympic Stadium in Berlin. […] I walked down into the well of the vast, brooding stadium, and then along the backstretch of the red clay running oval.

1996, Marty Glickman, Stan Isaacs, “Prologue”, in The Fastest Kid on the Block: The Marty Glickman Story (Sports and Entertainment), Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 2:

(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).

back straight

Dominic Gatto liked to have someone at the track to represent him when one of his horses raced at Arlington Park or Belmont or Prescott Downs. Someone to relay a word to the jockey, keep a sharp eye on the trainer, distribute tips to the backstretch workers who were made to understand that Mr Dominic appreciated their services.

1997, Cary Fagan, chapter 9, in Sleeping Weather, Erin, Ont.: The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 71:

When I was a kid here, growing up in the Palouse River, we never met people from other cultures or countries. There on the racetracks and backstretches in England I met people from all over the world. Everyone came together to own the horses, to work the horses and to watch them race.

2012, Krista Michelle Breen, “Quicksand”, in Quicksand: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dakotaroo, 4th edition, Rockwood, Ont.: Groundskeeper's Cottage Press, →ISBN, page 130:

(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.

I went over to the other bed and lay down. My knees were hanging over the side of the bed, providing me with a fairly decent back stretch. With my eyes closed, I could hear sleep calling.

2014, Tim O'Mara, Dead Red (Raymond Donne Mysteries; 3), New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 264:

The upper backstretches require that you stand in position with your feet at a slight distance apart 'than shoulder-width, while the knees are bent slightly.' Intertwine the fingers and then 'push your hands as far away from' the chest area 'as feasible.'

2017, “Live Longer and Stay Healthy while Feeling Younger”, in Fitness & Exercise: The Most Comprehensive Work-out Manual to Strengthen Your Body & Improve Your Health, [s.l.]: Ouvrage Collectif, →ISBN, page 86:

(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.


gutty

From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.

(heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.


shot-putter

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the shot put.


guarder

From guard + -er.
School slang relates to Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.

The Hodder Football is very good this year, and we have an excellent team. Hammond is a good guarder and can save some very difficult shots.

1914 February 5, “Hodder Notes”, in The Stonyhurst Magazine, volume 13, number 192, page 819:


decider

Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris.

2007 February 10, William Fotheringham, “France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

[…] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

2007 February 22, Kevin McCarra, “Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Tensions threatened to boil over before the defending champion Gerwyn Price eventually overcame Kim Huybrechts in a sudden-death decider to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship.

2021 December 27, “Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(chiefly British, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

Entscheidungsspiel

an event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter


sectional

(sports) A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.


giant slalom

From giant + slalom.
* (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
* (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

(skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.

(snowboarding) An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.


kickboxer

(martial arts) One who practices the martial art of kickboxing.


go to ground

en-verb

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

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

There can never have been a more blatant voluntary tackle than the way the Saints captain Chris Joynt went to ground on the penultimate play of the game, to deny Bradford any chance of regaining possession after Sean Long's drop goal 30 seconds or so earlier.

2002 October 21, Andy Wilson, “Lowes rages as Saints clinch title thriller”, in The Guardian:

He defends well and his recovery is good, meaning he can get up and get back at people if he goes to ground.

2004 May 10, Andy Gray, “The pace, power and desire to conquer all”, in The Guardian:

The sort of tackle which continues to be questioned is the bulldozing type which often occurs when a defender goes to ground as he makes the challenge.

2013 January 18, David Lacey, “FA has made dealing with dangerous lunges harder for refs to tackle”, in The Guardian:

Wilfried Zaha has dismissed suggestions he goes to ground too easily and accused those who brand him a diver of “jumping on the bandwagon” as the Ivory Coast winger seeks to edge Crystal Palace closer to safety with victory in the derby against Brighton on Saturday.

2018 April 12, Dominic Fifield, “Those who call me a diver are jumping on the bandwagon, says Wilfried Zaha”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) To fall to the ground, lose one's footing, come off one's feet, whether by design, accident, or foul

Ireland get the next put in. They could, and probably should, put the screws on the US now as their fitness and technique begins to tell. [...] Instead, the ball goes to ground as it wings its way down the Irish line. It doesn't go forward though, so they keep on pushing up the pitch.

2011 September 11, Tom Bryant, “Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland 22-10 USA - as it happened”, in The Guardian:

What was, in truth, a pretty dreadful first half came to life in the final minute when a wayward pass from De Klerk went to ground behind Tuilagi, who gathered, spun, spotted a gap left by overzealous Racing defenders and breezed under the posts.

2022 May 8, Gerard Meagher, “Finn Russell’s stunner for Racing 92 knocks Sale out of Champions Cup”, in The Guardian:

Iftikhar slams the next but it goes to ground just short of Jordan at long on.

2024 May 30, Tanya Aldred, “England v Pakistan: fourth men’s T20 cricket international – as it happened”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) (of the ball) to touch the ground; to be dropped


sextuple

Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.

(sports, soccer) A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.

Sextuple

a team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season


warning track

Fly ball to deep center. Shelby goes back and makes the catch on the warning track.

(softball, baseball) The dirt or other material on the edge of a baseball or softball field that warns a player that he or she is approaching the fence, especially the portion in the outfield.

(sports) A non-racing surface at the margin of a racing course, representing the edge of the race track.


quarter-pipe

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc) A ramp, one side of a halfpipe


alpine skiing

(skiing) A sport involving skiing downhill.


parc fermé

(motor racing) A secure car park where competing cars must be left, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be performed, for example during rest periods.

(motor racing) A car configuration race condition, where no or severely limited modifications may be made on a racing car, while the race condition is active.


ball-hawking

(sports) An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk.


cross-country skiing

(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.

(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


passant

From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.

He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.


dexter chief

(heraldry) The upper left corner of the shield (from the viewer's perspective).


equalize

equalize (third-person singular simple present equalizes, present participle equalizing, simple past and past participle equalized)

equalizes (present singular third-person)
equalizing (participle present)
equalized (participle past)
equalized (past)

(intransitive, sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.

(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


go the distance

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

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

"In a way it's like the quality of muscle and heart that enables some prizefighters to go the distance—twenty, thirty, forty rounds, say," Dick concurred.

1915, Jack London, chapter 20, in The Little Lady of the Big House:

It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, even, cause I all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, seein' that bell ring and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.

1976 November 21, Rocky, spoken by Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone):

(boxing) To participate in a boxing match for its maximum number of rounds.


six-pack

Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?

2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133:

Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club.

2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182:

Developing a cut-up six-pack doesn't happen by accident unless you've got exceptional genetics […]

2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106

(bodybuilding) A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.


midfield

en-noun

midfield (usually uncountable, plural midfields)

England's win was built on industry and discipline, epitomised by the performances of Manchester City's Joleon Lescott in defence and Scott Parker in midfield.

2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs).

(sports) The middle of the field of play.


outbox

en-verb

outbox (third-person singular simple present outboxes, present participle outboxing, simple past and past participle outboxed)

outboxes (present singular third-person)
outboxing (participle present)
outboxed (participle past)
outboxed (past)

(boxing, transitive) To box better than.


stop up

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

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

stop down

antonym(s) of “increase the aperture of a photographic lens”

To stop down means to narrow the aperture; to stop up or open up means to expand it.

2002, Kathleen Tracy, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Portrait Photography, →ISBN, page 18:

(photography) To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.


piton

(climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).


piton

piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)

pitons (present singular third-person)
pitoning (participle present)
pitoned (participle past)
pitoned (past)

(climbing) To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.


slicker

From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.

(metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.


stably

From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie.

As described in chapter three, classic bow and stably hunting in the later Middle Ages and early Renaissance involved hunters waiting on foot at stands or stations for the driven quarry to appear within bowshot.

2011, Richard Almond, Medieval Hunting, page 140:

Additions to the present manuscript found in no other contemporary manuscripts include passages on blowing the "prise", an account of fox-hunting, and a section on hunting with bow and stably (in which deer are driven past ready bowmen).

2011, Yale University Library, notes on: William Twiti (d. 1328), The craft of venery

Twiti's discussion of hunting deer with bow and a pack of greyhounds (or “stably”) to drive them past the waiting archers is similar, for example, to that in Gawain and the Green Knight, and such hunting practices are referred to in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The Franklin's Tale.

2011, John B. Friedman, review of: David Scott-Macnab, The Middle English Text of The Art of Hunting by William Twiti. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 545-547

(hunting, historical) A medieval hunting practice in which a group of hunters and hounds are stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game.


streaky

en-adj

streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)

streakier (comparative)
streakiest (superlative)

Although the two added thirteen important runs, including four byes let through by Mongia and a streaky outside edge cum late-cut by Pollock for four, one didn't need to be blessed with gifts of insight to realise that Pollock's days at the crease were numbered.

2001, Luke Alfred, Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket:

...rather than hitting it with the middle of the bat, I jagged it off the inside edge and French-cut it over the top of the stumps for another four. That was the only streaky shot I can remember.

2005, Michael Slater, Slats: The Michael Slater Story:

Compton troubled Bradman with his Chinaman, and one streaky shot was edged past Crapp at slips.

2011, Roland Perry, Bradman's Invincibles: The Inside Story of the Epic 1948 Ashes Tour:

(cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.

Two goals from Alexis Sánchez, the second a little streakier than the first, were enough to send Arsenal into a second successive FA Cup final, once again following extra time after being held over 90 minutes by a Championship side.

2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian:

(soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.


title track

(sports) The pursuit of a title or the process of winning a title. Often used as on title track. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/murray-on-title-track-after-gulbis-victory-971366.html, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=bc1eae20-7b19-4f98-8ad8-6710b8f79f6d, http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/081097/spo_gasouth2.html.


inside track

(sports, chiefly motor racing) The lane or track nearest to the interior.


nuzzle

en-verb

nuzzle (third-person singular simple present nuzzles, present participle nuzzling, simple past and past participle nuzzled)

nuzzles (present singular third-person)
nuzzling (participle present)
nuzzled (participle past)
nuzzled (past)

Origin uncertain; appears to have a separate origin from nuzzle (etymology 1) due to the different meanings, but probably influenced by that word.

Often followed by '''up or with: to nurture or train (oneself or someone) to act a certain way, have certain beliefs, etc.

(falconry, hunting) To train (a dog or hawk) to attack prey.


fibbing

And so did Nick, whom sometimes there would come on / A sort of fear his spouse might knock his head off, / Demolish half his teeth, or drive a rib in, / She shone so much in 'facers' and in 'fibbing.'

15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy.

1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 17:

(archaic, boxing) Repeatedly striking an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating.


groundswell

(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.


erased

Az., on a fesse, embattled, counterembattled, arg., between three cocks' heads, erased, of the last, beaked, combed, and wattled, gu., two roses, also gu.

1860, Bernard Burke, A Selection of Arms Authorized by the Laws of Heraldry, page 34:

(heraldry) Having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, with parts left jagged or uneven, as distinguished from couped.