synthetic ice

From synthetic + ice, being a synthetic substitute for ice made from plastic, allowing one to glide and skate upon it with sports equipment for ice sports.

(sports) A surface substitute for ice, allowing the use of ice sports equipment atop it; composed of high density polymers.


breakbuilder

He is a prolific breakbuilder.

(snooker) A player who scores points by making an interrupted series of pots.


bakfiets

en-noun

bakfiets (plural bakfietsen or bakfietses)

Borrowed from Dutch bakfiets, from bak (“container such as a box, crate, tray, or tub”) + fiets (“bicycle”). Bak is derived from French bac (“vat; ferry”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“type of wine glass”), possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”), possibly from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). The etymology of fiets is uncertain; it is possibly derived from regional (southern Limburg) French vietse (“to run quickly”), possibly ultimately from vite (“(informal or obsolete) fast, quick”) (see further at that word).
The plural form bakfietsen is borrowed from Dutch bakfietsen.

Utility bikes are the pickup trucks of the cycling world. […] Imported from the Netherlands, the Bakfiets brand is like a pedal-powered minivan for soccer moms.

2007 November 5, Paul Tolme, “A Minivan With Real Pedal Power”, in Newsweek, page 65:

Still commonly used and manufactured today, the bakfiets typically consists of a frame with a longer wheelbase and a large cargo container positioned either between the wheels or over the front wheel.

2013, Alex Newson, “The cargo bike”, in Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World, Octopus, →ISBN:

Imported bakfietsen have some major advantages: Huge cargo capacity (you can easily carry a reclining adult, or two or more children plus a week of groceries in the box).

2015, Raleigh Briggs, Robyn Jasko, Elly Blue, The Urban Homesteader, Microcosm Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:

Despite a rise of car ownership in the early twentieth century, the bakfiets maintained its role in urban delivery, and soon proved useful for transporting children as well—that is, until the arrival of motorized trucks, vans, and buses, and a corresponding increase in the size of goods being transported.

2018, Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett, Building the Cycling City, Island Press, →ISBN, page 110:

(cycling, originally in the Netherlands) A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.

christianiacykel

bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children


AOW

Advanced Open Water
w:Advanced Open Water Diver

(underwater diving) Acronym of Advanced Open Water.


fall off the cliff

en-verb

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

falls off the cliff (present singular third-person)
falling off the cliff (participle present)
fell off the cliff (past)
fallen off the cliff (participle past)

(motor racing, tyres) suddenly decline dramatically in performance


freeclimb

freeclimb (third-person singular simple present freeclimbs, present participle freeclimbing, simple past and past participle freeclimbed)

freeclimbs (present singular third-person)
freeclimbing (participle present)
freeclimbed (participle past)
freeclimbed (past)

(climbing) To go rock climbing without equipment. To participate in free climbing.


freeclimb

(climbing) A climb made by free climbing.


tire fire

As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.

2014 December 19, “NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2017-02-10:

The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire.

2016 May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night," BluebirdBanter.com (retrieved 10 Feb 2017)

The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into the tire fire against Baltimore last week.

2016 November 18, David White, “Pro Football: Who We Think Will Win in Week 11”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-02-10:

During his hourlong tire fire of an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy.

2017 January 26, Jay Willis, “Donald Trump Is Making Shameless Equivocation the Dominant Form of Political Discourse”, in GQ, retrieved 2017-02-10:

(chiefly US, idiomatic, usually sports) A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.


DPH

en-noun

DPH (countable and uncountable, plural DPHs)

(baseball) Initialism of designated pinch hitter.


strokeman

(rowing) The stroke; the rower closest to the stern of the boat.


epipole

(photography) The intersection of the baselines of two cameras (used to form a stereo image)


guttie

(golf, informal) A golf ball made from gutta-percha.


Everester

/ˈɛvəɹɪstəɹ/

(cycling) One who takes part in Everesting.


leave it all out there

en-verb

leave it all out there (third-person singular simple present leaves it all out there, present participle leaving it all out there, simple past and past participle left it all out there)

leaves it all out there (present singular third-person)
leaving it all out there (participle present)
left it all out there (participle past)
left it all out there (past)

The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field.

(sports) To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game.


nageant

(heraldry) Synonym of naiant (“swimming”)


blitzer

The Bills disguised their coverage to make the Jets think they were sending a blitzer from Brandon Marshall’s side of the field.

2015 November 13, Ben Shpigel, “For Once, Rex Ryan Enjoys a Jets Fiasco”, in New York Times:

(American football) One engaging in a blitz.


per pale

per pale gules and argent; tierced per pale; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron

Alexander Wemyss of Lathocar, however, in 1511 bears, per pale, dexter a lion rampant for Wemyss, and sinister a saltire. The saltire is probably his wife's arms.

1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 161:

(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

partit

heraldry: partitioned vertically: party per pale


inrigger

(rowing) A rowing boat that has oarlocks positioned on the gunwales


Shaughnessy playoff

en-noun

Shaughnessy playoff (plural Shaughnessy playoffs)

After American-Canadian sports executive Frank Shaughnessy.

(sports) A four-team single-elimination playoff.


chip and gather

I made sure I hit the ground running, scoring 18 points in the first game against Cordoba, including a chip and gather try which I was especially pleased with.

2013, Mike Catt, Landing on My Feet, →ISBN:

His second was sheer class - a perfectly-executed chip and gather - to give the visitors the all-important first score of the second half.

2014 July 10, Tony Smith, “Stormin' Norman Berryman slays the Sharks”, in The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand):

After his chip and gather Freddie Burns was off from out of his 22 and his cross-kick set up the position for Ed Slater to squeeze in at the corner.

2016 September 10, Michael Aylwin, “Wasps' Jimmy Gopperth seals victory to deny Leicester comeback”, in The Guardian:

(rugby) A maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.


call someone's number

en-verb

call someone's number (third-person singular simple present calls someone's number, present participle calling someone's number, simple past and past participle called someone's number)

calls someone's number (present singular third-person)
calling someone's number (participle present)
called someone's number (participle past)
called someone's number (past)

So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.

2002, Rich Wolfe, Kurt Warner: And the Last Shall Be First, →ISBN, page 229:

Billy was shocked; he didn't get that call once during spring practice, and now, in the spring game, they want to call his number on the first play.

2011, W. S. Gaines, Blood on a Pew: Overcoming Tragedy Through the Truth of Eternity, →ISBN:

Now he told me that when the coach had diagrammed plays, he would move to the back of the huddle, in the hope that the coach wouldn't call his number.

2015, Mark O'Connell, The Good Father: On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family, →ISBN, page 73:

(American football) To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.


VDO

(sports) Abbreviation of Val-d'Or. (Golden Vale; Goldvale)


Kolpak

From Maroš Kolpak. A 2003 decision of the European Court of Justice which ruled that nationals of a country who have signed an association agreement with the EU have the same right of freedom to work as EU nationals.

(UK, cricket, rugby) A player from an overseas country, such as South Africa or the Caribbean.


artistic gymnastics

(sports) A discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting


penalty shot

(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


flying knee

The flying knee is one of the most powerful strikes that one human being can use on another, short of employing a weapon.

1967, John Danaher, Mastering Jujitsu, →ISBN, page 76:

Provided that it makes impact with the head, a flying knee offers substantial momentum and knockout power.

2010, Robert Hill, World of Martial Arts !, →ISBN:

Although charging in with a flying knee can be a reckless move, it does overcome somewhat the limited range of the front knee strike and has a proven track record in MMA fights of getting a quick knockout when fighers have managed to connect with the head.

2012, Ashley Martin, The Complete Martial Arts Training Manual, →ISBN:

(martial arts) A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.


go long

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

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

He yelled to Steve "Go long!" just as the ball was snapped.

He went only 1 for 3 in the first game of the doubleheader, but he found the fence with that hit for his fifth round tripper and was 2 for 5 in game 2 and, once again, went long for home run number 6, a two-run shot, and the Red Sox were able to pull out both the wins at 8-5 and 13-9 over the Tigers.

2011, Michael Francis Mann, Baseball's Rare Triple Crown, page 164:

(sports) To run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.


McLaren

From Bruce McLaren, Formula One driver and race team founder.

(motor racing) McLaren, a British Formula One race team.


pok-ta-pok

(sports) a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.


Clemson

Clemson (third-person singular simple present Clemsons, present participle Clemsoning, simple past and past participle Clemsoned)

Clemsons (present singular third-person)
Clemsoning (participle present)
Clemsoned (participle past)
Clemsoned (past)

From the performance of the Clemson Tigers (NCAA college football), who had a history of facing weak opposition in their conference and so their record of wins led to high expectations that were not met.

Anyone who was watching Saturday's loss to the Steve Spurrier-led Gamecocks surely could tell within the first quarter — if not that first failed drive — that Clemson was Clemsoning once again.

2013 December 2, Chris Haire, “God doesn't like the Clemson Tigers”, in Charleston City Paper:

At this point, it wasn’t enough to point out that Clemson had just Clemsoned in epic fashion.

2014 September 21, Des Bieler, “Against Florida State, Clemson's 'Clemsoning' was the most 'Clemsoning' Clemson ever Clemsoned”, in The Washington Post:

Clemson has not “Clemsoned” since losing to GT after starting 8-0 in 2011.

2015 October 12, Ty Duffy, “On College Football: Time For The Bob Stoops and Mark Richt Talks”, in The Big Lead:

Dabo, you talked about people saying how possibly are you going to get ready for this game, and I know as unfair as that term has been and the way it's been applied to Clemson, the whole "Clemsoning" thing and losing games you're not supposed to, how does this team kind of approach that differently in you mind?

2016, Clemson Tough: Guts and Glory Under Dabo Swinney, page 56:

(US, sports, slang) To perform uncharacteristically poorly, well below expectations.


game day

I loved the whole ritual of game day; putting on my uniform, driving to the field, doing our warm-ups, hearing the crowd cheer and my name called, and taking my place at shortstop.

2001, Derek Jeter, Game Day, →ISBN, page 13:

Game days are what you work for, what you live for as an athlete.

2012, Thomas Nelson, Inspired Faith: 365 Days a Year: Daily Motivation in God's Word, →ISBN:

There's a tendency to think professional athletes get graded only on game day. In reality, they're graded every day in practice.

2014, Mark Verstegen, Peter Williams, Every Day Is Game Day, →ISBN:

(sports) The day of a competition, as opposed to practice games.


dirty bulking

Near-synonym: dirty bulk (“an instance of dirty bulking”)

(bodybuilding) The practice of eating a caloric surplus without paying attention to the balance of macronutrients.


super over

(cricket) An over, typically involving a chosen subset of a team, used in some game formats, if a match would otherwise end in a tie


Cards

St. Louis Cardinals
w:St. Louis Cardinals

(sports) Initialism of St. Louis Cardinals.


send in

send in (third-person singular simple present sends in, present participle sending in, simple past and past participle sent in)

sends in (present singular third-person)
sending in (participle present)
sent in (participle past)
sent in (past)

To send (someone) into the thick of things, as:

(cricket) To send (a batsman) onto the field to bat.


hard pass

A soft feather pass is easier to receive and control over a hard pass.

1995, John Shorey, Hockey Made Easy : Instructional Manual, →ISBN, page 42:

The player with the ball, X,, has his team-mate in sight and can deliver a hard pass to that player's feet.

1999, H.C. Dubey, Dph Sports Series-Football, →ISBN, page 164:

You don't throw a hard pass if you can throw it softly.

2006, Dick DeVenzio, Stuff Good Players Should Know: Intelligent Basketball from A to Z, →ISBN:

Throwing to an experienced player, a passer should throw a hard pass knowing he could catch it with no problem.

2012, Jim Hinkson, Lacrosse Fundamentals, →ISBN, page 31:

(sports) A pass to another player that is delivered with a particularly high level of force.


neckspring

Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand.

1965, Walter G. Dunn, Gymnastics for Schools: Vaulting & Agilities, page 134:

The candlestick and bridge are prerequisite to the nexspring.

1968, James A. Baley, An illustrated guide to tumbling, page 72:

Before attempting the neckspring vault from the side horse, the performer should first master the neckspring and headspring from the floor or a rolled mat.

1968, Frank F. Musker, Donald Rex Casady, Leslie William Irwin, A guide to gymnastics, page 160:

For example, a gymnast could tuck toward the end of a neckspring and thereby increase angular velocity.

1999, H.C. Dubey, Dph Sports Series-Gymnastics, →ISBN, page 3:

(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.


neckspring

neckspring (third-person singular simple present necksprings, present participle neckspringing, simple past and past participle neckspringed)

necksprings (present singular third-person)
neckspringing (participle present)
neckspringed (participle past)
neckspringed (past)

Reach quickly forward to touch toes with finger-tips and then perform an immediate backward-roll on to shoulders and hands bringing the straight legs overhead to a pike-position. A slight pause - then neckspring.

1965, Walter G. Dunn, Gymnastics for Schools: Vaulting & Agilities, page 133:


running track

(athletics) a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.


Shaheens

(cricket) The Pakistan national cricket team.


GTL

en-noun

GTL (countable and uncountable, plural GTLs)

(motor racing) Initialism of Grand Touring Light prototype.


UFC

(US, sports) Ultimate Fighting Championship.


buttocker

It is a chip, however, always fraught with peril, as the slack hold of the buttocker, if he misses his aim, enables his opponent to gain a firmer grip, which he is certain to make the best use of in the commanding position in which he finds himself.

1889, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page 199:

(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.


inverted pall

The Chinese running-hand form of the number six is 1, and this scarcely bears comparison with the mark in question, which looks almost exactly like an inverted pall or Y, each of whose three branches is formed of four circlets or dots, making twelve altogether.

It may be embroidered or edged with lace and a cross worked on its centre to distinguish it from the Mass corporal; or an inverted pall of the right size might conveniently be used if preferred.

1956, Edward Cyril Russell Lamburn, Ritual Notes:

When the two arms of the "Y" are on the hoist it may be called a simple pall, with the two arms on the fly a reversed pall, with the two arms on the top edge an upright pall and with the two arms on the bottom edge of the flag an inverted pall.

2008, A. P. Burgers, The South African flag book:


CBJ

CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension.

2018, TSN staff, CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension, TSN

WPG 1 @ CBJ 2 (OT)

2017, Micah Blake McCurdy, WPG 1 at 2 CBJ (OT), HockeyViz:

Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse.

2018, Associated Press, Tortorella: Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse, canoe.com

Columbus Blue Jackets
w:Columbus Blue Jackets

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Columbus Blue Jackets.


PFM

(sports medicine) Initialism of pelvic floor muscle.


mid-key

(photography) Using or relating to a level of lighting between low-key and high-key.


Zepp

This is about your last chance to buy cheaply as the stock in the U. S. is cleaned up. Remember the Zepps, including the 50c one!! Postage 3c.

1936 January 11, “The $5.00 No. 480 [advertisement]”, in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, volume 8, number 11, Columbus, Ohio, page 234:


track event

Holonym: track and field

Coordinate term: field event

(athletics) An athletics discipline that takes place on the track, such as sprints or hurdling.


fighting chair

(fishing) A chair fixed to the deck of a boat in which one sits to reel in a struggling fish when sea fishing.


field event

Holonym: track and field

Coordinate term: track event

(athletics) An athletics discipline that takes place on the field, such as hammer throw, shot put or high jump.


video official

Venezuela, who introduced the exciting 17-year-old Samuel Sosa late on, pressed forward and eventually carved out a golden opportunity to level. Jake Clarke-Salter, the Chelsea defender, upended Peñaranda inside the box and after consulting the threesome of video officials inside the Suwon World Cup stadium, the referee, Bjorn Kuipers, pointed to the spot.

2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:


ledger bait

ledger bait (countable and uncountable, plural ledger baits)

your ledger-bait is best to be a living bait, though a dead one may catch, whether it be a fish or a frog

1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:

LEDGER-BAITS, OR BANK-RUNNERS are often adopted in pike-fishing, and are merely used as a mode of dispensing with the rod

1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports:

(fishing) Fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.


via ferrata

via ferrata (plural via ferratas or vie ferrate)

via ferratas (plural)
vie ferrate (plural)

/ˌviːə fəˈɹɑːtə/

Unadapted borrowing from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).

ubor

In the three places in this book where the vie ferrate are of a slightly more advanced level, alternative trails have been suggested.

2001, Henry Stedman, Trekking in the Dolomites, Trailblazer, →ISBN, page 9:

Vie ferrate are frequently demanding undertakings requiring experience in many aspects of mountaineering.

2001, Hoffler Werner, translated by Cecil Davies, Via Ferrata: Scrambles in the Dolomites, Cicerone Press, →ISBN, page 11:

The loss of welfare for vie ferrate in Pale di S. Martino was twice as large as that in Tofane, indicating the vie ferrate are probably more appealing.

2008, Tourism Economics: The Business and Finance of Tourism and Recreation, page 279:

Like its counterparts in the Dolomites, where the first vie ferrate were built to help move troops through the mountains during World War I, this one has a steel cable bolted into the rock, paralleling the Rings.

2009 March, Michael Lanza, “Higher Calling”, in Backpacker, page 83:

Hidden away among steep crags and dense forests, Chisà is the starting point for several interesting hikes, and also for possibly the most thrilling via ferrata in Corsica.

2010, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 166:

However, the dramatic beauty and tricky rock faces attracted the attention of local and foreign climbers, and during the 1930s the construction of a via ferrata to the base of difficult climbs began.

2010, Brendan Sainsbury, Hiking in Italy, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 48:

Vie ferrate are growing fast in number and popularity around the country.

2021, Best Day Walks: Spain, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

(climbing) A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks.


Hearts

(soccer) Heart of Midlothian F.C., a football club from Edinburgh.


MSD

en-noun

MSD (countable and uncountable, plural MSDs)

(underwater diving) Acronym of Master Scuba Diver.


taxi squad

(sports) A group of athletes who practice with the team, but do not normally play with the squad, unless called up.


dead fish

dead fish (plural dead fish or dead fishes)

(baseball, slang) A hit that travels a limited distance and then falls straight to the ground.


short head

Red Rum won by a short head.

(horse racing) A distance of less than the length of a horse's head


squatt

squatt (countable and uncountable, plural squatts)

(fishing) The larva of the common housefly; used as bait


MXGP

(sports) Abbreviation of motocross grand prix.


SXGP

(sports) Abbreviation of supercross grand prix.


overbody

From over- + body. Compare Middle English overbody (“celestial body”).

cog

(fishing) The upper portion of a jig or lure.


power clean

(weightlifting) A weight training exercise, a variant of the clean, in which the lifter does not catch the bar in a full squat position.


Nole

The Seminoles were hot and knocking on the door of the Women's College World Series. Tiffany became a Nole in October of her senior year.

2020, Michael L. Sachs, Lauren S. Tashman, Selen Razon, Performance Excellence, page 183:

(US, sports, slang) A member of the Florida State Seminoles football team.


Double

(US, motor racing) Collectively, both the Indianapolis 500, a day race, and the Coca-Cola 600, an evening race, both of which are run on Memorial Day weekend Sunday. Used concerning racers who (wish[/ed/ing] to) participat[e/ed/ing] in both events, typically using a private jet to travel between Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 500 and Charlotte, North Carolina, to get to the 600.


put-in

The abovementioned scenario is illegal, and the referee would order a scrum at the place of the original penalty, with the put in to the black team.

2005 June 30, Designated Members of the Rugby Committee, Clarification 3 2005, World Rugby

The whole point of the laws as drawn is to make the scrum a contest whereby the put-in side has the advantage of timing the feed and having its hooker closer to the ball.

2013 September 30, Brian Moore, “Crooked put-ins make scrums a test of brute strength”, in The Daily Telegraph:

(rugby) restarting play by rolling or throwing the ball into the scrum; the right to do this


cancelled to order

(philately) postage stamps not intended for postal use that are pre-cancelled prior to sale to collectors


midtone

(photography, art) A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light.


point shaving

Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU.

1999, Charles Rosen, Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, page 32:

The Fresno Bee picked up on it and said there was point shaving.

2005, Jerry Tarkanian, Runnin' Rebel, page 210:

Ultimately the findings were given to federal authorities, and the government launched its own extended inquiry into point shaving at Northwestern.

2008, Stanley H. Teitelbaum, Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols, page 68:

(sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.


volleybelle

Now a part of the decorated DLSU Lady Spikers, this petite lass already showed glimpses of her skills as she, together with veteran volleybelle Charleen Cruz bagged home second honor merits in the recently concluded UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament...

2010, Green Gallery: Lady Spiker Amanda Villanueva:

(Philippines, sports journalism) A female volleyball player.


cagebelle

Having a deep background in basketball may be an advantage, but national cagebelle Bea Daez still feels the pressure as she joins the hosts of UAAP Unfront.

2015, Mei-Lin Lozada, Perlas cagebelle Bea Daez does the crossover, tries hand at UAAP hosting job:

(Philippines, sports journalism) A female basketball player; a female who plays basketball.


El Clásico

Borrowed from Spanish el Clásico (literally “the Classic one”). See more at classic and classical.

bor

Yesterday's El Clásico went to the history as the first where one ever played outside Spain.

The next El Clásico wil be the first in a long time with neither Messi or Ronaldo playing.

Having secured his place in the spotlight, when Barcelona visited the Bernabéu to contest one of the most hotly anticipated El Clásicos in history, the pressure was on for the star man to shine.

2014, Geoff Hurst, Geoff Hurst's 50 Greatest Footballers of All Time, London: Icon Books, →ISBN, page 209:

Other than the UEFA Champions League Final, El Clásicos are the most-watched soccer matches in the world.

2016, Ryan Nagelhout, 20 Fun Facts About Soccer, New York: Gareth Stevens, →ISBN, page 25:

Lionel Messi and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (who plays forward for Real Madrid, FC Barcelona's main Spanish league rival) have long fought for the title of best soccer player in the public's eye. Here, the rival players are shown in an El Clásico match in Barcelona on October 26, 2013.

2016, Karen Burshtein, Lionel Messi: Soccer's Top Scorer, New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

(soccer) Any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.

اَلْكْلَاسِيكُو

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid


superplex

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A suplex performed by an attacker standing on the second or third rope against an opponent sitting on the top rope or top turnbuckle.


superplex

en-verb

superplex (third-person singular simple present superplexes, present participle superplexing, simple past and past participle superplexed)

superplexes (present singular third-person)
superplexing (participle present)
superplexed (participle past)
superplexed (past)

(professional wrestling) To attack with a superplex.


Bok

* As a Dutch surname, from bok (“goat, buck”)
* As a Swedish surname, from bok (“beech”)
* As a Jewish/German surname, from Bock (“buck, goat”), related to the Dutch word.

Between minutes 30 and 33 England laid siege to the Bok tryline but could not get through.

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


FCY

full course yellow
full course yellow#English

(motor racing) Abbreviation of full course yellow.


multipitch

(climbing) Involving multiple pitches (sections of a climb between belays or stances).


flat-track bully

en-noun

flat-track bully (plural flat-track bullies)

(British, Australia, sports) A sportsman or sports team that dominates over inferior sides, but fails to beat opponents of similar or higher standing.


trimount

The allegorical figures standing on trimounts appear like guardians, flanking an archway formed by two fruit trees which frame the composite coat of arms.

1987, Veronika Birke, Walter L. Strauss, The Illustrated Bartsch, →ISBN, page 131:

On the shield of king Saint Stephen, the silver patriarchal cross on a trimount symbolizes royal power, the jupon worn over his armour is decorated by the family coat-of-arms of the Árpád dynasty.

1993, Ars Decorativa - Issues 13-15, page 21:

The Spengler Arms According to Siebmacher 's Wappenbuch and Riestap's Armoral General, the ancient (Nuremberg Spengler arms), were: Gules, a beaker argent on a trimount or: in other words, "a red shield emblazoned with a silver beaker resting on three golden hills.

2004, Donald Campbell Spangler, Spangler:

(heraldry) A stylized depiction of three hills or mountains.


work the refs

en-verb

work the refs (third-person singular simple present works the refs, present participle working the refs, simple past and past participle worked the refs)

works the refs (present singular third-person)
working the refs (participle present)
worked the refs (participle past)
worked the refs (past)

You should also work the refs during pregame warmups, telling them how hard your players work on blocking out in practice and hope that the refs give your players a fair chance.

1996, William E. Warren, L. Chapman, Basketball Coach's Survival Guide, →ISBN, page 233:

He worked the refs better than anyone I've ever seen. He was a great bench coach, too. He had a great feel for playing the right people at the right time.

1998, Rod Hundley, Tom McEachin, Hot Rod Hundley: "You Gotta Love It, Baby", →ISBN, page 241:

I don't remember much about the game, who won or lost, but what I do remember was Jack, his intensity and the fierce, passionate way he worked the refs.

2004, Jack Ramsay, Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball, →ISBN:

All coaches work the refs because they understand human nature better than anyone.

2015, Harlan Coben, The Stranger, →ISBN:

(sports) To attempt to persuade the referee or other officials to view the players on one's team with a sympathetic bias.


under-stander

(circus) One who is at the base of a formation of acrobats in a performance, as of a human pyramid.


Fed Cup

Short for Federation Cup, the name by which it was known until 1995.

(sports) The premier international team competition in women's tennis.


Bountygate

(informal, US, sports) The New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.


zweibein

Equivalent to German zwei (“two”) + Beine (“legs”).


barani

Named after Italian acrobat Alfonso Barani.

named-after

The barani and the full twisting back somersault can also be subject to the gymnast's mistaken perception because both of these moves are likely to be the first occasions when the pupil has tried to combine twist with complete somersault rotation.

2014, Jack Kelly, Over & Above: Trampoline Gymnastics, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 174:

(sports) A forward somersault with a half twist.


give-and-go

(sports) A fundamental maneuver in many team sports, in which two players pass the ball or puck back and forth as they move.


verré

the arms of the said Robert, and the rest of the la Wardes, being verré, argent, and black, stand very old in Burton church.

1751, letter published in The Gentleman's Magazine (1751), page 407


checkdown

(American football) A short pass to a running back or tight end made due to the primary receivers being covered.


varriated

Urdée, in point, or contrary urdée, termed also varriated, point in point. See Plate XLIX. No. 2, fig. 32, viz. barry of six, contrary urdée; by some blazoned, barry of six, champion—barry of six, per pale, varriated, point in point—

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

Variated—[See VARRIATED.] […]Varriated—(var'-ri-ated) A bearing cut in the form of vair; as, a bend varriated on the outsides.

1908, Arthur Francis Pimbley, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry: Together with an Illustrated Supplement, page 66:

(heraldry) Cut in the form of vair; battlemented with solid projections and crenelles, both pointed, but in the latter case reversed.


weight class

(martial arts) A division of competition used to match competitors against others of their own weight


half-pike

(diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.


half-length

(horse racing) Half the length of a horse.


hart of grease

(hunting, obsolete) A hart of the season when fat.


triple-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.


double-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 2 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists.


jelloped

Sable a cockatrice displayed argent, crested, membred, and jelloped, gules, name, Buggine.

1827, Hugh Clark, A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, page 128:

-[...] on a chief sable, a dexter hand between two cocks argent, armed , wattled, and jelloped gules.

1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 462:

Azure, a cock argent, armed, crested, and jelloped gules.

1909, Eugene Zieber, Heraldry in America, page 280:

(heraldry) Having pendant wattles, often of a specified tincture.


sportscape

(sports) The physical environment of a sports field or stadium.


roverback

Many of the gifts that made [Brad Van Pelt] a football star at defensive roverback— speed and instinct, for example— did little to serve him as a fire-balling pitcher.

2009, Bob Boyles, Paul Guido, editors, The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia, 2009 edition, page 294:

(American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.


man-marking

/ˈmænˌmɑːkɪŋ/

In the most extreme form of man-marking, each player has a pre-established opponent to be followed and to be man-marked, from a more or less short distance, wherever he goes. The main objective of the defender is to steal the ball from his opponent if he receives it, or to place him in a threatened condition, thus forcing him to immediately get rid of the ball.

2003, Floriano Marziali, Vincenzo Mora, “The Factors in a Soccer Player’s Performance”, in Bryan R. Beaver, editor, The Zone, Spring City, Pa.: Reedswain Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

(sports) The act of marking an opposition player closely.


urdé

Possibly from a misreading of French [croix] vidée (“reduced [cross]”), in croix aiguisée et vidée, a cross pointed and reduced or voided.
Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé (“pointed”), ultimately from Frankish *ord (“point”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”). More at English ord.

der

A cross urdé seems to be the same with what we otherwise call chleche, or chlechée. See CHLECHE.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences …:

The sacred monogram is engraved on the bowl, the top of the letter I forming a cross urdé.

1891, Surrey Archaeological Society, Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, page 344:

Badge : A Cross-urdé resting on wreath of laurels and oak banded gold.

The decoration consists of a cross urdé enamelled white with gold edges, resting on a wreath of laurel and oak enamelled green . In the centre, edged with gold, is a circular plaque enamelled crimson bearing the cypher […]

1919, Henry Taprell Dorling, Ribbons and Medals: Part 1-2, page 37:

In heraldry, as many as 285 varieties of cross have been recognized, but the twelve in ordinary use, and from which the others are derived, are: (1) The ordinary cross; (2) the cross humetté, or couped; (3) the cross urdé[…]

1923, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, page 301:

(heraldry) Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.


Korbut flip

Named for Olga Korbut, who introduced the move at the Munich games in 1972.

Muchina was a new gymnast and her work was new (whereas Comaneci was near perfect but could almost be called 'old hat") but does a Korbut flip with full twist, a long upstart full twist and a hecht back somi...

1977, International Gymnast - Volume 19, page 46:

One of the exceptional ten is fourteen-year-old Leslie Pyfer, whose most difficult trick at Springfield was a back flip on the beam with her legs held straight (which is quite a bit harder to do than the original Korbut flip).

1978, Hal Straus, Gymnastics guide, page 10:

In that routine, she showed off the first backward release move ever attempted on the uneven bars— a move so unusual and impressive that it became known as the Korbut Flip.

2007, Adam B. Hofstetter, Olympic Gymnastics, →ISBN, page 14:

Get on the sofa, cross yourself, then pitch it with all your worth backwards, in the tucked position. If you land with both feet on the strip, then Gunga Din to you . . . you've just done a version of the Korbut Flip . . . if you can't, you'll never be a gymnast.

2012, John Philips, Who cares who’s 3rd?: (or 2nd for that matter), →ISBN, page 25:

(gymnastics) A backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.


point-to-point

From point (“individual element in a larger whole; specific location or place; topic of discussion or debate”) + to + point.

(horse racing, also attributively) A kind of horse race involving a direct cross-country course with obstacles for hunting horses and amateur riders.


curveballer

(baseball) A player who throws curveballs.


turnover on downs

en-noun

turnover on downs (plural turnovers on downs)

(American football) A situation where a team's offense loses possession of the ball due to failure to convert a touchdown, field goal or first down on their four opportunities. This is in contrast to a turnover by interception or fumble.


1000 metres

1000 metres pl (normally plural, singular 1000 metre)

(athletics) A middle-distance race of 1000 metres.


aerogami

Aerogami - construction of paper flying "things," is also popular.

“The art is as old as paper,” says Karthik adding, “so far, we have tried modular, tessellation, crumpling, sculpture, wet folding and aerogami techniques.

2013 February 13, Anusha Parthasarathy, “Creativity in every fold”, in The Hindu:

The activities lined up this month at MyTown includes aerogami workshops, meeting Santa Claus up close and personal, and a “Jolly Hunt” where participants will have to find clues of mystery “selfie” spots in the Christmas exhibit area on the ground floor.

2018 December 17, “A Christmas homecoming”, in The Sun Daily:


wheelchair motocross

From wheelchair (“WC”) + motocross (“MX”). Coined by analogy with bicycle motocross (“BMX”).

(disability, sports) The parasport equivalent of BMX but using a wheelchair.


Pizzagate

Battle of the Buffet
Pizzagate conspiracy theory

(UK, sports, slang) A 2004 controversy around the alleged throwing of food (variously reported as pizza, soup, or coffee) at Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by an unknown Arsenal player after a match between those two teams.


kit lens

(photography) A camera lens that is bundled with a camera body, usually at a discount price.


nuffy

They didn't doubt my passion for the game - I was a cricket nuffy - but I needed to hear those words.

2013, Darren Lehmann, “I was a cricket 'nuffy' as are our youngsters, but they are willing to learn as well as entertain”, in Herald Sun:

In the South Australia squad Christian is known as a cricket nuffy, someone who loves talking about the game and playing it.

2010, Peter English, The man from Narrandera, ESPN Cricinfo:

Bailey hails ‘cricket nuffy’ Boof's history tests for keeping team learning, Zee News
Australian Test `debutant` George Bailey has hailed coach and `cricket nuffy` Darren Lehmann`s random history Tests for keeping the Australian team grounded and constantly learning.

(Australia, slang, cricket) Someone who an obsessive fan of a sport, particularly of cricket.


pyrophotography

(photography) Any photographic process involving the use of heat to fix the picture.


tirret

Sinister, an unicorn, argent; armed, unguled, mained, tufted, ducally collared, or; on the shoulder, a tirret, or. MOTTO.

1813, Barak Longmate (the Younger), The Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland; ..., page 244:

A bendlet between two tirrets, over all a lion, rampant. […] On the Shield of dripstone^([sic]) of Door, a rose within a wreath; the tirrets are profusely used on the wooden ceiling and in the moulding, both external and internal. The wreath is also met with several times.

1885, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, page 209:

[…] tufted, ducally gorged, with chain reflexed over the back, & charged on the shoulder with a tirret or.

1886, James E. Doyle, The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations, page 190:

(heraldry) A manacle, shackle, or swivel.


enew

en-verb

enew (third-person singular simple present enews, present participle enewing, simple past and past participle enewed)

enews (present singular third-person)
enewing (participle present)
enewed (participle past)
enewed (past)

From Old French enewer; see en- and compare modern French eau (“water”).

(falconry, transitive) To drive back to the water; to pursue.


candid camera

Although used as its name, the term predates the long-running American television program Candid Camera (first broadcast in 1948).

A candid camera’s role in higher education, with photographs of co-eds in the nude, commanded public interest today.

1937 October 4, “Candid Camera Shots Of College Co-eds Minus Trappings Has Officials Disturbed”, in Prescott Evening Courier, retrieved 2017-11-21, page 1:

Miss Rand . . . is wanted in criminal court to face charges of biting a theater customer who tried to take her picture with a candid camera.

1938 October 11, Frederick C. Othman, “Sally Stole My Fan Act, Faith Says”, in Pittsburgh Press, retrieved 2017-11-21, page 12:

Dorothy Netherton, who with Grace Valentine went to Europe this summer, has more than 400 enlarged candid-camera pictures of scenes taken during the tour.

1938 October 14, “Students Hold Short Impromptu Pep Rally”, in Daily Journal-World, Lawrence, Kansas, retrieved 2017-11-21, page 5:

Last week, after nine years of development work, Zeiss brought out a new camera with which it hopes to regain leadership in the high-quality candid-camera market.

1954 January 18, “Business Abroad: Camera Comeback”, in Time, retrieved 2017-11-21:

Mr. Dorsky's Arbor Vitae conveys more acute feelings of sadness and ecstasy. . . . Mr. Dorsky's candid camera also catches people rapt in thought.

2000 October 7, Stephen Holden, “Film Festival Review: Sparks of Lyrical Meditation Fly From the Cutting Edge”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-11-21:

(photography, hyphenated when used attributively) A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.

caméra cachée

a camera which is concealed or unobtrusive


nutmegger

[…] Archie Thompson, our five goal Grand Final hero, back from dancing the nutmegger suite three days earlier.

2008, Andrew O'Keefe, Steve Vizard, The Best Australian Humorous Writing, page 216:

This makes the victim look so foolish that a foul inevitably follows, as the nutmegger is promptly clogged.

2012, Stephen Wade, Passion for the Park: A Leeds Education:


punt protector

(American football) The upback on the punting team.


personal protector

en-noun

personal protector (plural personal protectors)


enguiché

From French enguiché, from en- + guiche (“strap for carrying a horn, a shield, etc”).

(heraldry, of trumpets, horns, etc) Having either a strap or a mouthpiece (or the interior of the mouth) which is of a specified tincture.


skate one's lane

en-verb

skate one's lane (third-person singular simple present skates one's lane, present participle skating one's lane, simple past and past participle skated one's lane)

skates one's lane (present singular third-person)
skating one's lane (participle present)
skated one's lane (participle past)
skated one's lane (past)

Wings should skate their lanes and not go roaming about the ice.

1971, Mark Mulvoy, Ice Hockey, →ISBN, page 48:

When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should be skating his lane.

1976, Kevin Walsh, Hockey for beginners, →ISBN, page 60:

Their coach, Ray Preston, was a screamer; he yelled at them to cover their man or skate their lanes.

1990, John Smolens, Winter by Degrees, →ISBN, page 25:

(ice hockey) To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.


stump out

stump out (third-person singular simple present stumps out, present participle stumping out, simple past and past participle stumped out)

stumps out (present singular third-person)
stumping out (participle present)
stumped out (participle past)
stumped out (past)

(cricket, transitive) To put (a player) out by knocking down the stump or wicket.


pirk

The pirk or diamond jig is an equally basic lure which can be extremely good for cod and pollack, and when baited for ling and halibut. Pirk baits are an updated version of the scraped lead lures used by Grand Banks cod fishermen, though most commercially made pirk style baits now originate in Scandinavia. The pirk is basically a single piece of chromed metal fitted with a large treble hook.

1987, Keith Gardner, The Complete Book of Fishing: A Guide to Freshwater, Saltwater & Big-game Fishing:

If you fancy lure fishing, which is truly sporting and great fun, you'll need a variety of spoons, spinners, plugs, pirks and jelly lures.

2003, John Bailey, Where to Sea Fish in Britain and Ireland:

A pirk is basically a shiny metal bar with a treble hook attached. It is lowered to the bottom and worked by lifting the rod up and down in big sweeps as the boat drifts over a wreck. This movement, close to the bottom, looks and sounds like a small fish darting about.

2013, Jim Whippy, Sea Fishing: Expert Tips and Techniques for Yachtsmen, Motorboaters and Sea Anglers:

(fishing) A type of fishing lure consisting of a metal bar with a treble hook attached.


Land camera

(historical, photography) An early form of polaroid camera


salamba

(fishing) A large lift net used in Asia.


lift net

(fishing) A large mechanically-operated fishing net with a cantilever, left underwater before being raised again to retrieve the catch.


soft focus

Hamilton said that his work looked for the “candour of a lost paradise”, and was most famous for his kitschy calendars of young girls and his soft-focus erotic films including “Bilitis” from 1977.

2016 November 25, “Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(photography) The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.


funnel trap

(ornithology, hunting) A large funnel-shaped trap constructed of netting or wire mesh and intended to trap ducks, geese, etc.


AFLCA

AFL Coaches Association
w:AFL Coaches Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Coaches Association.


AFLUA

AFL Umpires Association
w:AFL Umpires Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Umpires Association.


AFLPA

AFL Players Association
w:AFL Players Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Players Association.


NEAFL

North East Australian Football League
w:North East Australian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of North East Australian Football League.


VFA

Victorian Football Association
w:Victorian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Victorian Football Association, now known as the Victorian Football League.


QAFL

Queensland Australian Football League
w:Queensland Australian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Queensland Australian Football League.


NTFL

Northern Territory Football League
w:Northern Territory Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Northern Territory Football League.


TSL

Tasmanian State League
w:Tasmanian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Tasmanian State League.


flybook

(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.


rustred

[image of (a) papelonné and (b) masculy; caption:] Two shields (a) representing rustred armour, and (b) mascled armour, anno 1100.

1856, Thomas Stewart Traill, Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 323:

(By its interwoven mascles his hanberk^([sic]) is conspicuously marked.) This was called "rustred armour," as contrasted with "ringed armour," one row of flat rings, about double the usual size, being laid over the other so that two in the upper partially covered one below.

1896, Arthur Perceval Purey- Cust, The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of Its Builders and Benefactors ; as Shewn in the Stained-glass Windows, and in the Carved Work in Stone, page 110:

[...] blazons argent, pale gules, charged with three fusels in the field pointed downwards and a tortueau azure rustred [translating forata] or and accosted by two similar torteau, bordure argent and gules.

2011 November 10, Un blasonario secentesco della piccola e media aristocrazia romana: Seventeenth century blazonry of the lesser roman aristocracy, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 52:

(historical and heraldry) Having rustres.


T formation

(American football) An offensive formation in which three running backs line up in a row about five yards behind the quarterback, forming a shape like the letter T.


chelem

Borrowed from French chelem, from English slam.

For the first time in his career the Red Bull star achieved Formula One's grand chelem of pole, win, fastest lap and leading for every single lap, to further underline his dominant campaign.

2011 October 30, “Vettel closes on Schumacher record”, in Express:

The number of "grand chelems"—pole, fastest lap, lead every lap and win the race—achieved in 2015 (Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix).

2015 December 10, “The 2015 Formula 1 Season in Numbers”, in Bleacher Report:

It is the fifth grand chelem of Hamilton’s career – securing pole, win, fastest lap and leading every lap – matching Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher. Only Clark has more, with eight.

2017 July 16, Giles Richards, “Lewis Hamilton delivers F1 driving masterclass to win British Grand Prix”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.


dancette

Apparently from a scribal error for French or Middle French denché, from Old French denché, dansié, from Latin dens (“tooth”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dancette.

(heraldry) A zigzag or indented line or figure.


athletic tape

en-noun

athletic tape (countable and uncountable, plural athletic tapes)

A wide variety of athletic tapes are available for use by athletic trainers. Nonelastic white cotton cloth athletic tape is the most common tape used to provide support and secure bandages.

2009, Andrew P. Winterstein, Athletic Training Student Primer: A Foundation for Success, page 273:

(sports) A form of tape used in sports to add a nonslip wrapping to things that must be gripped, such as hockey sticks.


pool of death

(sports) A grouping or division of competitors containing many highly skilled ones, who need to eliminate each other to proceed to the next round.


Champions tiebreak

Champions tiebreak (plural Champions tiebreaks)

(tennis) An extension of a tiebreak (sometimes played instead of a deciding set) in which the winner is the first player to reach ten points and lead by a margin of two


figure 9

From figure + 9. From the shape of the glyph "9", and creating a figure akin to that shape.

(climbing) A technical climbing technique used in ice climbing to gain a respite and lessen slack and distance from the undersurface/ceiling which one is climbing underneath, which appears like a number "9" in shape, with one arm anchoring the climber to the surface while hanging upside-down, and one leg wrapped around that arm, forming a figurative "9" in shape.


figure 4

From figure + 4. From the shape of the glyph "4", and creating a figure akin to that shape.

(climbing) A technical climbing technique used in ice climbing to gain a respite and lessen slack and distance from the undersurface/ceiling which one is climbing underneath, which appears like a number "4" in shape, with one arm anchoring the climber to the surface while hanging upside-down, and one leg wrapped around that arm, forming a figurative "4" in shape.


nomination game

nomination game (plural nomination games)

(billiards) A form of billiards in which player must name their shots in advance, with a penalty for failing to achieve them.


Cab

French: Cab

Clipping of Caballero.. From Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder. From Spanish Caballero.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.


NYR

NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February.

2018, TSN staff, NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February, TSN

Quinn informs BU he's taking NYR job.

2018, unknown, New York Rangers, Rotoworld:

Jesper Fast selected as recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd year in a row.

2018, unknown, Jesper Fast Selected as Recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd Year in a Row, KO Sports

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Rangers.


LAL

(Canada, US, basketball) Abbreviation of Los Angeles Lakers of Los Angeles, California, USA, in the National Basketball Association (NBA)


VGK

He let VGK defenseman Shea Theodore have the passing lane that Theodore used to get the puck through a lot of bodies to an open Tomas Nosek.

2018, Alex Kushner, Eric Stephen, “The Golden Knights beat the Capitals in a dramatic Stanley Cup Game 1”, in SB Nation:

Game 1: Winnipeg 4, VGK 2

2018, TC Martin, “VGK Best in the West, Stanley Cup Finals Next”, in Las Vegas Sports Network:

NHL Playoff Appearances: 28 (WAS) vs. 1 (VGK)

2018, Cam Ellis, “2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2018 Tale of the Tape: Washington D.C. vs Las Vegas”, in NBC Sports:

Vegas Golden Knights
w:Vegas Golden Knights

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Vegas Golden Knights.


NYI

Apr 7, NYI (35-47) beat DET, 4-3 OT.

2018, unknown, 2017-18 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics, Hockey Reference

Tor 5, NYI 4

2018, Steve Dangle, LFR11 - Game 78 - Brooklyn Barbecued - Tor 5, NYI 4, Sportsnet

NYI (25-20-5) at VGK (32-12-4)

2018, unknown, “New York Islanders at Vegas Golden Knights - Box Score”, in Fox Sports:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Islanders.


NJD

Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD.

2018, BarDown staff, Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD, BarDown

Yegor Yakovlev signed a 1 year $925,000 contract with New Jersey (NJD).

2018, unknown, New Jersey Devils 2018 Salary Cap Table, Spotrac

2018, Justin Blades, 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: NJD vs. TBL, CBJ vs. WSH, TOR vs. BOS
NJD vs. TBL

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Eeli Tolvanen (NSH), Rasmus Sandin (TOR), Ty Smith (NJD), Adam Boqvist (CHI), Denis Gurianov (DAL), ...

2019 October 1, “NHL Trophy Talk: 31 Calder Candidates”, in The Hockey Writers:

(see title)

2019 October 6, “Sabres' Jack Eichel: Goal and assist vs. NJD”, in CBS Sports:

Travis Zajac – Passed Scott Niedermayer for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 893 (Feb. 7, 2019 vs. NYI).

2019 October 11, “DEVILS SATURDAY: New Jersey visits Boston (MSG, 7 pm)”, in Times Herald-Record:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New Jersey Devils.


facelock

He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.

1995, Gordon D. Shirreffs, The Ghost Dancers, →ISBN, page 146:

I stepped to the side like the world's worst matador and grabbed him in a front facelock. It was the only shoot hold I knew, one that harkened back to my days bouncing at Malarkey's in Calgary.

2011, Chris Jericho, Undisputed: How to Become World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps, →ISBN:

Eventually, someone said, “OK, move the furniture, and let's wrestle.” The deal this night was Les challenging my dad, saying, “Bet you can't hold me in a front facelock.” My dad put the hold on, and Les struggled to free himself, but ended up passing out after a few minutes.

2012, Terry Funk, Scott E. Williams, Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore, →ISBN:

(wrestling) A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face.


trash fish

trash fish (plural trash fish or trash fishes)

trash fish (plural)
trash fishes (plural)

(fishing, food) A fish caught as bycatch and generally sold cheaply.


Dirty Dozen

(American football) The twelve rookies who made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975.

(cycling) A one-day road cycling race founded in 1983 (which originally featured twelve hills, but since 1988 has typically featured a baker's dozen of thirteen hills), held annually in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


dress for the slide, not the ride

There's merit to the saying, "Dress for the slide, not the ride." Even at a modest 30 miles per hour this is.

2005, Pat Hahn, How to Ride a Motorcycle, →ISBN:

Moto pants are probably the trickiest aspect of my riding getup. I don't like any gear that really shouts “I RIDE A MOTORCYCLE,” but I also want to make sure I'm protected. Dress for the slide, not the ride, right?

2016 June 24, Morgan Gales, “UglyBros Motorpool Jeans Reviewed”, in Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine:

Riders are told to “dress for the slide, not the ride.” This means you should be completely outfitted to improve your chances of surviving a crash.

2017 July 16, Amanda Smith, “Investigative Reporter Amanda Smith learns what it takes to get a motercycle license”, in WKBN News:

“Dress for the slide, not the ride," said Florida State University Police Officer Sheffield. “Doesn't always look cool it's not always I was just going down the street. But if you get hit by a car and your head hits the asphalt or if you just simply fall over and it wipes out from underneath you. That's where a lot of the damage comes from. A lot of the injury comes from. Its traumatic brain injury."

2017 December 11, Taylor Knight, “Some Question How Safe Mopeds And Motorcycles Are For College Students”, in WUSF News:

(motorcycling) When choosing clothing for riding a motorcycle, priority should be given to protective gear that helps one survive an accident.


Fudd

From Elmer Fudd, a character in Warner Brothers' Bugs Bunny cartoons, from Looney Tunes.

The surrealistic Fudds handle well on hard snow, even at high speeds, but still float nicely in deep snow and crud.

1993 September, S.M., “News From Fat City”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 104:

Compared to the other fats, the Fudd seemed most like a conventional ski in the powder.

1995 September, “Powder”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 89:

The Fudd was favored for its flotation, while the Kahuna earned an “A+” for versatility.

1996 November, “Best Value Skis”, in Snow Country, volume 9, number 7, page 89:

(skiing) A type of fat ski that flares out at the ends.


headscissors

While he was distracted, the Puma ran the length of the ring, leapt into the air and locked both legs around Diablo's neck, taking him down to the mat with a spectacular flying headscissors.

2002, Greg F. Gifune, Night Work, →ISBN:

(professional wrestling) A hold in which a wrestler wraps his or her legs around either side of the opponent's head, crossing them under the opponent's chin, and squeezing.


rehair

en-verb

rehair (third-person singular simple present rehairs, present participle rehairing, simple past and past participle rehaired)

rehairs (present singular third-person)
rehairing (participle present)
rehaired (participle past)
rehaired (past)

Could you rehair my bow by tomorrow?

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) To renew the hair of the bow of a bowed string instrument.


rehair

I've heard he does excellent rehairs.

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) An instance of re-hairing.


eighthman

From eighth + man, from the fact that this position is the rearmost of the eight forward positions.

Border's captain Basil Kenyon, at eighthman, again impressed with his intelligent positional play, and general leadership - as he had done in the shock win earlier in the tour.

1974, Frederick Willem Jacobus Labuschagne, Good-bye Newlands, farewell Eden Park, page 94:

Table VI I A, which is read horizontally, shows that concussion and ligament injuries are commonest among eighthmen and fullbacks; that muscle injuries and fractures are fairly evenly distributed across all playing positions; that internal injuries are most frequent among scrum-halves, but are also common in fly-halves and full-backs; and that bone bruises are most frequent among fly-halves, centres and wings, whereas dislocations are commonest among hookers and prop-forwards.

1987, South African Medical Journal - Volume 71, page 311:

Du Plessis was shifted from eighthman to flank for the second test and then was dropped altogether, although he fared better than most.

2003, Andy Colquhoun, Paul Dobson, The Chosen: The 50 Greatest Springboks of All Time, page 136:

The ball moved to the eighthman; he waited for it to come out. SOTS scrum-half Jood pounced and began his pass, but swift as he was, Thorn Thompson was swifter. Shouldering his own leaden-footed scrum-half aside, Thorn dived atop quicksilver Jood with a bone crunching tackle. Thorn's heart pounded in his breast, he'd finally bested his hated boyhood rival. Then the whistle went. Thorn stared stupidly at the ball, still at the eighthman's feet.

2004, Pat Stevens, Politics Is the Greatest Game: A Johannesburg Liberal Lampoon, →ISBN:

(South Africa, rugby) The position of one of the forwards at the rear of a scrum formation who controls the ball at the back of the scrum and links to the back line; number eight.


bow grip

I need a re-hair and a new bow grip but I can't afford either.

(music, lutherie) The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it being held and to protect the stick.


underslide

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.


SLG

slugging percentage
slugging percentage#English

(baseball) Abbreviation of slugging percentage.


SLG

SLG (third-person singular simple present SLGs, present participle SLGing, simple past and past participle SLGed)

SLGs (present singular third-person)
SLGing (participle present)
SLGed (participle past)
SLGed (past)

(transitive, baseball) To have a certain slugging percentage.


moonrun

From Moon + run; modelled after moonwalk.

Michael Jackson had his moonwalk, while Darryl Beardall has his moonrun. And it's not like he's done these miles in the vacuum of space. For lack of a better term, he's a “serial racer.”

2016, Scott Ludwig, Bonnie Busch, Craig Snapp, Running to Extremes: The Legendary Athletes of Ultrarunning, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, page 226:

(rare, dance) A dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.


trangle

Bendy of fix Gules and Argent; on a Chief of the last, a Rose of the first, supported by a Trangle (the Diminutive of a Barr. A Fillet , with the English, for the Diminutive of a Chief, of which before) Or, charged with a[…]

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 73:

The quartered arms of the See were usually arranged in an oval escucheon I. Gules, […] an eagle sable, crowned with an antique crown and supported by a trangle held in its claws, is brochant over the stem of the tree.

1894, John Woodward, A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry, page 298:

(heraldry, rare) One of the (rarely used) diminutives of the fess (bar) or chief, a fillet or closet.


lay a glove on

lay a glove on (third-person singular simple present lays a glove on, present participle laying a glove on, simple past and past participle laid a glove on)

lays a glove on (present singular third-person)
laying a glove on (participle present)
laid a glove on (participle past)
laid a glove on (past)

From the sport of boxing, referring to managing to hit someone with one's boxing glove.

“You were so good he couldn't lay a glove on you. You were terrific. He tired to hit you with his knockout punch but you skillfully avoided it - do you remember how his glove whistled harmlessly past your head?

2004, Morris Katz, The Journey, →ISBN, page 78:

In round three, Toxa moved in and out jabbing, scoring often with the bigger man unable to lay a glove on him.

2012, Roland Perry, The Changi Brownlow, →ISBN:

Umbertino couldn't lay a glove on him. Big as he was, all it would have taken was a punch, a single roundhouse and he would have decked him. But the other guy was a grasshopper.

2014, Davide Enia, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel, →ISBN, page 42:


puntilion

These Balls were small, but exceeding thick bubbles of Glass, which being crack'd off from the Puntilion whilst very hot […] do thereby […] acquire a very porous and very brittle texture […].


pink hat

From the pink Red Sox hats that became popular after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.

There's an old tale about a Rooter who was sitting next to a Pink Hat.

2009, Andy Wasif, Red Sox University: Baseball's Foremost Institution of Higher Learning, →ISBN:

Although other fans have waved at NESN cameras, the pink hat fan has been seen doing it more often and usually during important parts of the game.

2010, Michael Macomber, The Red Sox and Philosophy: Green Monster Meditations, →ISBN:

MIRI: When did you start following the Sox? 2004? '07? SETH: I've always kind of followed them. MIRI: “Kind of?” Heh. Oh, yeah. You're a Pink Hat.

2012, Gregory Crafts, Up All Night, →ISBN, page 61:

After much thought and research, she officially adopted the Red Sox as her baseball team and despite what critics of post-2004 fans say, she's no fair-weather pink hat.

2013, Jon Chattman, Allie Tarantino, How the Red Sox Explain New England, →ISBN:

(sports) A person who only follows a team because it has become fashionable.


CLAM

The CLAM can be 'clipped on' by the rower with little difficulty, so the load can be changed between alternating headwind–tailwind pieces.

1995, Larry Gluckman, “Rowing News”, in The Independent Rowing News Inc., page 3:

Use a clam to make a quick or temporary change to the inboard/outboard...The clam sits against the outer face of the collar.

2014, Daniela Gomes da Costa, Yihuan Chang, eds., Learn to Row, Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron, page 28

(rowing) Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.


topscore

topscore (third-person singular simple present topscores, present participle topscoring, simple past and past participle topscored)

topscores (present singular third-person)
topscoring (participle present)
topscored (participle past)
topscored (past)

(sports, uncommon except in the present participle) To score more than anyone else in a particular match or competition.


iconometer

(photography, historical) An early form of viewfinder.


homester

(sports, slang) A player for the home team.


microcinematography

Microcinematography can reveal wonders and horrors in the universe of tiny things living around us. […] The most recent natural phenomenon brought to light by microcinematography is both wonder and horror and involves one of humanity’s greatest foes: the mosquito.

2022 October 4, Oliver Whang, “‘Our Jaws Dropped’: Mosquito Larvae’s Killer Harpoon Heads Revealed.”, in The New York Times:

(biology, photography) The making of films by using a microscope, especially of biological specimens, by means of time-lapse photography


wristspinner

(cricket) Alternative form of wrist spinner


quarter-miler

(athletics) An athlete who specialises in running quarter mile races (or the equivalent 400 metres)


double-pole technique

en-noun

double-pole technique (countable and uncountable, plural double-pole techniques)

(skiing, uncountable) Synonym of double poling

(skiing, countable) A particular skier's implementation of double poling.


double pole

en-verb

double pole (third-person singular simple present double poles, present participle double poling, simple past and past participle double poled)

double poles (present singular third-person)
double poling (participle present)
double poled (participle past)
double poled (past)

double-pole technique
double-pole technique#English

(skiing) To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.


double poling

(skiing) A method of propulsion, where the skier goes forward by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together.


(snowboarding) A skill, where in a jump, the person turns 5 and a half times.


boot board

(alpine skiing) The part of the ski boot underneath the liner, typically made of plastic or hard foam.


bluntslide

(snowboarding) A snowboarding trick in which, at the end of a jump, the snowboard lands on its tail.


liftie

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) A person who helps novices on and off of a skilift


eggflip

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(snowboarding) A variation of an eggplant in which the rider flips over to reenter the halfpipe instead of doing a 180


crossboned

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(snowboarding) Having the back leg boned while the front hand holds part of the foot


stalefish

(skateboarding) A grab in which the rear hand holds the heelside edge of the skateboard.


slackcountry

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) An off-piste terrain


sidecountry

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geschmozzle

Maybe a corruption of German geschmissen, past participle of schmeißen (“to fling”).

Maybe by the year 2000 we could have the Lincoln Version—four score and seven—dumping 87 skiers geschmozzle-fashion on the top.

(skiing, snowboarding) A style of race in which the skiers or snowboarders all start together.


fartbag

(informal, skiing) A onesie used in skiing.


planker

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straightlining

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(skiing, snowboarding) skiing or snowboarding downhill rapidly


small final

From petit final, from French petite finale (“small final”).

(sports) The secondary final to determine rankings of competitors from the semifinals that did not make the big final.


parallel giant slalom

en-noun

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.

giant slalom

the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version

(countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.


big final

From grand final, from grand finale, from French grande finale (“big final”).

(sports) The final that determines the winner of a competition, where the event also has a small final (consolation final).


parallel slalom

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.

parallel giant slalom

the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding

giant slalom

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns

super-G

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns


sled head

From sled + head. From being an issue with the head due to a sled.

“They would say, ‘I got a real sled head today,’” Morris said. Then they would go take another run, and several more the next day. “You get sucked into thinking it’s not a big deal.”

2020 July 26, Matthew Futterman, “Sledhead”, in New York Times:

(sports, pathology, slang) A concussion or subconcussive injury caused by tobogganing, including luging, skeleton, bobsledding, tubing; that stereotypically leaves the victim woozy or muddle-headed.


third-guarder

From third + guarder. Used at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.


punch front

From punch + front. From being a front flip from a hard punch into the ground with the feet to effect the jump.

(gymnastics) A frontal flip by jumping to a landing with both feet and then pushing hard to bounce and flip forward.


second-guarder

From second + guarder. Used at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.


twin tip

From twin + tip. From having forward bow tips on both ends.

(skiing) A type of alpine/freestyle ski, with bow tips on both ends, allowing skiing backwards.


mogulist

(skiing) A skier who specializes in skiing moguls


alpine combined

From alpine + combined. From being an event in the sport of alpine skiing which combines two disciplines.

(skiing) An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.


negative bath

(photography) A silver solution in which photographic negatives are placed to be sensitized.


underflip

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(skateboarding) A flip trick, the flipping of a skateboard by flicking the underside of the board, while riding on the board.

(skiing, snowboarding) An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body flip underneath the board or skis.


big air

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(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.


JNS

(skiing, snowboarding) Abbreviation of jump not scored. (a score on a scoresheet, for an insufficient/incomplete judged jump)


technical skier

technical skier (plural technical skiers)

technical discipline
technical discipline

(skiing) A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)

speedskier

a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing


underwrap

Begin with an underwrap that's necessary to hold the diamond pattern in place.

1986, Jim Mayes, How to Make and Repair Your Own Fishing Tackle:

Underwraps are made using exactly the same techniques as guide wraps, except that no guide is wrapped down. An underwrap is usually a plain continuous wrap, although decorative wraps to make the center ring of the guide or to dress up the end are also possible, just as they are on any guide wrap.

2013, C. Boyd Pfeiffer, Complete Book of Rod Building and Tackle Making, →ISBN, page 480:

Determine the length of the trim band (extended underwrap) you want on each end of the wraps.

2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:

(fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.


scratch race

(cycling) Any race where the winner is the first to cross the finish line.

(horse racing) A catchweight horse race.


speedskier

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)

speed skier

(skiing) A skier to specializes in speedskiing (a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing, where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds)


technical skiing

(skiing) The technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)


speed skiing

(skiing) The speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskiing


speed skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskier (a skier to specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine)


downhill skier

(sports) An alpine skier who specializes in the discipline of downhill skiing (downhill).


cross-country skier

cross-country skier (plural cross-country skiers)

cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing

(skiing) A skier who participates in cross-country skiing.

biegacz narciarski

someone who participates in cross-country skiing


alpine skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in alpine skiing (the disciplines of super-G, giant slalom, slalom, downhill)


speedskiing

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skiing (super-G and downhill of formal alpine skiing)

speed skiing

(skiing) A discipline of skiing not part of formal alpine skiing, involving skiing as quickly as possible down a straight piste; where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds.


points race

(cycling, speed skating) A mass start race where points are awarded for certain accomplishments, such as winning laps or lapping the field.


downhill skiing

cross-country skiing

skiing that primarily involves skiing across flatland

(sports) A formal sports discipline in alpine skiing, involving primarily going down a piste with few turns.

speedskiing

not part of formal alpine skiing, involving going down a straight course


underwrapped

en-adj

underwrapped (comparative more underwrapped, superlative most underwrapped)

more underwrapped (comparative)
most underwrapped (superlative)

All Mariner rods have large underwrapped aluminum-oxide guides, cushioned foam grips and graphite reel seats with stainlesssteel hoods.

All Power Graph models feature fully underwrapped guides and a multi-coat, deep epoxy finish for years of beauty and maintenance-free performance.

If you like the appearance of an underwrapped guide but do not want the bulk or the stiffening effect on a light rod, let me suggest what I call “false underwraps.”


GOE

(sports) Initialism of grade of execution.


body wire

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


sentiment du fer

Borrowed from French sentiment du fer (literally “feeling of the iron”).

bor

(fencing) The ability to feel along the length of a fencing sword through holding only the weapon's grip, a quality of an experienced fencer.


camo up

en-verb

camo up (third-person singular simple present camos up, present participle camoing up, simple past and past participle camoed up)

camos up (present singular third-person)
camoing up (participle present)
camoed up (participle past)
camoed up (past)

Ultimately from camouflage, of camo plus the aspect marker up.

The week prior to the Army-Navy game is anything goes at West Point. Cadets and hard-core instructors “camo up” and wear BDUs (battle dress uniforms) in preparation for the looming clash of the mighty Army black knights and the wimpy, undisciplined Navy midshipmen.

1998 December 5, “A Civil War”, in West Palm Beach Post, page 6E:

[…] No one told them anything about camo, and it takes them ten minutes to do it right.” ¶ “Well, we have five minutes and everyone has to camo-up,” the first sergeant explained patiently.

2010, Greg Hastings, “You must lead yourself first”, in Doug Crandall, editor, Leadership Lessons from West Point, page 38:

(informal, military, hunting) To put on clothing, make-up, etc. with a camouflage pattern, to wear camouflage.

The plan is to have the veterinarian “camo up,” maybe by using a hunting blind, he said, to get close enough to take a shot with a tranquilizer gun.

2009 April 4, Nick Ferraro, “Fans, police, veterinarian hope to rescue Oreo the goat”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press, Dakota County local:

(informal, military, hunting) To camouflage one's person or equipment, to hide or obscure from view.


open the batting

open the batting (third-person singular simple present opens the batting, present participle opening the batting, simple past and past participle opened the batting)

opens the batting (present singular third-person)
opening the batting (participle present)
opened the batting (participle past)
opened the batting (past)

(cricket) To be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.


bisweptual

From bi- + sweep (“rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side”) + -ual, in analogy to bisexual.

affix

(US, rowing) Able to row sweep on either port or starboard with equal or near-equal proficiency.


bisweptual

(US, rowing) A person who is bisweptual.


way enough

(Canada, US, rowing) A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.


way enough

en-verb

way enough (third-person singular simple present way enoughs, present participle way enoughing, simple past and past participle way enoughed)

way enoughs (present singular third-person)
way enoughing (participle present)
way enoughed (participle past)
way enoughed (past)

(Canada, US, rowing) To stop rowing after a "way enough" command.


icecross

From ice + -cross.
Formed in analogy to skicross, boardercross, BMX, motocross; and being raced on ice.

(skating) An ice skating sport, involving racing over an obstacle course similar to that found in snowboardcross, skiercross, or BMX.

icecross downhill

a discipline of icecross, involving a downhill course, like that of boarder-X or skier-X, except on ice instead of snow


wolf jump

(gymnastics) A kind of jump where the knees remain together but one leg is bent while the other is stretched out.


butt bag

An alpine hammer, which has seen better days but never ice, slots into his holster. A wire brush, a nut pick, jumars and etriers all clip onto his harness and his butt bag (belay seat) goes into his pocket.

1986, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 39, page 113:

Some continuously steep routes with numerous hanging belays necessitate a belay seat or butt bag. A butt bag with three points of suspension is more comfortable than a two-point bag.

1999, Mark Twight, James Martin, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, High, and Fast, →ISBN:

If you're tackling a super-steep rock route, then consider taking along, or making, a nylon 'butt bag' – a fabric seat that will take some of the weight off of your harness.

2016, Andy Kirkpatrick, 1001 Climbing Tips, →ISBN:

With nearly no moves easier than 5.8 or harder than 5.10a, and with no rest ledges, it is heaven for 5.10 climbers, as long as you bring a butt bag or a comfortable harness for the hanging belays.

2004, Greg Barnes, Larry DeAngelo, Red Rocks Climbing: SuperTopos:

(mountaineering) A seat attached to ropes on which a climber can sit while belaying.


golden hour

Coordinate term: blue hour

(photography) A period shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the Sun is higher in the sky.


rush defence

He [Finn Russell] fashioned the first try after 15 minutes, moments after Owen Farrell had equalised Greig Laidlaw’s opening penalty, with a chip in behind the rush defence.

2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2018-04-22:


Calcutta Cup

The match was only a few minutes old when the second-row Jonny Gray squared up to [Dylan] Hartley and invited Courtney Lawes to join in. The message was clear: a side that had not won the Calcutta Cup for 10 years were going to fight for everything.

(rugby) A trophy won by the winner of the match between England and Scotland in the Six Nations competition.


dark blue

en-noun

dark blue (countable and uncountable, plural dark blues)

Coordinate term: light blue

The university did not touch my world directly but you couldn't be a boy in Oxford without supporting the dark blues against the Cambridge light blues, in the boat race […]

2018, Will Wyatt, Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood:

(UK, rowing) A member of the Oxford rowing team.


light blue

light blue (countable and uncountable, plural light blues)

From Middle English light blewe, equivalent to light + blue.

Coordinate term: dark blue

(UK, rowing) A member of the Cambridge rowing team.


knifehand

(martial arts, often attributive) A strike using the part of the hand opposite the thumb (from the little finger to the wrist); a karate chop.


weight for age

[H]e would merely have remarked on its elegant hocks and golden horn and suggested that she enter it weight for age at Flemington.

2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 243:

(horse racing) Handicapped according to the age of the racehorse competing (and certain other factors).


weight for age

"What did I say about Nightcap last week? Here he's won the Weight for Age at twelve to one."

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 140:


cement hands

(sports, informal) Hands that do not catch or grip well because they are too tense.


para nordic skiing

(skiing) A parasport, an adapted form of Nordic skiing.


para-nordic

para nordic skiing
para nordic skiing#English

(skiing) Ellipsis of para nordic skiing.


tuck up

en-verb

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

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

(intransitive, boxing) To protect one's face by covering it with the gloves


go to bat

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

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

Turner hit to short right and took his first, and then his second by a wild throw of Winslow, but was trapped between second and third and put out by Stearns. Detroit thus retired without recording a tally, and the University again went to bat.

1875 June, University of Michigan, “Various Topics”, in The Chronicle, page 201:

Robinson went to bat for the last time that day in the eighth inning, singling for his fourth straight hit.

1968 December, A.S. Young, “Jackie Opens the Door — Wide!”, in Ebony, page 136:

(baseball) To be the individual or team that is currently batting; play offense.


emergency goalie

en-noun

emergency goalie (plural emergency goalies)

(ice hockey) A goaltender who will play for either team in the case that their goalies are unable to play.


goalieing

(ice hockey, rare, colloquial) goalkeeping


corkline

Double corklines, one right-hand lay and one left-hand lay to prevent twisting, were used on all gill nets.

1957, Special Scientific Report: Fisheries - Issue 205, page 5:

The porpoise safety panel shall consist of small mesh webbing not to exceed ¼" stretch mesh extending downward from the corkline and the base of the porpoise apron to a minimum depth equivalent to two strips of 100 meshes of 4¼" stretch mesh webbing.

1983, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America:

The hold was empty, without a net, corkline, leadline or buoy to be found.

1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 103:

(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.


bass bar

(lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.


endbutton

(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.

bouton

wooden plug in the end of the instrument


lozengeways

en-adv

lozengeways (comparative more lozengeways, superlative most lozengeways)

more lozengeways (comparative)
most lozengeways (superlative)


lozengewise

lozengewise (comparative more lozengewise, superlative most lozengewise)

more lozengewise (comparative)
most lozengewise (superlative)

(heraldry) Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).


lozengewise

[…] a lozengewise arrangement, […]

1850, John Henry Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, page 220:

[…] a lozengewise square, six elongated hexagons and four square panels in the space between the two.

1997, Michele George, The Roman Domestic Architecture of Northern Italy, British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited, →ISBN:

(heraldry) Oriented like a lozenge (a diamond).


frontstretch

The new track will be built of a sandy loam running surface providing improved turns and a layout with new spirals to ease entry into the turns. The frontstretch and backstretch will be lengthened by 660 feet.

1991, Harness Horse - Volume 56, Issues 27-34, page 11:

D-shaped ovals are modified ovals that have one long sweeping arc of a turn for a frontstretch instead of a straightaway.

2009, Mark Martin, NASCAR For Dummies, →ISBN:

In addition to often scheduling the autograph sessions, speedway officials would open the frontstretch gate and allow fans to come onto the track and the grassy frontstretch apron after an event.

2017, Deb Williams, Charlotte Motor Speedway, →ISBN, page 24:

(athletics, horse racing, car racing) The straight (or gently curved) part of a racetrack, running track, etc. where the race begins.


game ball

(squash) The state of play when the server can win the game by scoring one more point.


call an audible

en-verb

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

calls an audible (present singular third-person)
calling an audible (participle present)
called an audible (participle past)
called an audible (past)

(American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.


startlist

(cycling) The list of cyclists who are to start a race


V-cut

Like the jab, the V-cut is used to get a defender off balance or out of position and to thereby give the offensive player the advantage.

2012, Morgan Wootten, Joe Wootten, Coaching Basketball Successfully, 3rd edition, page 109:

If you make a V-cut and come back for the ball, the defender can't get into the passing lane.

2013, Don Zimmerman, Peter England, Men's Lacrosse, page 96:

(sports) An evasive manoeuvre in which a player makes a sharp turn to run back on themselves.


autoexpose

autoexpose (third-person singular simple present autoexposes, present participle autoexposing, simple past and past participle autoexposed)

autoexposes (present singular third-person)
autoexposing (participle present)
autoexposed (participle past)
autoexposed (past)


hero ball

(basketball, derogatory) A style of play where a single player tries to be the team's hero by taking and missing many low percentage shots.


mensur

This is a slightly odd mensur for instruments tuned to a modern pitch of A-440 as it is slightly short for an instrument in F, which would be more comfortable at 65 cm or 66 cm, and it is too long for an instrument in G, which is more comfortable at 60cm or 61cm.

2005, Daniel Larson, “A Set of Vihuelas: Matching Tone for Polyphonic Music”, in Lute Society of America Quarterly, volume 40, number 2, Lexington, Virginia: Lute Society of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

In general gut tensions run toward the high end for a given mensur at a diameter equal to an equivalent nylon string, which would seem consistent with the 20% or so higher density of gut.

2000 December 28, Dan O'Mara [username], “Gut vs Nylon string tension”, in rec.music.makers.bowed-strings (Usenet):

His works show reasonably accurate workmanship, but at times his violin-making production is characterised by models that are too personal, leading to the size of the mensur being too long.

2002, Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini, editors, La liuteria lombarda del '900, Twentieth century Lombard violin making, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana Editoriale, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150:

(lutherie) The measurement of the length of the vibrating string from the nut to the bridge.


dextrochere

(heraldry) A right arm, typically holding a sword.


off-side rule

The computer-programming sense was coined by British computer scientist Peter Landin in 1966 and named after the rule in football.

coin

For the time the Etonians had their way, and it was not until 1867 that the Association adopted its present off-side rule, which provides that no man can be ' off-side ' unless there are less than three players of the opposite side in front of him when the ball is passed.

1889, Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes - Volume 20, page 277:

To the unintelligent or careless, the great stumbling-block is Law 6, known as the off-side rule. It is of itself a reflection on the bulk of young players that this particular provision is so little understood, or rather so misunderstood. The rule provides that when a player kicks the ball, or throws it in from touch, any one of the same side who at such moment of playing or throwing is nearer to the opponents' goal-line, is out of play, and may neither touch the ball himself, nor in any way whatever prevent other players from doing so, until the ball as been played, unless there are at such moment of kicking or throwing, at least three of his opponents nearer their own goal-line.

1897, Hoffmann, Every Boy's Book of Sport and Pastime, page 429:

The off-side rule in football states that no player may be closer to his opponents' goal than his last two opponents (usually a defender and the goalkeeper) and the ball at the time the ball is kicked forwards towards him.

2010, Will Rollason, We Are Playing Football, →ISBN:

(soccer) The prohibition of teammates closer to the opponents' goal than the person kicking or throwing the ball unless there are three opponents at least as close to their goal line.


octathlon

en-noun

octathlon (plural octathlons or octathla)

(athletics) A sporting event consisting of eight different sports or contests.

octatló

event in which contestants compete in eight different sports


Eurostep

They have seen it enough that they have come to understand that the Eurostep is a pretty good way to get around a defender, used so routinely that Harden's teammate Clint Capela, a center that rarely goes one-on-one, has employed it, though in his case, it should probably just be called a "Step."

2018 April 17, “Why James Harden isn't traveling on his step-back 3-pointers”, in Houston Chronicle:

(basketball) A basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, takes a step in one direction, and then quickly takes a second step in another direction.


base camp

(climbing) An encampment used temporarily for storing supplies and preparing for a larger activity, such as mountain climbing or hunting.

perusleiri

encampment used for preparing for a larger activity