Burke's Barrage

(juggling) A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.


Rubenstein's Revenge

Named by George Gillson after its inventor, Rick Rubenstein.

(juggling) A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms, similar to Mills Mess but with a more complicated exchange of the two middle props.


knobbler

They had begun by running a knobbler in the Shabbington coverts, but in the afternoon the sport had been better, for they had found a stag of ten in the oak wood by Stanton

1931, John Buchan, Blanket Of The Dark, page 51:

This was explained when we got up to the beasts, for they were all dead, six of them: five hinds and calves and a small knobbler. They had been struck by lightning.

(hunting, animal husbandry) Synonym of knobber (young male deer).


knobber

From knob + -er; the deer sense derives from the fact that a young buck's antlers begin diminutively as mere knobs; the fool sense derives indirectly from a reference to the penis; the two senses are ultimately cognate.

Near-synonyms: brocket, pricket, spitter

As soon as the knobber started galloping, all the other stags, who. till now, had taken but a languid interest, if any, in his movements, jumped on to their feet.

1906, Country life, volume 20, page 619:

But even she was forced to confess that nothing was astir in the mossy wilderness. She climbed to the top of Craig Dhu and had a long spy, but, except for more hinds and one small knobber, living thing there was none.

1925, John Buchan, John Macnab, page 100:

While I watched the young hind approached the knobber and, after standing by him for a moment, began to lick him

A mature stag chases a young male (a knobber) from the harem

1978 November 16, New Scientist, volume 80, number 1129, page 540:

(hunting, animal husbandry) A hart in its second year; a young male deer.


bladed stance

(martial arts) A stance in which one foot is in front of the other and the body is at an angle to a person in front (who may become aggressive)


Yid

Yidden (plural)
Yidn (plural)
Yids (plural)

From Yiddish ייִד (yid, “Jew”). Doublet of Jew.

(soccer, informal) A supporter or club member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.


frame counter

(photography) An indicator, in roll film cameras, that shows the number of frames that have moved through the camera (number of exposures taken).


Fosbury flop

Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

(athletics) A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.


freshie

en-noun

freshie (countable and uncountable, plural freshies)

From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

(uncountable, colloquial, skiing) Freshly fallen snow.


Paschal Lamb

[…]but when the Holy or Paschal Lamb is intended then the face should be guardant or reguardant.

1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry, revised edition, page 362:

(heraldry) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).

paaslam

heraldry: a lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag


delf

From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.

two delves gules

(heraldry) A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.


puck-handling

Dazzling puck handling by the visitors, but college men break up swift attacks. [headline]

1921 March 12, Boston Daily Globe, page 6:

[…] Flyers dominated the game with superior skating, checking, passing and puck-handling.

1965 May 15, Kingston Whig-Standard, page 9:

(ice hockey) The ability to control the puck; stickhandling.


Bruceploitation

From Bruce (“Bruce Lee”) + -sploitation.

(film, martial arts) a genre of exploitation film that exploits the legacy of Bruce Lee through copycats.


quadrella

2003 March 22, Craig Sherborne, Footy′s Man of Passion, The Herald Sun, republished in 2003, Garrie Hutchinson (editor), The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, page 79,
Demetriou is an inveterate punter with a miraculous instinct for picking big quadrellas.

2009, H. G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver), Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, unnumbered page,
Imagine jagging a couple of nice trifectas or the quadrella and squaring the Christmas credit-card bill, with a little extra left for a three-week holiday at Victor Harbor. Magic!

2010, Stephen Barkoczy. Australian Tax Casebook, 10th Edition, CCH Australia, page 416,
Instead, the taxpayer relied on his own intuition, placed bets mainly on the totalisator or with on-course bookmakers and was more inclined to place “higher risk” bets such as trifectas and quadrellas.

(gambling, horse racing, Australia, New Zealand) A bet where the bettor must pick the winners of four nominated races at the same track.


fist jam

(climbing) A climbing technique where the fist is forced into a crack and clenched.


five-a-side

(soccer) a variation of soccer played on a smaller pitch, and with only five players in a team.


flat back four

(soccer) collectively, a set of defenders who stay on the same level on the pitch.


flutter kick

Everybody crowded around very excitedly and talked about the Australian crawl, a stroke I cannot do because there is something wrong with my flutter kick.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 48:

(swimming) A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.


chinrest

(music, lutherie) A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.


TCCB

(UK, cricket, historical) Initialism of Test and County Cricket Board.


Man United

(soccer) Manchester United Football Club


Old Trafford

(soccer) The home stadium of Manchester United Football Club.

(soccer, by extension) Manchester United Football Club itself.

(cricket) A cricket ground adjacent to the Manchester United stadium.


Highbury

(historical, soccer) the former home stadium of Arsenal Football Club

(soccer, historical, by extension) Arsenal Football Club itself


Stamford Bridge

(soccer) the home stadium of Chelsea Football Club

(soccer, by extension) Chelsea Football Club itself


Tottenham

From Latin Toteham, believed to be from Tota + ham(let), Tota being the person who founded the suburban area.

(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur F.C., a football club in north London.


scrum machine

(rugby) A padded, weighty device against which a pack of rugby football forwards can practice scrummaging and rucking. It is used by players of both rugby league and rugby union.


ask the question

en-verb

ask the question (third-person singular simple present asks the question, present participle asking the question, simple past and past participle asked the question)

asks the question (present singular third-person)
asking the question (participle present)
asked the question (participle past)
asked the question (past)

(cricket, informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.


bouget

The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).

cog

(heraldry) A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle.


shot to nothing

en-noun

shot to nothing (plural shots to nothing)

(snooker) An attempted pot that is intended not to leave a possible pot for the opponent if missed.


Villa Park

(soccer) the home stadium of Aston Villa Football Club.

(soccer, by extension) Aston Villa Football Club itself.


White Hart Lane

(soccer) The former home stadium of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

(soccer, by extension) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club itself.


Molineux

Another surprise is that Newcastle have the meanest defence in all four leagues and they did their utmost to preserve the tag at Molineux.

2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The home stadium of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.

(soccer, by extension) Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club itself.


total clearance

total clearance (countable and uncountable, plural total clearances)

(snooker) The potting of all the object balls on the table.


get one's eye in

en-verb

get one's eye in (third-person singular simple present gets one's eye in, present participle getting one's eye in, simple past and past participle got one's eye in)

gets one's eye in (present singular third-person)
getting one's eye in (participle present)
got one's eye in (participle past)
got one's eye in (past)

(chiefly UK, sports) To become accustomed to the playing conditions, and thus bring one's hand-eye coordination to a reasonable level.


gonfanon

/ˈɡɑːn.fəˌnɑːn/

(heraldry) A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole.


gonfalon

/ˈɡɑːn.fəˌlɑːn/

From Middle English gonfalon, from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.


couple-close

(heraldry) A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.

två smala sparrar

heraldry: diminutive of the chevron, always borne in pairs


Claret

(soccer) someone connected with Burnley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Cottager

(soccer) someone connected with Fulham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Villan

(soccer) someone connected with Aston Villa Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Red Devil

(soccer) someone connected with Manchester United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Evertonian

(soccer) someone connected with Everton Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Gooner

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

A corruption of gunner, derived from the Arsenal coat of arms of a cannon.

(soccer, slang) someone connected with Arsenal Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Ewood

(soccer) Ewood Park, the home stadium of Blackburn Rovers FC


Trotter

As an English and Scottish surname for a messenger, from trot. As a German surname, from Trotte (“winepress”).

(soccer) someone connected with Bolton Wanderers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(basketball, slang) A player for the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.


Seasider

(soccer) someone connected with Blackpool Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Blade

(soccer) Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Bluebird

From bluebird, from the blue colour of the team's kit.

(soccer) Someone connected with Cardiff City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Hornet

(soccer) someone connected with Watford Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Palace

(soccer) Crystal Palace Football Club, a football team from London.


Baggie

(soccer) someone connected with West Bromwich Albion Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Magpie

(soccer) Someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

(soccer) Someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Toon Army

From toon, the local dialect's word for town.

(soccer) The supporters of Newcastle United Football Club, a football club in Newcastle upon Tyne.


Addick

Various theories: perhaps from athletic or haddock.

(soccer) someone connected with Charlton Athletic Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Scummer

(soccer, derogatory) someone connected with Southampton Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Pirate

(sports) someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(soccer) someone connected with Bristol Rovers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Tractor Boy

(soccer) Someone connected with Ipswich Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Sky Blue

(soccer) Someone connected with Coventry City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

(soccer) Someone connected with Sydney FC, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Latic

It is 10 months since they lost to the Latics in last season's final, something that the visiting supporters were intent on reminding everyone.

2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:

(slang, soccer) Someone connected with Wigan Athletic Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(slang, soccer) Someone connected with Oldham Athletic Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Hatter

(soccer) someone connected with Luton Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Bluebirds

(soccer) Cardiff City Football Club, a football club in Cardiff.


Black Cat

Understandably the teams were hyped for their 132nd league meeting, but Steve Bruce's Black Cats were also looking to settle a score having been humiliated 5-1 at St James' Park at the end of October.

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

(soccer) someone connected with Sunderland Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Seagull

(soccer) someone connected with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Saddler

(soccer) someone connected with Walsall Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Shrimper

(soccer) someone connected with Southend United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Chairboy

(soccer) someone connected with Wycombe Wanderers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Wednesdayite

The boys couldn't stand idly by while three Wednesdayites got mullered; it was not the done thing.

2012, Anthony Cronshaw, Wednesday Rucks and Rock 'n' Roll: Tales from the East Bank:

(soccer) Someone connected with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Baggies

The Baggies had offered little threat until the 28th minute, but when their first chance came it was a clear one.

2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) West Bromwich Albion Football Club


Hoop

(soccer) someone connected with Queens Park Rangers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Canary

From 1907, coined by the football club's then-chairman who was a keen breeder of canaries.

(soccer) Someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Glover

My guide tells me of Yeovil's 'considerable glove trade', which is why the giant-killing footie club, Yeovil Town FC, is known as 'The Glovers'.

2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 60:

(soccer) someone connected with Yeovil Town Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


scummer

(UK, soccer, slang, derogatory, offensive) A supporter of Southampton F.C..


break-building

(snooker) The act or skill of scoring points by making an uninterrupted series of pots.


knicks

(cycling) Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.


CCM

Central Coast Mariners
w:Central Coast Mariners FC

(soccer) Initialism of Central Coast Mariners.


ass catch

(juggling) A catch made by bending over forward with one hand between one's legs and catching the prop behind one's buttocks.


on base

One run, two hits, one walk, no errors; two left on base.

(baseball) Having reached a base in an inning.


beach soccer

(soccer) a variant of soccer played on a smaller-sized sand pitch.


slash line

His slash line since being traded is .262/.344/.427.

(baseball) The batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average of a batter or team when expressed together, separated by slashes.

The opponent slash line against Jones this season is a weak .195/.232/.367.

(baseball) The batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average of batters that have had plate appearances against a pitcher or team.


pipe-opener

They will note the doings of the favourite for some particular race, scanning him keenly and critically ; they will see how he takes his pipe-opener, or if he breaks down, or if he turns lame, or is absent from exercise.

1873, The Contemporary Review, volume 22:

I would rather have the horse fit by the week-end preceding the three-day event and then, apart from a good sharp two-furlong pipe-opener after the dressage test before cross-country day, only do slow but interesting work, if necessary for long periods if the horse has an excitable temperament.

1976, Caroline Silver, Lucinda Prior-Palmer, Eventing: the book of the three-day event:


subway series

(baseball, US) a cross-town playoff battle between the New York Mets and New York Yankees

(baseball, US, dated) a crosstown baseball series playoff between two New York City baseball clubs; the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and New York Yankees.


Battle of Alberta

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames teams of the NHL

(Canadian football) the competition between the Edmonton Elks (formerly Eskimos) and Calgary Stampeders teams of the CFL


Broad Street Bullies

From the location of home ice, the hockey rink "The Spectrum" on Broad Street, and their style of play, reminiscent of bullying.

(ice hockey, Canada, US, dated) nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s era


balloon mail

(post, philately) The transport of mail, usually for weight reasons, in the form of a postcard carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium balloon.


Frozen Four

(ice hockey, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(ice hockey, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.

These two teams have an amazing number of Frozen Fours between them.

(ice hockey, US, informal) An appearance in the Frozen Four.


Bronx Bombers

(US, baseball) nickname of the New York Yankees


Triple Crown

(baseball) The feat of leading one's league in three key statistical categories—batting average, home runs, and RBI for hitters; wins, strikeouts, and ERA for pitchers

(golf) The three grandest or oldest open championships of the year

(in men's golf) The U.S. Open, British Open, Canadian Open

(horse racing, US) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes

(horse racing, UK) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Derby Stakes (aka "Epsom Derby"), and St. Leger Stakes

(horse racing, Canada) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales Stakes, and Breeders' Stakes

(rugby) Victory by one of the Home Nations — England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales — over the other three in the annual Six Nations Championship.

(motor racing) Victory by a driver at the three grandest car races in the world, the Indianapolis 500, 24-Hours of Le Mans, Monaco Grand Prix; usually defined as a career achievement and not a season or calendar year achievement


White Sox

From white + sox, the footwear worn by the members of the team.

(US, baseball) The Chicago White Sox, an American baseball club.


stampless

(philately) Prior to the introduction of adhesive postal stamps.


go upstairs

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

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

From the practice of the third umpire having a room with an elevated position.

(cricket, of an umpire) To request a decision by the third umpire (traditionally by making a sign of a TV set with the hands)


waxable

(chiefly skiing) Suitable for being waxed.


Super Eagles

(soccer) The Nigeria national football team


Super Falcons

(soccer) The Nigeria women's national football team


Matildas

(soccer) the women's national soccer representative team of Australia

Australia women's national association football team


Wallabies

(rugby) the national rugby union representative team of Australia


CCFC

Coventry City Football Club
w:Coventry City Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Coventry City Football Club.

Cardiff City Football Club
w:Cardiff City Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Cardiff City Football Club.


BFC

(soccer) Blackpool Football Club, a football team from Blackpool


runless

(sports) Without runs scored (in cricket, baseball, etc.).


stage ball

(juggling) A type of hollow juggling ball with a hard, shiny outer shell, designed to be more visible than beanbags.


forechecker

He was the greatest forechecker the team had ever seen.


legrope

(surfing) Alternative spelling of leg rope


shadow boxing

(boxing) The action of practicing moves where the opponent is the boxer's own shadow.

σκιαμαχία

practicing boxing moves against one's shadow


intentional grounding

en-noun

intentional grounding (plural intentional groundings)

(American football) An instance when the quarterback throws the ball into the ground or into the crowds to avoid being sacked and losing field position.


superconference

When the Big East added six more teams in 2004, it became a 16-team superconference.

(sports) A group of many college sports teams, usually 14 or more, that are in one group for purposes of having large television deals and highly publicized championships.


point-and-shoot

The majority of digital cameras are automatic, point-and-shoot models. They offer convenience and ease of use […]

2005, Julie Adair King, Digital photography for dummies:

The Instamatic was typical of second generation point-and-shoot cameras in that it incorporated artificial illumination and was designed to use color film.

2006, Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of 20th century photography:

(photography, of a camera) Designed for quick, simple use with minimal configuration.


mixed martial arts

Alternative form: MMA

Though mixed martial arts has successfully peeled away fans from boxing (a sport that’s lost any compelling champions and much of its dignity) and WWE (a “sport” that’s always existed in quotation marks) it’s had trouble shaking its reputation as “human cockfighting.”

2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, “Fightville”, in AV Club:

Other top talent in the Central Vision library includes Black Belt Hall of Fame members Ernie Reyes Sr., Frank Shamrock, Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, mixed-martial arts champion Pat Miletich, breaking champion Larry Fields and Olympic judo medalist Mike Swain.

2003 November, “Century Completes 100th Martial Arts Video”, in Black Belt, page 111:

Jiu jitsu competitions are vastly different from mixed martial arts, as they are grappling-only, and if an athlete does well in jiu jitsu, it doesn't guarantee that he'll also do well in mixed martial arts (and vice versa).

2005, Jeremy Wall, UFC′s Ultimate Warriors: The Top Ten, page 202:

Mixed martial arts is essentially about making the opponent tire out before you do so you are at an advantage in dealing devastating moves.

2008, Mickey Dimic, Christopher Miller, Mixed Martial Arts Unleashed: Mastering the Most Effective Moves for Victory, page 20:

(sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.


three-minute warning

three-minute warning (plural three-minute warnings)

(Canadian football) A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.


first flight cover

first flight cover (plural first flight covers)

philatelically inspired
philatelically inspired

(philately) A philatelically inspired letter flown on the first flight of a new airline service.


mute cancel

(philately) A postal cancellation that does not state any location or date, used in wartime to prevent the enemy gathering information about troop movements from captured mail.


lehr

(glassblowing) A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.


ortho

ortho (countable and uncountable, plural orthos)

Wherever the exposure is likely to be cut short— and this includes all high speed work and most portraiture — the ortho is not so suitable as the ordinary plate.

1908 June, Charles F. Rice, “On the Use of Orthochromatic Plates”, in Photographic Times, page 174:

(countable, photography, dated) An orthochromatic plate.

The typical orthophoto building process is a long one, however, and the photography that the orthos are based may be several years old before an orthophoto is ready for distribution.

2001, Drew Decker, GIS Data Sources, page 105:

(countable, photography) Clipping of orthophoto.


delt

[…]she had this tat of a devil face sticking out a Gene Simmons-class tongue on her left delt.

2005, F. Paul Wilson, Midnight Mass, page 67:

(bodybuilding, slang) The deltoid muscle.


gyno

gyno (countable and uncountable, plural gynos)

Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.

2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-11-07:

These days online, there's Reddit groups like r/gynecomastia where people commiserate over their experiences, offer advice, and sometimes speculate about which celebs have had gyno surgery themselves.

2022 October 31, “Men Get Real About Their Insecurities Over Their 'Man Boobs'”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2023-05-01:

(especially bodybuilding slang) Clipping of gynecomastia.


trialist

From trial (“test; experiment; court proceedings”) + -ist.

suffix

The following Saturday morning, with other members of the committee, I was on the touchline observing the trialists in action. It was a very good trial, with plenty of exciting talent on view.

1998, Bill Samuel, chapter 7, in Rugby: Body and Soul, Edinburgh: Mainstream, page 88:

1998, John Gordon, Three Sheep and a Dog, Auckland: Reed, Chapter 8, p. 107,
Event I, the long head […] ends with the hold: sheep at a standstill in a 20-metre ring and held there, with the dog and triallist balanced on either side.

2012, Robert Earnshaw, Earnie: My Life at Cardiff City, Bedlinog: Accent, Chapter 4, p. 22,
A [Youth Training Scheme] place would be the first step on the ladder, a contract with the club which would see you move from triallist to employee, someone the club was willing to invest in.

(sports, chiefly UK) An athlete who participates in a trial (competition to select players for a team); a person who enters a dog (especially a sheepdog) in a competition.


free substitution

en-noun

free substitution (countable and uncountable, plural free substitutions)

(sports) A rule in some sports that allows players to enter and leave the game for other players many times during the course of the game, and for coaches to bring in and take out players an unlimited number of times.


deadstick

en-verb

deadstick (third-person singular simple present deadsticks, present participle deadsticking, simple past and past participle deadsticked)

deadsticks (present singular third-person)
deadsticking (participle present)
deadsticked (participle past)
deadsticked (past)

(fishing) To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.


goalhanger

(informal, soccer) A player who stays near the opposing team's goal in the hope of easily scoring.


sandiver

From Old French suin de verre, suint de verre, literally "grease of glass".

(glassblowing, archaic) A scum that forms on molten glass.


sheetlet

(philately) A small sheet of postage stamps sold as a unit.


pallophotophone

Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)

(historical, photography) A device that records sounds on photographic film.


dimidiation

en-noun

dimidiation (countable and uncountable, plural dimidiations)

/dɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/

/daɪˌmɪdɪˈeɪʃən/

Continuing the Middle English dimydicion (circa 1425, in an arithmetical sense), from the Late Latin dīmidiātiō.

(heraldry) A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.

dīmidiātiō

heraldry: marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other


body catch

(juggling) Any catch that is made around or behind a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.


body throw

(juggling) Any throw that is made around a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.


dimidiate

en-verb

dimidiate (third-person singular simple present dimidiates, present participle dimidiating, simple past and past participle dimidiated)

dimidiates (present singular third-person)
dimidiating (participle present)
dimidiated (participle past)
dimidiated (past)

Latin dimidiatus, past participle of dimidiare (“to halve”).

[…] hybridization in the same vein is the beast shown as supporters to arms granted in 1971, where a unicorn dimidiates a lion rampant.

1973, Rhodesiana, numbers 28–31, The Rhodesia Africana Society, page 36:

(transitive, heraldry) To represent one half of, or undergo dimidiation with.


back cross

(juggling) A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.


reverse chops

(juggling) A pattern involving carrying each object under the next object before throwing it to the opposite hand.


undifferenced

In speculating upon this curious controversy, the question naturally arises, whether a plain and undifferenced coat-armorial descends to a man's heirs, according to the ordinary rules of heritable succession, or whether it happens[…]

1863, George Seton, The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland, page 336:

Nowadays, even the successive heirs to the principal or undifferenced coat of arms usually rematriculate after a few generations, or bring up to date a pedigree in the Public Register of Genealogies, both for the purpose of putting on[…]

1956, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 109:

(heraldry) Not having a mark of difference.


wristwork

[...] in actual fact the Gresley Pacifics are not difficult to fire; the accurate wristwork needed to shoot the coal into the back corners of the grate calls for knack rather than brute force.

1941 May, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part III—The "A1" Pacifics”, in Railway Magazine, pages 196–197:

(in particular, fencing) movement of the hand without movement of the arm


a.e.t.

(sports) Initialism of after extra time.


millrind

(heraldry) A heraldic charge resembling a stylized millstone support of this kind.


off-speed

(baseball) Being a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball, such as a change-up.


CONCACAF

Association Football
association football

(soccer) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football — the governing body for the sport in the aforementioned region, also including the South American countries of French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.


tailpiece

(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.


sphairistike

Ancient Greek sphairistike, "skill in playing at ball".

The new appliances of the game sold under the rather too learned name of ‘sphairistikè’ have been lightened without, like their ancient representatives, being increased in size.

1875, The Edinburgh review: or critical journal, A. Constable, page 72:

He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike."

1941, Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, Come what may: an autobiography, Little, Brown and company, page 7:

At that time, he had not given a thought to his new game, and, as a consequence, the pastures around Rhysnant Hall are not likely to have been the place where the Major would have pitched his sphairistikè nets.

1998, Heiner Gillmeister, Tennis: a cultural history, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 181:

(sports, archaic) An early racquet sport that evolved into tennis.


walkless

It was a walkless inning.


blinky

Blinkies visually indicate the areas of a photograph where the exposure is beyond the range of the film.

(photography) in digital photography, a flashing pixel.


octavofinal

From octavo- + final, after quarterfinal.

The Americans finish top of the group. They’ll meet Ghana, Germany, Serbia or Australia in the octavofinals as the knockout phase begins.

2010 June 23, Jeff Z Klein, “Goal: World Cup Blog”, in New York Times:

(sports, US) A match or game between two of the last sixteen competitors in a given tournament or sporting competition.


on serve

The fourth set between Gabashvili and Melzer is still on serve, the Russian leading 4-3, but the Austrian holding a two sets to one lead.

(tennis) With each player or pairing having won the same number of games as they have served.


quadfecta

He won the Superfecta and the Quadfecta all in the same day at Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles.

2010, George V. Bush, Magazine Man “A Slave To The Sale”, unnumbered page:

(gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.


unbacked

en-adj

unbacked (comparative more unbacked, superlative most unbacked)

more unbacked (comparative)
most unbacked (superlative)

(photography, holography) (of a plate) Not having an antihalation backing.


eephus

The naming of the pitch is generally credited to Maurice Van Robays in 1942, who said "it's a nothin' pitch, and eephus ain't nothing'". However, it is not clear what the source for the name is; possibly Hebrew אפס (“nothing, zero”).

Sewell was determined to live or die by the eephus.

2003, Michael Seidel, Ted Williams: a baseball life:

He figured that, if it were another eephus, he'd have time to react.

2004, Fred Cicetti, Saltwater Taffy: A Summer at the Jersey Shore:

When, on his first pitch, Sewell served an eephus, Williams almost broke his back trying to get to it.

2005, Randy Roberts, The rock, the curse, and the hub: a random history of Boston sports:

(baseball) An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.


crotched

crotched (comparative more crotched, superlative most crotched)

more crotched (comparative)
most crotched (superlative)

When so crotched, only three counts are allowed, unless one or both object balls are forced out of the crotch.

1909, John Huston Finley, “Billiards”, in Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia, volume 2, page 83B:

The object-balls shall be considered crotched whenever the centers of both lie within a 4 1/2 inch square at either corner of the table, and when so crotched, but three counts are allowed unless one or both object-balls be forced out of the crotch.

1911, William Brisbane Dick, The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, page 463:

The balls are said to be crotched, a crotch being the term used to describe the inner corner of a table . It's a perfect situation for scoring caroms . You simply tap the cue ball into both crotched balls simultaneously, driving them deeper and deeper into the corner.

1979, George Sullivan, The Complete Beginner's Guide to Pool and Other Billiard Games, page 149:

(billiards) Lying within one of the crotches on the table.


upsetter

(metalworking) A kind of forging machine that moves horizontally.


serve out

en-verb

serve out (third-person singular simple present serves out, present participle serving out, simple past and past participle served out)

serves out (present singular third-person)
serving out (participle present)
served out (participle past)
served out (past)

She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.

2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, tennis) To win a set, or by extension a match, by holding serve (winning a game as the server).


service game

(tennis, badminton, ping pong) A game where one serves, as opposed to receiving.


overdate

(numismatics) A coin in which one date is superimposed over traces of another (due to reuse of a die)


playout

en-noun

playout (countable and uncountable, plural playouts)

Cyprus and Kazakhstan have sent Estonia and Moldova down to League D following their UEFA Nations League play-out ties.

2022 March 29, “Nations League play-outs: Cyprus oust Estonia, Kazakhstan edge out Moldova”, in UEFA Nations League:

(sports, Europe) (also play-out) A relegation playoff; a game or short series of games needed to decide relegation.


mid-season form

I don't know if you happen to take Old Doctor Gordon's Bile Magnesia, which when the liver is disordered gives instant relief, acting like magic and imparting an inward glow? I don't myself, my personal liver being always more or less in mid-season form, but I've seen the advertisements.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:

(especially sports) Peak form, optimal form, excellent form.


preshot

She used her preshot routine during games, but it made little difference in her success rate.

2001, Karen Lee Hill, Frameworks for sport psychologists: enhancing sport performance:

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


playdown

(sports) Any match that is part of a playoff.


pothunter

From pot + hunter – in hunting sense, “for the (cooking) pot (to eat)”; in the archeology sense, “seeking old pots (to sell)”.

(sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes.


trouble the scorers

en-verb

trouble the scorers (third-person singular simple present troubles the scorers, present participle troubling the scorers, simple past and past participle troubled the scorers)

troubles the scorers (present singular third-person)
troubling the scorers (participle present)
troubled the scorers (participle past)
troubled the scorers (past)

(cricket, informal, almost always in the negative) To score a run.


scorebox

(cricket) An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard


cinqfoil

The wife of Saher was Margaret sister and coheir of Robert Earl of Leicester, whose seal exhibits a cinqfoil.

1869, William Smith Ellis, The Antiquities of Heraldry, pPage 226:

(heraldry) Alternative spelling of cinquefoil


catchlight

(photography) A gleam of reflected light in a subject's eye.


debruise

debruise (third-person singular simple present debruises, present participle debruising, simple past and past participle debruised)

debruises (present singular third-person)
debruising (participle present)
debruised (participle past)
debruised (past)

STEPANOV -1- A : Per bend argent and gules, a lion rampant contourne proper; surtout on the sinister three costs azure the second and third debruising and clenched in the lion's forepaws. M: Gules lined argent.

1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:

(heraldry) To partially obscure one charge with another.


tierced

(heraldry) Divided into three (e.g. vertically, horizontally, or per pall).


centerfield

(baseball) The central part of the outfield


sixer

(cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.


bellyband

From belly + band. As a Japanese article of clothing, a calque of Japanese 腹巻き (haramaki).

(equestrianism) A strap around the belly of a horse or other draft animal used to secure a saddle or the shafts of a cart.


contrasty

en-adj

contrasty (comparative more contrasty, superlative most contrasty)

more contrasty (comparative)
most contrasty (superlative)

The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.

2004, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 25:

(photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).


outcurve

(baseball) A ball, thrown by the pitcher, that curves away from the batter.


issuant

(heraldry) Issuing or emerging from something, especially from the bottom (or a division) of the field or chief, or from an ordinary.

(heraldry, by extension, of an animal) Having only the upper half depicted, especially if because it is issuing from something (such as a division of the field). (Compare naissant.)


percenter

From percent + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (informal entertainment suffix); the sense of "agent" relates to a percentage of profits being charged as a fee.

If you are an agent, and you have been or are being approached by the American Guild of Variety Artists to help form a percenter organization in your city, you could do worse than use the Artists Representatives' Association for your model.

(slang, entertainment, including sports) An agent.


misfield

The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb.

prefix

(baseball, cricket, rugby) A failure to field (“catch or intercept and play”) a ball properly.


deck out

en-verb

deck out (third-person singular simple present decks out, present participle decking out, simple past and past participle decked out)

decks out (present singular third-person)
decking out (participle present)
decked out (participle past)
decked out (past)

(intransitive, climbing) To fall off a mountain or climbing wall and hit the ground.


pushdown

Machine exercises with weight stacks, like pushdowns or pulldowns, are ideal for cranking out more than three drops because all you need to do is insert the pin in a higher (lighter) slot each time.

(Can we date this quote?), Greg Merritt, “Go Beyond Failure with Dropsets”, in Muscle & Fitness:

(bodybuilding) An exercise that requires one to push weight downward.


socked on the nose

(philately) Having a cancellation mark, typically round, centered on the stamp.


cricket whites

(cricket) The traditional clothing worn by cricketers, consisting of white trousers, shirt and optionally sweater.


enprint

(photography) A moderately enlarged print made from a relatively small (e.g. 35 mm) negative


kick into touch

kick into touch (third-person singular simple present kicks into touch, present participle kicking into touch, simple past and past participle kicked into touch)

kicks into touch (present singular third-person)
kicking into touch (participle present)
kicked into touch (participle past)
kicked into touch (past)

(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.


hyperfocal

(photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum depth of field


autowinder

(photography) A device that winds on the film in a camera after each exposure


silly season

Possibly from an article in the 13 July 1861 edition of the London weekly newspaper The Saturday Review (see quotation).

(idiomatic, sports) The early part of a competition’s offseason, where many roster and staff changes are made based on the outcome of the season just concluded.

(sports) The time of year when contract negotiations start, trades, and competitors change affiliations, frequently starting at mid-season or just before the start of free-agency, and extending to the start of the next season.


DSV

diving support vessel
diving support vessel#English

dive support vessel
dive support vessel#English

(nautical, underwater diving) Initialism of diving support vessel. or dive support vessel


snowsure

en-adj

snowsure (comparative more snowsure, superlative most snowsure)

more snowsure (comparative)
most snowsure (superlative)

And then there's snowsure Sportgastein further up the valley, and the big Dorfgastein-Grossarl circuit down the valley. Add together all these areas and there's more than enough to keep even the keenest skier happy for a week.

1995, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, Where to Ski:

For beginners, the nursery slope at village level in La Clusaz could not be more convenient, and the other, more snowsure ones up the mountain at the top of the Beauregard cable car and at Cret du Merle are even better.

One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.

2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008:


fourteener

Alternative form: 14er

(US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.


new shekel

en-noun

new shekel (plural new shekels or new shekalim)

new shekels (plural)
new shekalim (plural)

A calque of Hebrew שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ (shékel chadásh).

cal

שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ

(numismatics) The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.


Snickometer

In cricket, there is the "third eye" to decide close run-out decisions, and also Channel 4 is introducing a technological innovation called Snickometer designed to end debates whether or not a batsman has actually made contact with the ball.

1999 July 7, L. Hibbert, “Decisions you can't argue with”, in Professional Engineering, volume 12, number 13, →ISSN, pages 26–27:

Alongside the snickometer moments there was the Saturday morning Roadshow, the Analyst, Jargonbusting, a sympathetic interview, an orginal feature, an e-mail question answered.

2002, Mark Nicholas, Jargonbusting: Mastering The Art of Cricket, Channel 4 Books, foreword of original by Simon Hughes, →ISBN, Foreword, page 6:

And we have the Snickometer to put beyond doubt whether the batsman touched the ball with his bat or gloves and not his ear or his arse.

2007, Robert MacGregor, I Can't Take Any More Crap!, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, Umpiring, Cricket, Test Matches, Bad, page 237:

(cricket) a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.


sit-up-and-beg

The four boys, now safely sitting on the plinth of the War Memorial, turned their attention to the sight of the Vicar who was cycling along the street on his sit-up-and-beg bicycle.

1999, Frank Wrigley, The boy at Willows End: growing up in the Fens in 1940:

To replace my first (secondhand sit-up-and-beg) bike, he insisted that I had another, bigger one. He'd painted it bright blue, the colour of the cover to this book.

2007, Gwyneth Daniel, Trevor Daniel: doing the right thing:

There are no specialist cycle-tour companies based in the northeast, but you can find bicycles for hire for local sightseeing. Expect to pay Rs30 to Rs100 per day for an Indian-made sit-up-and-beg bike.

(cycling) Having handlebars that curve backwards, so that the rider can sit straight rather than hunching forward.


crown molding

(woodworking, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.


jump cut

“The advantage of a guy being his size and having quick feet, it’s unexpected,” said Marcel Shipp, the running backs coach. “Guys come in thinking he’s a big, bruising back. Then he’ll hit a jump cut on you and head down the sideline.”

2015 October 24, Ben Shpigel, “Chris Ivory, a Bulldozing Ballet Dancer, Keeps Defenders on Their Toes”, in The New York Times:

(American football) A sudden switch from running forward to running to the side.


compony

From French componé, from Old French compondre, from Latin compōnere (“put together, arrange, compile”), present active infinitive of compōnō. Cognate with English compose, compound.

der

(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.


outland

en-verb

outland (third-person singular simple present outlands, present participle outlanding, simple past and past participle outlanded)

outlands (present singular third-person)
outlanding (participle present)
outlanded (participle past)
outlanded (past)

(martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.


play catch-up

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

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

"We're now having to play catch-up," says the Mayor. "What are we now, five years on from the original announcement? It's probably going to take us another six months to present a business case to government to allow us to make the platform improvements and make sure the knock-on effects to the wider network are taken into account because that has to be costed as well."

2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 59:

(also sports, games) In a losing scenario, to take risks in an attempt to regain the lead.


vuln

vuln (third-person singular simple present vulns, present participle vulning, simple past and past participle vulned)

vulns (present singular third-person)
vulning (participle present)
vulned (participle past)
vulned (past)

Irregularly derived from Latin vulnerāre.

The shield depicts a pelican vulning herself.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vuln.

(heraldry, especially of a pelican) To wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.


statant

a lion statant

(heraldry, of an animal) Standing on all four feet or paws.


triangled

The third, Gules triangled, or […]

1729, Abel Boyer, Le Grand théâtre de l'honneur et de noblesse … [assisted by John Innes?] Fr. & Eng, page 331:

Fish are borne different ways; upright, embowed, extended, endorsed, surmounted of each other, fretted, triangled, &c. All fish borne feeding should be termed devouring ...

1788, George Shelby Howard, THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, page 1129:

(heraldry) Divided into triangles (said of the field).


guardant

From Old French guardant, present participle of guarder (“to watch”).

(heraldry, of an animal) Positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer.


bleacherite

I quickly came to the conclusion that bleacherites are better fans.

(sports, informal) One who sits in the bleachers.


Spanish walk

(equestrianism) A movement in which the horse raises the forelegs off the ground in an extreme upward and out manner, with much expression.


bouldery

en-adj

bouldery (comparative more bouldery, superlative most bouldery)

more bouldery (comparative)
most bouldery (superlative)

(climbing) Involving, or resembling, bouldering.


disgorger

(fishing) A device used to remove a hook from the mouth of a fish


hurty

hurty (comparative hurtier, superlative hurtiest)

hurtier (comparative)
hurtiest (superlative)

(heraldry, not comparable) Semé (strewn) with hurts (roundels azure).


vorant

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vorant.

(heraldry, of an animal) Devouring something.


QT

en-noun

QT (countable and uncountable, plural QTs)


numbers game

Is rugby union losing its way by becoming a numbers game? [title]

2020 January 9, Paul Rees, “Is rugby union losing its way by becoming a numbers game?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(uncommon, sports) A game or sport that is dominated by analytics.


hauriant

From Latin hauriēns (“drawing (water, etc.); draining”), the present participle of hauriō (“to draw (water, etc.); to drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to draw water”).

der

three salmon hauriant

(heraldry) Of a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).


autoblock

en-noun

autoblock (usually uncountable, plural autoblocks)

(climbing) A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.


autoblock

en-verb

autoblock (third-person singular simple present autoblocks, present participle autoblocking, simple past and past participle autoblocked)

autoblocks (present singular third-person)
autoblocking (participle present)
autoblocked (participle past)
autoblocked (past)

(climbing) To use the autoblock technique.


crocket

(obsolete, hunting, dialect, British) The tips of the antlers of an adult stag.


saltant

From Latin saltans, present participle of saltare (“to dance”), v. intens. from salire (“to leap”): compare French sautant. See sally (verb).

Why the devil, can you deny that you've not a partiality for cats, ha! ha! ha! [...] the feline species is preserved - the crest is very evident a kitten saltant, ha! heh! heh!

1808, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, page 91:

"The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat." This speech is an heraldric puzzle. It is pretty clear that "the dozen white luces" apply to the arms of the Lucy family. [...] Since our first edition we have received an ingeniuous explanation from a correspondant, "A Lover of Heraldry." "The arms of the Lucies (not quartered by the Duke of Northumberland) are gules, three lucies hauriant, argent. [...] 'The salt fis (i.e. the fish or luce saltant) is an old coat.' Without taking it as a strict and formed adjective, I think in Shallow's mouth the salt luces may well mean the saltant lucies."

1867, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies, page 41:

Two lions saltant as vis-a-vis, but reversed, one with head up, the other down.

1893, Journal of the Derbyshire Archæological and Natural History Society, page 43:

The issue at the bottom is decorated by two lions saltant.

1905, Ferdinand Justi, Sara Yorke Stevenson, Morris Jastrow (Jr.), Central and eastern Asia in antiquity, page 91:

Crest a squerrill saltant gules upon a rugged staffe party per fece gold and vert the leaues counterchanged, sett upon a wreath siluer and Sable, the mantletts gules doubled siluer, Botoned gold as it appeareth in ye margent.

1925, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 78:

(heraldry) In a leaping position; springing forward; salient.


subordinary

(heraldry) Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple) than the normal ordinaries.


senton

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A variation of a splash in which a wrestler jumps, sometimes from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, and lands back first on an opponent lying below.


lipslide

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

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A manoeuvre in which the board slides along a structure on its front or back lip


brisure

/bɹɪˈʒʊə(ɹ)/

From French brisure, from briser (“to break”).

The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]

1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry ..., page 89:

But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.

1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 172:

(heraldry) A mark of cadency or difference.


gaston

(climbing) A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.


gaston

gaston (third-person singular simple present gastons, present participle gastoning, simple past and past participle gastoned)

gastons (present singular third-person)
gastoning (participle present)
gastoned (participle past)
gastoned (past)


skate over

skate over (third-person singular simple present skates over, present participle skating over, simple past and past participle skated over)

skates over (present singular third-person)
skating over (participle present)
skated over (participle past)
skated over (past)

(ice hockey) To defeat convincingly; trounce.


starting gun

No one told you when to run / You missed the starting gun

1973, Roger Waters (lyrics and music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:

(athletics) A gun fired to start a race.


stop off

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

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

(transitive, metalworking) To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.


tape up

tape up (third-person singular simple present tapes up, present participle taping up, simple past and past participle taped up)

tapes up (present singular third-person)
taping up (participle present)
taped up (participle past)
taped up (past)

(athletics) To use tape to restrict the movement of muscles, putatively in order to aid healing after workouts.

(climbing) To use tape on the fingers to protect them from gritstone rash.


through ball

It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.

2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:

And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.

2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A forward pass played between opposition defenders.


jackman

While Stewart’s team checked out the damage to his car in the pit stall, Busch pulled next to Stewart’s car, forcing the jackman Jason Lee to jump back and onto the hood.

2007 June 9, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:

(motor racing) A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.


junkballer

(tennis, sometimes derogatory) A player that hits a lot of slow shots.

From the beginning, Clemens was a fireballer, Wells more of a junkballer.

2007 June 14, Lee Jenkins, “At 44, Wells Is the Anti-Clemens”, in New York Times:

(baseball) A pitcher that relies heavily on off-speed pitches.


bar stock

(metalworking) Portions of metal (stock) in the form of bars, suitable for machining (such as turning) or fabrication (such as welding). It comes in standard cross-sections and certain lengths, such as 6 to 12 feet.


fyke

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

(fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.


defensive halfback

en-noun

defensive halfback (plural defensive halfbacks)

(Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.


defensive back

(American football, Canadian football) Collective term for the defensive players who are in position farthest from the ball at the start of a play and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes. Includes cornerbacks and safeties in both codes, and defensive halfbacks in the Canadian game.


Battle of Ontario

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators NHL teams


Battle of Quebec

From being a rivalry where the two rivals are located in the province of Quebec.

(ice hockey, Canada) competition between the Montreal Canadiens of Montreal and Quebec Nordiques of Quebec City in the NHL from 1979–80 to 1994–95.


shake out

en-verb

shake out (third-person singular simple present shakes out, present participle shaking out, simple past shook out, past participle shaken out)

shakes out (present singular third-person)
shaking out (participle present)
shook out (past)
shaken out (participle past)

(sports) To shake one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.


louis d'or

en-noun

louis d'or (plural louis d'or or louis d'ors)

louis d'or (plural)
louis d'ors (plural)

/ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/

/ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/

Borrowed from French louis d’or (literally “golden louis”).

bor+

They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266:

It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.

لُوِيس ذَهَبِي

any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII


superkick

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(professional wrestling) A high side thrust kick attack, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin.

Thirty minutes later this superkick landed me, when I came crashing back to earth, at the door of the Egyptian tomb.

1920, The Saturday Evening Post, Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, page 129:

"Mere you-tickle-me-I-tickle you stuff. No Urge^([sic]) about that sort of thing; no Superkick;—well Starfire, if you know what I mean!"— she said it shyly, being young enough and Anglo-Saxon enough, to dread the language.

1933, Eleanor Mercein Kelly, Arabesque, Harper & Brothers, page 231:

Lori Couto's SUPERKICK?

1980, Berkley Middle School Yearbook, Berkley Public Library, page 29:

At the end of the season, in December, they have a competitive and hilarious “superkick,’ a contest measuring accuracy, distance, and style (“style meaning how mongrelly your kicks are”), but that’s generally the extent of formal ceremony, a fact Kelly savors.

2004, Brian Doyle, Spirited Men: Story, Soul & Substance, Cowley Publications, →ISBN, page 127:

(martial arts, video games, fantasy, science fiction, rare) An extremely strong kick, performed with proficiency, which differs from the common wrestling variation.


superkick

en-verb

superkick (third-person singular simple present superkicks, present participle superkicking, simple past and past participle superkicked)

superkicks (present singular third-person)
superkicking (participle present)
superkicked (participle past)
superkicked (past)

(professional wrestling) to perform a superkick


Madridista

Borrowed from Spanish madridista, from Madrid + -ista.

The deal to sign Martin Ødegaard full-time is also well on the way to becoming reality. Another Madridista, Marco Asensio, is also being touted as a potential target for Mikel Arteta and his sidekick Edu.

2021 August 19, Luke McLaughlin, “Football transfer rumours: Robert Lewandowski to exit Bayern Munich?”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) Someone who plays for Real Madrid CF, a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.

It is never only a game when Barça plays Real. Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium is nine decades old, but still it generates a remarkable sensation when 25,000 Catalans are at one end and 25,000 Madridistas fill the other.

2014 April 17, Rob Hughes, “Gloom Gets Darker for Barcelona”, in The New York Times:

(soccer) Someone who works for Real Madrid CF.


yard-sale

en-adj

yard-sale (comparative more yard-sale, superlative most yard-sale)

more yard-sale (comparative)
most yard-sale (superlative)

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).


gluepot

Frequent showers from the dark clouds that swept in and out over the Sydney Football Stadium turned the surface into something of a gluepot.

"We want to bring back the glue-pot. We're going to bog up the wings, bog up the goal squares, have big pools of water on the 50-metre arcs, and the centre square is going to be one of those really squeaky, sticky glue-pots that is a little bit on the nose.

2005 June 25, Cameron Noakes, “New PM Julia 'Bulldog' Gillard vows to bring back the glue-pot”, in The Age:

Bradman countered a ‘gluepot’ pitch by opening with his tailenders and went to the wicket at 2.50pm the following day when Australia were 97 for 5.

2010, Bill Frindall, Australia v England 1936-37 (3rd Test): The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, 1877-1977, page 259:

(Australia, sports, informal) A muddy playing field.


turtle excluder device

en-noun

turtle excluder device (plural turtle excluder devices)

(fishing) A device that allows a captured sea turtle to escape when caught in a fishing net.


notcher

From notch + -er. Cricket scorers originally kept score by making notches in wood.


lead-out

(cycling) The tactic where one cyclist goes ahead at high speed so that a following teammate (the sprinter) can benefit from the slipstream. See drafting.


catcher interference

catcher interference (plural catcher interferences)

(baseball) An instance of a hitter being awarded first bases, due to the catcher touching the batter's bat during his or her time at bat.


base on balls

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(baseball) An instance where the batter is allowed to go directly to first base without the possibility of being put out, due to the opposing pitcher delivering four balls.


murally

(heraldry) With a mural crown; found chiefly in the phrases murally crowned and murally gorged.


nose grind

(skateboarding) Alternative form of nosegrind


noseslide

(skateboarding) A boardslide performed on the nose.


nosegrind

(skateboarding) A trick where the skater grinds with only the front truck of the board.


high side

(motor racing) a type of motorcycle crash where the motorcycle tire loses, then rapidly regains traction, thus throwing the rider violently up, over, and off the motorcycle as the motorcycle spins off on its own trajectory.


runathon

(informal, cricket) A match in which a large number of runs are scored


low side

(motor racing) A type of motorcycle crash when both tires lose traction and the motorcycle falls onto its side and slides across the tarmac. The rider typically falls off at ground level after the machine has fallen over and begun to slide.


jackstay

(underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.


ringcraft

Episode 12, The Cyclops
Handicapped as he was by lack of poundage, Dublin's pet lamb made up for it by superlative skill in ringcraft.

They said that Hatton lacked authority in his jab and his ringcraft but they never cast a shadow over his fighting heart.

2007, The Independent, James Lawton: Hatton is open about his failings as the door...:

2010, Gareth A Davies, The Telegraph online version (blog); December 14 2010 Amir Khan v Marcos Maidana: Fight of the year ?
Khan moved to 24-1 with this victory – Maidana to 29-2 – and showed the edge in speed and ringcraft. But Maidana, a wall of stone with a granite chin, barely took a backward step.

(boxing) Tactical skill and positioning in the boxing ring.


wheel away

en-verb

wheel away (third-person singular simple present wheels away, present participle wheeling away, simple past and past participle wheeled away)

wheels away (present singular third-person)
wheeling away (participle present)
wheeled away (participle past)
wheeled away (past)

2007, Alan Smith, The Daily Telegraph online edition, Goal proves Owen is back in the big timehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/2314782/Goal-proves-Owen-is-back-in-the-big-time.html
Following an hour of graft that did not include too many glimpses of goal he casually wheeled away having finished David Beckham's inviting cross in the manner of a man totally at home in those kind of positions.

Athletic captain Gurpegi charged in at the near post to glance in David Lopez's left-wing corner before wheeling away in delight, ripping off his shirt and celebrating with his team-mates and the ecstatic home fans.

2010 November 28, ESPN, Valencia win, Mallorca beat Malaga:

David Luiz and Terry challenged for headers and when the loose ball fell to Mata, his shot was blocked on the line by a bundle of bodies that included King, Assou-Ekotto and Terry. Referee Atkinson was swift to award the goal as Mata wheeled away in celebration - much to the disgust of the Spurs players.

2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:

(idiomatic, chiefly sports) To run around in celebration


postdraft

A large contingent  many wearing jerseys with Casspi’s name spelled in Hebrew  turned out for a postdraft rally.

2009 July 19, Howard Beck, “From Israel to the N.B.A., Missing the Hummus”, in New York Times:


scrubeenie

While Jason Blake continued his goal-popping ways with a brace in the third, only 19 seconds apart, a clutch of other Leafs proved mettle: Vesa Toskala, so shaky to start, settled down and denied Pittsburgh anything after the 8:34 point of the game; scrubeenie defenceman Luke Schenn recovered from an unfortunate bounce off his skate that Matt Cooke converted into Pittsburgh's first goal; and Matt Stajan re-established favour with his bench boss, mounting a solid performance topped off by a goal and an assist.

2009 February 15, Rosie DiManno, “Antropov answers Burke's call”, in Toronto Star:


runscorer

South Africa's leading runscorer Jacques Kallis, who captained the side for one Test against Australia in Johannesburg three years ago, will be skipper in Cape Town.

2009 March 13, AAP, “Aussies relax amid Proteas' captain chaos”, in Herald Sun:


SPG

submersible pressure gauge
submersible pressure gauge#English

(underwater diving) Initialism of submersible pressure gauge.


blood rule

(sports) A rule requiring that a player receive medical attention before continuing to play if he is bleeding or there is blood on him or his clothes.


pull back

pull back (third-person singular simple present pulls back, present participle pulling back, simple past and past participle pulled back)

pulls back (present singular third-person)
pulling back (participle present)
pulled back (participle past)
pulled back (past)

December 1 2010, Paul Fletcher, BBC News, Ipswich 1-0 West Brom
Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill.

(transitive, sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.

Feb 19 2007, Al-Jazeera, Stylish Sevilla pull level with faltering Barcelona
Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.

(transitive, sports) To score when the team is losing.


cut back

cut back (third-person singular simple present cuts back, present participle cutting back, simple past and past participle cut back)

cuts back (present singular third-person)
cutting back (participle present)
cut back (participle past)
cut back (past)

I cut back again myself and went over the top of the wave.

2016, Michael Panckridge, Chasing the Break:

(intransitive, surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.


wrong-foot

wrong-foot (third-person singular simple present wrong-foots, present participle wrong-footing, simple past and past participle wrong-footed)

wrong-foots (present singular third-person)
wrong-footing (participle present)
wrong-footed (participle past)
wrong-footed (past)

Johnson hesitated with his back to goal and was dispossessed by Mulumbu, who instantly played Odemwingie through on goal. The Nigerian kept his composure to wrong-foot Reina.

2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) To cause a competitor to move or put weight on the wrong foot, as by making an unexpected move.

(transitive, tennis) To play the ball in an unexpected direction, forcing (the opponent) to change direction suddenly.


at gaze

When he wished to draw Harvey's attention to the peak-halyards, he dug his knuckles into the back of the boy's neck and kept him at gaze for half a minute.

1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes.

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

They were prick-eared animals, roused by her voice from their business and standing now at gaze.

1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 52:

(chiefly heraldry) Gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.)


send-off

A send-off occurs when a player commits a serious violation and is ordered by the referee to leave the field for the rest of the game.

2009, Mathew Brown, Patrick Guthrie, Greg Growden, Rugby For Dummies, →ISBN, page 333:

Some of the players tried to heavy or sweet-talk the referee into reversing his decision, even as the threat of a send-off loomed.

2009, Shireen Lolesi, Wives and Girlfriends, →ISBN, page 12:

Dally had a running battle with the referee, who accused him of kneeing an opponent — though, given a punch was enough to earn a send-off, perhaps the official was unsure of what he saw as Dally was not asked to leave the field.

2011, Sean Fagan, Dally Messenger III, The Master, →ISBN:

(sports) A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card


WJHC

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Junior Hockey Championships. — the world IIHF under-20 championship for ice hockey.


basement battler

en-noun

basement battler (plural basement battlers)

A metaphor, likening the lower part of the sports table to the basement of a house.

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

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

(idiomatic, sports) A team in or around the relegation zone.


side-netting

But Gyan missed the best openings, shooting into the side-netting after showing good strength when chasing a long pass, and then hopelessly miskicking from six yards out.

2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:

(soccer) The net at either side of the goal, extending from the touchline to a few yards behind it.

petit filet

in soccer, the net at either side of the goal


run down the clock

en-verb

run down the clock (third-person singular simple present runs down the clock, present participle running down the clock, simple past ran down the clock, past participle run down the clock)

runs down the clock (present singular third-person)
running down the clock (participle present)
ran down the clock (past)
run down the clock (participle past)

Energetic Malouda was denied twice by Jussi Jaaskelainen late on before Ancelotti ran down the clock by introducing Salomon Kalou and Paulo Ferreira in the closing seconds as Chelsea arrested their slide.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

(idiomatic, sports) To waste time at the end of a match such that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe.


tee up

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

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

This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.

(soccer) To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.

(American football) To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.

(basketball) To give a coach or player a technical foul.


straight red card

en-noun

straight red card (plural straight red cards)

A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.

2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

(soccer) A red card, signifying a player's instant dismissal from the game for a single major foul or misconduct, distinct from and graver than a second yellow card, which a player may receive for several minor fouls.


tip over

Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.

(soccer) An action where the goalkeeper deflects the ball over the crossbar.


short corner

Pedersen took a short corner and El-Hadji Diouf was given time to send in a cross for Mame Diouf to stoop and head home from close range.

2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

(soccer) A short pass from a corner (the set piece).


put to bed

en-verb

put to bed (third-person singular simple present puts to bed, present participle putting to bed, simple past and past participle put to bed)

puts to bed (present singular third-person)
putting to bed (participle present)
put to bed (participle past)
put to bed (past)

Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.

(transitive, idiomatic, sports) To finalise the result, seal a win.


shoestring tackle

en-noun

shoestring tackle (plural shoestring tackles)

(American football) A tackle made about the feet or ankles.


windhold

windhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

(skiing) A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.


acro dance

acro dance (usually uncountable, plural acro dances)

(dance) A style of dance that combines elements of ballet technique with acrobatic skills of precision.


PAT

PAT (countable and uncountable, plural PATs)

(American football) Initialism of point after touchdown. (extra point)


M and M boys

(baseball) Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who competed to break Babe Ruth's home-run record while on the same team.


fishgig

A modification of fizgig, probably influenced by fish.

(fishing) Alternative spelling of fizgig


septfoil

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.


roundoff

(gymnastics) A move similar to a cartwheel but ending with the legs together and the gymnast facing in the opposite direction.


starting berth

Pardew made five changes to the side that thrashed West Ham 5-0 on Wednesday - with players such as James Perch and Alan Smith given the chance to underline their case for a regular starting berth.

2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:

(soccer) An appearance in a match from the kick-off.


toe-poke

en-verb

toe-poke (third-person singular simple present toe-pokes, present participle toe-poking, simple past and past participle toe-poked)

toe-pokes (present singular third-person)
toe-poking (participle present)
toe-poked (participle past)
toe-poked (past)

Malouda burst through the left side of the defence for the first time and crossed for Kalou, who toe-poked towards goal only for Hennessey's outstretched leg to deny him.

2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:

(soccer) To kick (the ball) with the toe end of the boot.

tåpaja

To kick the ball with the toe end of the boot


toe-poke

(soccer) A kick to a football with the toe end of the boot.


break the deadlock

break the deadlock (third-person singular simple present breaks the deadlock, present participle breaking the deadlock, simple past broke the deadlock, past participle broken the deadlock)

breaks the deadlock (present singular third-person)
breaking the deadlock (participle present)
broke the deadlock (past)
broken the deadlock (participle past)

The Gunners continued to press after the break but it was Leeds who broke the deadlock in the 54th minute. There was no doubt about the penalty either, with Denilson clumsily fouling Gradel and Snodgrass stepping up to find the bottom corner of the net.

2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:

Sterling was once again England's key figure, as he was in the Euros, scoring the goal that broke the deadlock before setting up the second for Kane.

2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:

However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it.

2023 August 12, Suzanne Wrack, “England hit back to beat Colombia and set up World Cup semi with Australia”, in The Guardian:

(idiomatic, sports) To score the first goal or point in a competition.


IMer

"When I first joined ACAC (Ames Cyclones Aquatics Club), we were swimming together in a lane and I ended up going behind her," Hala said. "We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you? She told me no."

2021 August 11, Joe Randleman, “Magnificent Meghan: Donald ready to defend state swimming titles for Ames High”, in Ames Tribune:

"Jipping had himself a meet," Scheerhorn said. "He used to be an IMer and backstroker. This season, we knew we needed someone else in the 200 free and seeing that five-second drop in prelims was incredible. He swam lights out."

2022 February 25, Dan D'Addona, “Zeeland swims to OK Rainbow Conference title”, in The Holland Sentinel:

(swimming) A swimmer who competes in the individual medley race.


peg back

peg back (third-person singular simple present pegs back, present participle pegging back, simple past and past participle pegged back)

pegs back (present singular third-person)
pegging back (participle present)
pegged back (participle past)
pegged back (past)

[…] pegging back Head Play in the last few strides to win by a nose.

1933, The New Yorker (volume 9, part 1, page 31)

After the hosts had been pegged back to 1-1 and seen Victor Obinna sent off for a crazy kick out at Sebastian Larsson, Cole bagged the winner with only 10 minutes left

2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:

(sports, transitive) To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.


in the game

Foster had been left unsighted by Scott Dann's positioning at his post, but the goalkeeper was about to prove his worth to Birmingham by keeping them in the game with a series of stunning saves as West Ham produced waves after wave of attack in their bid to find a crucial second goal.

(idiomatic, sports) Competing in a game, with a chance of winning.


seal dribble

Seals (the animals, not the stamp) can be trained to balance a ball on their nose.

(neologism, soccer) In soccer, a move where the player bounces the ball on their head while running at the opponent.


out ball

With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.

2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:

(soccer) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.


overhead kick

United's initial response was bright, with Young's corner drifting untouched across the six-yard area and Van Persie just unable to keep an overhead kick down.

2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:

(soccer) A kick where the ball travels over the player's head.


far post

United looked on course to end the season empty-handed as well as missing out on Champions League football when substitute Jason Puncheon's powerful far-post finish put Palace ahead with 12 minutes left.

2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:

(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost furthest from where a cross is made.


near post

This was a small element of a remarkably assured performance that started with a crucial early save from Christian Pulisic and also saw him deny Chelsea a last-gasp win with a near-post block from Romelu Lukaku in the closing seconds of extra time.

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

(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made.


hold serve

hold serve (third-person singular simple present holds serve, present participle holding serve, simple past and past participle held serve)

holds serve (present singular third-person)
holding serve (participle present)
held serve (participle past)
held serve (past)

This meant Nadal needed to hold serve to force his opponent to earn the win. An unforced error took Rosol to 30-15 and two points away from glory, but a net cord in Nadal's favour and the men were level in the game.

2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:

(tennis) To win a game when one is serving.


on the front foot

(cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke


route one football

Linked by some sources to the 1966-1972 BBC quiz show Quiz Ball, in which players could choose one of several "routes" of football-related questions to reach the goal. "Route 1" was the most direct, where players only needed to answer one question to get directly to the goal.

It was route one football from Wigan with Rodallega latching onto Al Habsi's long clearance after it was misjudged by Aaron Hughes.

2011 January 15, Nabil Hassan, “Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham”, in BBC:

(soccer) A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.


bodyliner

(cricket) A bowler who uses bodyline tactics.


(sports, snowboarding) Clipping of 1980. (1980° spin)


loanee

Then, Andy Keogh picked up the ball on the right and squared to Danny Drinkwater on the edge of the box, but the Manchester United loanee's shot lacked power to trouble Stoke stopper Thomas Sorensen.

2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC:

(sports) Someone who is being loaned, someone playing for another club on loan.


hold-up play

Arsenal must have been pleased that Leeds' leading scorer Luciano Becchio was ruled out with a back injury and the hosts missed his hold-up play and threat for long periods as Wenger's side produced wave after wave of attack.

2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(soccer, idiomatic) A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.


take the game to

take the game to (third-person singular simple present takes the game to, present participle taking the game to, simple past took the game to, past participle taken the game to)

takes the game to (present singular third-person)
taking the game to (participle present)
took the game to (past)
taken the game to (participle past)

The Frenchman had talked in the build-up to the game about how focused his side were and they looked it, taking the game to their Championship opponents from the first whistle with a pace and panache Leeds simply could not live with.

The visitors were worthy winners, taking the game to the highly fancied hosts from the first minute.

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

(sports, idiomatic) To use attacking tactics against.


slowball

(baseball) A pitch that is not a fastball or curveball; often a change-up.


slowball

slowball (third-person singular simple present slowballs, present participle slowballing, simple past and past participle slowballed)

slowballs (present singular third-person)
slowballing (participle present)
slowballed (participle past)
slowballed (past)


CEF

(philately, on postage stamps of India, 1900-1921): China Expeditionary Force

(philately, with surcharge on stamps of Kamerun, 1915): Cameroon Expeditionary Force


wave off

wave off (third-person singular simple present waves off, present participle waving off, simple past and past participle waved off)

waves off (present singular third-person)
waving off (participle present)
waved off (participle past)
waved off (past)

(basketball) Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture.


stigmat

Probably a back-formation from stigmatic. Compare anastigmat.

(photography) A stigmatic lens or combination of lenses.


play off

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

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

(sports, intransitive, transitive) To compete in a play-off; to compete against (an opponent) in a play-off.


across the line

(cricket) Describing the action of a batsman in moving the bat in a direction lateral to that of the incoming ball


Gulls

As a seaside town, Torquay has many seagulls.

Gulls keeper Scott Bevan kept his side in the game by saving a Tubbs penalty after Chris Zebroski was sent off.

2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC:

(soccer, informal) Torquay United F. C., a football club from Torquay, England.


snap shot

But the League One side's early endeavours brought only two well-struck but off-target free-kicks and a snap shot from Rickie Lambert.

2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(soccer) A hard shot without much planning.

Oh, i thought, a mistake, a bad one, a dumb one. i shouldn't have made the snap shot. i took a few more steps, looking for possible new blood from my hasty shot—fearing the worst—and found some.

2010, Jay Cassell, Thomas McIntyre, The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told, →ISBN, page 474:

(hunting) A shot taken quickly, without time for careful aiming.


roll back the years

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

rolls back the years (present singular third-person)
rolling back the years (participle present)
rolled back the years (participle past)
rolled back the years (past)

Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the 37-year-old rolled back the years with a fine finish from Delfouneso's knockdown.

2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn”, in BBC:

(idiomatic, sports) To demonstrate a performance later in life as good as in one's prime.


Accy

(UK, soccer, slang) The football team Accrington Stanley F.C..


Bantam

The Bantams bridged the gap between the bottom division of English league football and the Premier League to secure a place at Wembley, despite a 2-1 second-leg defeat.

2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC:

(soccer) Someone connected with Bradford City A.F.C, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Bee

(soccer) someone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


air-shot

A comical Bendtner air-shot then brought ironic cheers from the 5,000 Huddersfield fans massed behind the Clock End goal, before the Dane was involved in a fortuitous Gunners' opening goal.

2011 January 30, Kevin Darling, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC:

(sports, soccer, golf, snooker etc.) A failed attempt to strike the ball.


long throw

In the fifth minute he could have added to an impressive record of 11 goals in 10 FA Cup ties for parent club Aston Villa but his flicked header from Rory Delap's long throw was pushed past the post by Marcus Hahnemann.

2011 January 30, “Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Stoke”, in BBC:

(soccer) A long throw-in into the goal area.


throw-out

(soccer) An overarm throw of the ball from a goalkeeper.

servei de porteria

(soccer) an overarm throw of the ball from a goalkeeper

(baseball) A put-out caused by a throw to a base of a fielded ground ball.


field dress

field dress (third-person singular simple present field dresses, present participle field dressing, simple past and past participle field dressed)

field dresses (present singular third-person)
field dressing (participle present)
field dressed (participle past)
field dressed (past)

(hunting) To perform a basic gutting of a game animal, without more detailed procedures such as skinning.

потрошить

to perform a basic gutting of a game animal, without more detailed procedures such as skinning


crossfield

He was in the mood and he decorated the first half with some wonderful moments. How about the side-on volleyed crossfield pass with the outside of his right boot? Or the shoulder drop, the surge upfield, the riding of a challenge and then another thrilling run.

2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian:

(soccer) Passed from one side of the pitch to the other.


slide-tackle

slide-tackle (third-person singular simple present slide-tackles, present participle slide-tackling, simple past and past participle slide-tackled)

slide-tackles (present singular third-person)
slide-tackling (participle present)
slide-tackled (participle past)
slide-tackled (past)

(soccer) To tackle another player by sliding on the ground feet-first.


down tube

(cycling) A tube in the bicycle frame that connects the bottom bracket shell to the head tube.


sending-off

en-noun

sending-off (plural sending-offs or sendings-off)

sending-offs (plural)
sendings-off (plural)

Worse was to follow for the home side. Ryan Jack had started the match in midfield in favour of Derek Young but had moved into defence with Considine's sending-off.

2011 February 1, Keir Murray, “Aberdeen 0 - 3 Celtic”, in BBC:


Posh

Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).

2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:

(soccer, slang) Peterborough United F.C., a football club from Peterborough, England.


left-footer

(Roman Catholic): Said to allude to the practice of Irish farm labourers of digging with their left foot on one-eared spades such as loys and slanes that were designed to be operated in that way.

(sports) A player who predominantly kicks with the left foot.

(sports) A goal kicked with the left foot.


sin-bin

en-verb

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

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

That is how it stayed until the break and just when Wales needed to keep their composure, tight-head prop Mitchell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck and Flood kicked the penalty.

2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:

The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.

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

(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.


grubber kick

(rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.


turn inside-out

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

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

United led after three minutes as Nani drilled home inside the near post after turning George Elokobi inside-out.

2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(sports) To make a player (especially a defender) turn the wrong way and hence get past him.