tambour

tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours)

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tabor. Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla.

One hazard is the tambour, a buttress which juts out and causes the ball to bounce unpredictably.

2019, Simon Horobin, Bagels, Bumf, and Buses, page 150:

(sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.


hardball

en-noun

hardball (countable and uncountable, plural hardballs)

(ball games) In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.


rogue wave

Then one giant crest spills green water over the bow and stops our 100-ton vehicle as though it had ploughed into a gargantuan hay bale. . . . The rogue wave our experimental 78-foot craft hit must have been well over 10 feet high.

1974 June, Ben Kocivar, “75-knot ocean-going surface-effect ship”, in Popular Science, volume 204, number 6, retrieved 2015-10-28, page 91:

One of her owners, Mark Litchfield, was quoted by United Press International as saying a “rogue wave” might have knocked the ship over.

1984 June 4, Robert D. McFadden, “18 Missing, 1 Dead and 9 Rescued as Tall Ship is Lost near Bermuda”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-28:

Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them.

2010 March 4, Bryan Walsh, “Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do ‘Rogue Waves’ Work?”, in Time, retrieved 2015-10-28:

(nautical, surfing) An unexpected, dangerously large wave.


point break

Latigo Beach. Nice point break. Long workable rides.

(surfing slang) The location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.


reef break

(surfing, slang) A wave that breaks over a projection from the seabed formed from coral reef or rock shelf.


redevelop

en-verb

redevelop (third-person singular simple present redevelops, present participle redeveloping, simple past and past participle redeveloped)

redevelops (present singular third-person)
redeveloping (participle present)
redeveloped (participle past)
redeveloped (past)

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(transitive) To develop again or differently.

(transitive, photography) To intensify by a second process.

To develop again or differently.
To intensify by a second process.


inescutcheon

/ɪnɪˈskʌt͡ʃn̩/

PIE word
 *h₁én
From in- (prefix meaning ‘in; within’) + escutcheon.

prefix

All the quartered Arms that I meet vvith belonging to Scottiſh Families, do not exceed ſix different Coats of Arms, vvhich are marſhalled after theſe three vvays, Plain Quartering, Quartering, and Counter-quartering, of vvhich I have treated and illuſtrate by Examples, vvith their Surtouts and Ineſcutcheons.

1718, Alexander Nisbet, “Of Arms of Alliances, with the Method of Marshalling Them and Others Quarterly”, in An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories; […], Edinburgh: […] William Adams Junior, for Mr. James Mack Euen, […], →OCLC, page 112:

[A]n Ineſcutcheon is properly the Charge of a Shield, and born vvithin a 'Scutcheon or Shield, […]

1724, John Guillim, chapter VII, in A Display of Heraldry. […], 6th edition, London: […] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, […] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, […], →OCLC, page 49, column 1:

When only one escutcheon is borne as a charge, it is now generally termed an in'''escutcheon, but in the early rolls there is no such distinction.

1852, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “Artificial Objects”, in The Pursuivant of Arms, or Heraldry Founded upon Facts, London: W. N. Wright, […], →OCLC, page 124:

When he became titular bishop of Hippo and auxiliary bishop of Boston, he added an inescutcheon or small shield in the center of his shield bearing a gold heart inflamed pierced by an arrow and on a blue field. Since titular bishops do not impale their personal arms with those of the see, this was a convenient reference to his titular see.

1992, Duane L. C. M. Galles, “The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited”, in The American Benedictine Review, volume 43, number 4, Atchison, Kan.: American Benedictine Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, footnote 15, page 424:

escutcheon of pretence
escutcheon of pretence

(heraldry) A small escutcheon (“coat of arms; shield”) (such as an escutcheon of pretence) which is charged (“represented”) on a larger escutcheon.


scrog

en-noun

scrog (countable and uncountable, plural scrogs)

Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”).

cog

Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans heart in base argent.

1680, George Mackenzie, Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, page 59:

(heraldry, countable) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.


pollard

From poll (“head, scalp”) + -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.

(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


jack up

en-verb

jack up (third-person singular simple present jacks up, present participle jacking up, simple past and past participle jacked up)

jacks up (present singular third-person)
jacking up (participle present)
jacked up (participle past)
jacked up (past)

* Sense of “hoist with a jack” is from 1885; then, “increase prices, etc.” (1904, American English); both ultimately from noun jack (“mechanical device used to raise heavy objects”)
* “Screw up, mess up” sense derived from, or influenced by fuck up, as a bowdlerization; also possibly influenced by jacked up (“high, intoxicated”)
* First dialectal idiomatic meaning: “abandon, give up” (1873), possibly a corruption of chuck up, as chuck up the sponge (“give up, concede, give token of submission”)

(basketball, colloquial) To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity.


world record

(sports) The world's best score or time for a certain event.


on the ropes

The champ had his opponent on the ropes at the end of the third round and knocked him out in the fourth.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(boxing, professional wrestling) Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse.

köysissä

leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse


Hillsborough

From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.

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

(soccer) the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club

(soccer, by extension) Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself.


penetrative

en-adj

penetrative (comparative more penetrative, superlative most penetrative)

more penetrative (comparative)
most penetrative (superlative)

From Middle English penetratyve, penetratif, from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from (the participle stem of) Latin penetrāre (“to penetrate”).

(sports) That can penetrate opposition defences.


hall of fame

(usually capitalized, often sports) A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.

শহরতের দালান

hall which honors people of great importance to some field


hatchment

From Middle French hachement, a modification of Old French acesmement (“adornment”) (related to Italian accismare); not, as is often claimed, an alteration of achievement.

No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 275, column 1:

Having passed through Gaunt Square into Great Gaunt Street, the carriage at length stopped at a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses, each with a hatchment over the middle drawing-room window; as is the custom of houses in Great Gaunt Street, in which gloomy locality death seems to reign perpetual.

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 7, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]

2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:

(heraldry) A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall


(sports) The act of spinning 540 degrees in the air, making 1½ turns.


run around

en-verb

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

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

He'd gotten into tremendous shape so that he could run around his backhand and avoid hitting it altogether. He even tried a left-handed forehand. That was how desperate he was.

2006, Greg Moran, Tennis Beyond Big Shots, →ISBN, page 71:

(tennis, of a forehand or a backhand) To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.


break off

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

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

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From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken, equivalent to break + off.

inh

Ted's opening line, when Steve broke off for the deciding frame, was, 'Last night we put our clocks back one hour. These two stars turned theirs back to April.'

2017, John Virgo, Say Goodnight, JV - My Autobiography, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:

(transitive, intransitive, billiards, snooker) To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.


waned

en-adj

waned (comparative more waned, superlative most waned)

more waned (comparative)
most waned (superlative)

(woodworking) Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.


trey

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English treye, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.

(US, Canada, basketball, informal, obsolete) A three-pointer.


traditionalist

traditional climbing
traditional climbing

(climbing) A traditional climbing climber.


clear up

en-verb

clear up (third-person singular simple present clears up, present participle clearing up, simple past and past participle cleared up)

clears up (present singular third-person)
clearing up (participle present)
cleared up (participle past)
cleared up (past)

(snooker, billiards, intransitive) To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.


truck driver

(skiing) A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.

(cycling) A freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn.


trimmer

(fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.


pullback

The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.

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

(sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.


trundler

The high delivery of modern bowlers would horrify the famous trundlers of the good old days, when to deliver the ball from above the level of the shoulder was as heinous an offence as throwing is to-day […]

1899, W. G. Grace, “W.G.”: Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections, London: J. Bowden, Introduction, page xv:

Sometimes he would bowl to one of his children, and although on the field (a small strip of garden) there were only two cricketers, he would turn it into an England v. Australia match. The one batsman would stand for eleven men, and the one trundler would play the part of the regular and change bowlers […]

1914, William Bardsley Brash, chapter 10, in Love and Life, London: C.H. Kelly, page 146:

1978, Michael Anthony, The Making of Port-of-Spain, Port-of-Spain: Ministry of Sport, Culture, and Youth Affairs, Volume 2, Chapter 21, p. 123,
It was the first time the crowd was seeing this lithe, gangling trundler, sending down orthodox spin from the left arm.

(cricket) A bowler (player throwing the ball).

The next bowler was a trundler, and Luton, evidently inspired by Bognor’s cover drive, hit him to all corners of the ground.

1979, Tim Heald, chapter 5, in Just Desserts, New York: Scribner, page 104:

But he wouldn’t be a great cricketer; he was just a trundler, really, accurate enough, but no flair.

2010, Kate De Goldi, chapter 8, in The 10 p.m. Question, Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, page 217:

(cricket) A bowler who bowls slowly; a mediocre bowler.


track-and-field

He is a track-and-field athlete, he's a sprinter.

(sports) referring to track and field athletics.


give someone the heave-ho

give someone the heave-ho (third-person singular simple present gives someone the heave-ho, present participle giving someone the heave-ho, simple past gave someone the heave-ho, past participle given someone the heave-ho)

gives someone the heave-ho (present singular third-person)
giving someone the heave-ho (participle present)
gave someone the heave-ho (past)
given someone the heave-ho (participle past)

(baseball) To eject a player or manager from the game.


pavane

→ Welsh: pafán

From French pavane, from dialectal Italian pavana, contraction of the older padovana, feminine of padovano, meaning from the city of Padua (Italian Padova, dialectal form Pava).

Why then be merry; be merry, or I’le be
Out of humour, and then who shall dance the Pavan
With Ossorio?

1664, Thomas Porter, The Carnival, London: Henry Herringman, act II, scene 1, page 25:

From the wings I heard and watched the pavane of tragedy move steadily toward its climax.

1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 33, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, pages 218–219:

(music, dance) A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter.


preseason

(sports) The period before the start of a sporting season, during which players undergo training and venues are prepared


soccer player

(soccer, US, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) One who plays soccer, especially professional soccer.


home team

(idiomatic, sports) The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.

thuisploeg

team playing in its home territory or field


triple crown

(sports) An award representing victory in three events, especially in horse-racing.


basketball player

en-noun

basketball player (plural basketball players)

(basketball) A person who plays basketball, especially professionally.


hurdling

hurdling (countable and uncountable, plural hurdlings)

(athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.


pinch-hit

en-verb

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

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

Jones pinch-hit for Smith in the sixth.

(intransitive, baseball) To bat in place of another player


pinsetter

“I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.”

2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 92:

(bowling, originally) The person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.

They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off […]

(bowling) The machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.


trick shot

(billiards) An unconventional shot of the balls to show off or pot an otherwise impossible ball.


sack race

There's something for the whole family with events including cow pat throwing, sack races, three-legged races and more.

2021 December 5, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 27, column 3:

(games, motor racing) A race in which competitors stand in sacks or similar items and try to be the first to jump to the finish line.


hams

Powerful hip extension is essential if you hope to squat heavier, jump higher or run faster, making it essential to train the hams using focused hip-extension exercises (like the romanian deadlift).

2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, in Reps!, 17:23:

(exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris


ball-by-ball

(cricket) Describing a commentary (especially on the radio) in which a commentator describes every ball bowled, every shot hit, and the positions of the fielders; normally assisted by a summarizer who describes the game as a whole and provides other comments and a scorer who keeps a record of all statistics


shortboard

From short + board. Such a board is short in comparison to a longboard and the boards which preceded the shortboard historically.

(surfing) A type of surfboard which is about 6 to 7 feet long (boards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries), and with a tapered pointy nose.


mini-mal

(surfing) A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).


funboard

(surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.


counterpunch

counterpunch (third-person singular simple present counterpunches, present participle counterpunching, simple past and past participle counterpunched)

counterpunches (present singular third-person)
counterpunching (participle present)
counterpunched (participle past)
counterpunched (past)

(boxing) To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent's momentary defensive weakness caused by a punch thrown by the opponent.


putout

(baseball) A play in which a batter is retired.

Jones recorded 15 putouts in the first half of the season.

(baseball) The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.


diced

en-adj

diced (comparative more diced, superlative most diced)

more diced (comparative)
most diced (superlative)

(bodybuilding, slang) Of marked definition.


lofted

(golf, of a golf club) Having (a specified amount of) loft.


battled

Fesse battled, embattled, or, as it were, double embattled, with one battlement upon another.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 9:


lacing

(bookbinding) The cords by which the boards of a book are fastened to the back.


stumping

Wicket-keepers are measured by the number of catches and stumpings they make.

2013, Julian Knight, Cricket For Dummies:

(cricket) The act of somebody being stumped.


sledging

en-noun

sledging (countable and uncountable, plural sledgings)

(cricket) The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting him


aspersed

en-adj

aspersed (comparative more aspersed, superlative most aspersed)

more aspersed (comparative)
most aspersed (superlative)

Coat of arms in the left-hand bottom corner, a lion or rampant in a field gules, aspersed with billets or. Purchased in Flanders from the subject's descendant, who would not part with the picture until he had cut out the coat[…]

1891, William Stirling Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain:

The arms of the Counts-Dukes of Benavente have a shield quarterly, or a three bands gules and sinople a five escallops argent aspersed, and bordure compony with the arms of Castile and León.

2012 October 3, Eduardo de J. Douglas, In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic Past in Early Colonial Period Tetzcoco, Mexico, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 194:

(heraldry) Having a number of small charges scattered over the surface; semé.


purfling

The purfling on this violin is exceptionally beautiful.

(music, chiefly lutherie) Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.

(heraldry) An ornament consisting of purfle.


mossback

From moss + back (in senses 1 (“person with old-fashioned views; one who is very conservative or reactionary”) and 2.3 (“fish that is large and old”) probably a variant of mossyback, which is attested earlier), alluding to someone or something that is so old or has remained so unmoving that it is as if moss has grown on them or it.
Sense 2.4 (“largemouth bass”) may refer to the back of the fish being a dark green colour.

(fishing) Synonym of mossyback (“a fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back”)


eclipsed

Or, on a pile azure, between two lions rampant combatant in base gules, the sun in splendour proper - PEARSON, Co. Lincoln. [...] Argent, a sun eclipsed issuing out of the dexter chief, the beams or - WELDAY, Wheelhurst.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 558:

(heraldry, of a sun) With its disc sable (or, modernly, of another specified tincture).


mantling

en-noun

mantling (countable and uncountable, plural mantlings)

(heraldry) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms.

llambrequí

heraldry: drapery behind and around a coat of arms


moon shot

[Mickey] Mantle pounds out a moon shot in this night contest when he slams the [base]ball against the left-center facing of the second deck at Comiskey Park.

1998, David S. Nuttall, “Coming of Age”, in Mickey Mantle’s Greatest Hits, New York, N.Y.: S.P.I. Books, →ISBN, page 66:

I launch a moon shot. The [basket]ball sails up toward the hoop in slow motion. After what feels like an hour, the ball arcs downward and swishes in. The guys turn to me and applaud.

2003, Alan Eisenstock, “Injured Reserve”, in Ten on Sunday: The Secret Life of Men, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 220:

(sports) An act of throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory.


RHB

(cricket) Initialism of right-handed batsman.


LHB

(cricket) Initialism of left-handed batsman.


double-dip

en-verb

double-dip (third-person singular simple present double-dips, present participle double-dipping, simple past and past participle double-dipped)

double-dips (present singular third-person)
double-dipping (participle present)
double-dipped (participle past)
double-dipped (past)

SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series.

(softball) To defeat a team twice in the finals.


spear tackle

(rugby) An offensive tackle in which the tackled player is lifted up and driven into the ground head-first. This is very dangerous and can result in serious injury to the neck and spine and often a red or yellow card.


cue sport

(sports) A game played with a cue and balls, such as billiards.


carded

en-adj

carded (comparative more carded, superlative most carded)

more carded (comparative)
most carded (superlative)

A carded player could not go down and play for the Atom "B" team unless he is first released from the Atom “A” team.

1995, John Shorey, Hockey Made Easy, page 170:

In essence, a carded athlete should see training as a full- time occupation, in spite of the fact that carding money, by itself, is not enough to sustain an individual with no family, friends or sponsors to rely on.

2008, P. David Howe, The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement:

Each NSO creates and implements the criteria on how carded athletes are selected and it is the responsibility of the NSO to select them.

2013, Popi Sotiriadou, Veerle de Bosscher, Managing High Performance Sport, page 78:

(sports) Signed onto a current season players card.


miscue

(sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.


bring down

en-verb

bring down (third-person singular simple present brings down, present participle bringing down, simple past and past participle brought down)

brings down (present singular third-person)
bringing down (participle present)
brought down (participle past)
brought down (past)

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Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.

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

(sports, transitive) To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.

harsh one's mellow

in sports: to cause an opponent to fall after a tackle


impalement

en-noun

impalement (countable and uncountable, plural impalements)

From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment.

(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.


purring

purring (countable and uncountable, plural purrings)


clean sheet

Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.

2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:

Nigeria had scored only three goals in three games, all against Australia, but they had also kept two clean sheets and their defensive organisation continued to frustrate England immensely.

2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:

(soccer, not in the US and Canada) A game played without having conceded a goal.

شِباكٌ نَظِيفَةٌ

(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal


battue

battue (countable and uncountable, plural battues)

From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.

[page 203] In battue, whenever a hen rises, the signal "ware hen!" is called out by the sportsman or beater who is nearest it: meaning thereby "beware of the hen;" or, literally, "do not shoot the hen pheasant." In most places where game is very strictly preserved, and the rules of sporting firmly adhered to, a fine is imposed on any one who kills a hen pheasant in battue. […] [page 204] No dogs need be used in battue, but beaters only: and it should be remembered that pheasants always run to the end or side of the cover before taking flight, unless they are much pressed: consequently the best sport always comes at the extreme end of the wood.

1863, “Marksman” [pseudonym], “Finishing Lessons”, in The Dead Shot; or, Sportsman’s Complete Guide: […], New York, N.Y.: W. A. Townsend, publisher, →OCLC, pages 203 and 204:

In the southern territories of Tuva saiga antelopes were hunted successfully by the battue method, using horse as chasers, and log pens constructed before the hunt. Several dozen animals could be caught in one hunt by this method.

1980, Sevyan Vainshtein, “Appropriative Economic Forms among the Tuvinian Nomads in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”, in Michael Colenso, transl., edited by Caroline Humphrey, Nomads of South Siberia: The Pastoral Economies of Tuva (Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology; 25), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 178:

The spread of battue hunting was limited before the 1840s, and most sporting handbooks continued to instruct their readers in the arts of walking up rather than battue hunting. […] Yet the gradual spread of the battue was unmistakable, much to the consternation of more traditionally minded sportsmen. Traditionalists took exception to the extensive slaughter that the grand battue hunt might involve and railed against the introduction of this 'abominable Gallic System'.

2007, Emma Griffin, “A New Era Dawns”, in Blood Sport: Hunting in Britain since 1066, New Haven, Conn., London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 120:

(uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.

The battues have nothing whatever to do with the poaching, and once sufficiently grand battue would put an end to poaching altogether, by destroying all the game. The evil of which the chancellor should have spoken, is the excessive game preserving which allows of battues, or great massacres. The game is preserved till it swarms, and then it is slaughtered in swarms; but it is clearly not the massacre which provokes the poaching, but the temptation of the extraordinary abundance of game.

1827 May 1, “Diary for the Month of April”, in The London Magazine, volume VIII (New Series), London: Published by Hunt and Clarke, […], →OCLC, page 66:

What, in your comprehension, is a battue?—As far as I understand a battue, it is where the woods are beaten; where the game is beaten out by men instead of dogs.

1845 April 21, Sir Harry Verney (witness), “Minutes of Evidence Taken before the Select Committee on the Game Laws”, in Report from the Select Committee on the Game Laws, part I (Session 1845), [London: Ordered, by the House of Commons [of the United Kingdom], to be Printed], published 6 July 1846, →OCLC, paragraph 1202, page 59:

In the collection of game for a battue, are the Committee to understand that game is driven into the covers from the various parts of the manor?—No; it is reared and bred in the covers, generally, I believe. […] You object to a battue where 800 or 900 head of game are killed?—Yes. […] I should prefer the battue system being done away entirely.

1845 July 9, Duke of Grafton [Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton] (witness), “Minutes of Evidence Taken before the Select Committee on the Game Laws”, in Report from the Select Committee on the Game Laws, part I (Session 1845), [London: Ordered, by the House of Commons [of the United Kingdom], to be Printed], published 6 July 1846, →OCLC, paragraphs 15078, 15081, and 15083, page 777:

[T]he Duke having duly conned over the eligible parties to ask, it was finally arranged that a Battue should inaugurate the Prince's visit. It required a little tact and consideration to get it up properly, for some people like battues while others don't.

1860, [Robert Smith Surtees], “Shooting and Slaughtering”, in “Plain or Ringlets?”, London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 193:

A battue is a contrivance for killing the largest quantity of game in the smallest time, with the least amount of trouble, by a small select party. […] The peculiar charm of a battue appears to lie, first, in its enormous cost, which places it out of the reach of men of moderate means; next, in the arrangements for wholesale slaughter by people who, being neither good shots nor good walkers, are unable to take advantage of the working of well-trained dogs.

1860 September 1, “The Cost of a Battue”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. [...] With which is Incorporated Household Words, volume III, number 71, London: No. 26, Wellington Street [printed by C. Whiting, […]], →OCLC, page 485, column 2:

The admiration of the bear made the hunt appear as a royal performance with the bear as a revered participant. During the nineteenth century battues for large carnivores were quite frequently narrated as instructive stories about the organization of the hunt.

2017, Karin Dirke, “Changing Narratives of Human: Large Carnivore Encounters in Nineteenth-century Sweden”, in Tuomas Räsänen, Taina Syräjmaa, editors, Shared Lives of Humand and Animals: Animal Agency in the Global North, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 167:

(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.


indirect quotation

indirect quotation (plural indirect quotations)

(numismatics, business) A rate in foreign currency.


relay race

(sports) A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.


discus throw

(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.


javelin throw

(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.

spiesgooi

athletic event where a javelin is thrown


ragdoll

en-verb

ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)

ragdolls (present singular third-person)
ragdolling (participle present)
ragdolled (participle past)
ragdolled (past)

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(intransitive, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, video games) To be flung about, such that a person or character has an appearance like that of a rag doll that is flung about.


passager

He understood that once Cully had slept in freedom for a whole night he would be wild again and irreclaimable. Cully was a passager. But if the poor Wart could only mark him to roost, and if Hob would only arrive then with a dark lantern, they might still take him that night by climbing the tree, while he was sleepy and muddled with the light.

1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):


boundary rider

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australia, sports, Australian rules football) A commentator on Australian rules football games who reports from the boundary of the field of play, and interviews players on the interchange bench as well as coaching and medical staff.


four-foot

(curling) Alternative spelling of 4-foot


rasping

en-adj

rasping (comparative more rasping, superlative most rasping)

more rasping (comparative)
most rasping (superlative)

When the opponent has led off with a fine rasping drive, the noble, but somewhat treacherous, spirit of emulation rises in the breast of the rival, and he is tempted to 'press' –ever so little, but just a little too much in order to outdo his antagonist's effort.

1890, Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Golf, page 249:

Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.

2009, Ian Waterson, Live Through the Dream, page 7777:

Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.

2016 August 28, “Toni Kroos missile helps Real Madrid down impressive Celta”, in Stuff:

Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya

2023 November 11, Matthew Howarth, “Arsenal 3-1 Burnley”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Pushing forward with great force.


panic rev

(sports) In motocross, the revving of the airborne engine, if the front wheel of the bike is too low after executing a jump. The purpose is to accelerate the rotation of the rear tire, thereby raising the front end of the bike.


blood replacement

en-noun

blood replacement (plural blood replacements)

(rugby) A temporary substitution for a visibly bleeding player who must leave the field of play for first-aid treatment.


penalty try

(rugby) An awarding of five points (equivalent to scoring a try) to a team whose opponents have prevented, by misconduct, a try being scored.


catch out

en-verb

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

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

(transitive, cricket) To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.


reenter

reenter (third-person singular simple present reenters, present participle reentering, simple past and past participle reentered)

reenters (present singular third-person)
reentering (participle present)
reentered (participle past)
reentered (past)

(transitive, intransitive, engraving) To cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.


right-winger

(sports) A winger who plays on the right.


nettling

en-noun

nettling (countable and uncountable, plural nettlings)

(ropemaking) A process, resembling splicing, by which two ropes are joined so as to form one rope.


red-eye

red-eye (countable and uncountable, plural red-eyes)

The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Use red-eye reduction when photographing people. It won't eliminate red-eye in every photo, but it's worth trying. When the D60 attempts to reduce red-eye it lights up the autofocus assist lamp on the front of the camera for about one second before taking the picture.

2009, Corey Hilz, “Making Pictures”, in Nikon D60 (Focal Digital Camera Guides), Burlington, Mass., Oxford, Oxfordshire: Focal Press, →ISBN, part 1 (The Camera), page 65:

If you spot a red-eye problem, however, give the Red-Eye Correction filter a try: [...] If the camera detects red-eye, it applies the removal filter and displays the results in the monitor. If the camera can't find any red-eye, it displays a message telling you so.

2009, Julie Adair King, with Doug Sahlin, “Ten (or so) Fun and Practical Retouch Menu Features”, in Nikon D5000 for Dummies (For Dummies), Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, part IV (The Parts of Tens), page 282:

Red eyes in flash photos are not as much of a problem as it used to be thanks to cameras and software that better capture images in low light, but some apps like Adobe Photoshop Express still include a dedicated tool for neutralizing the demonic retinal reflection.

2023 May 3, J. D. Biersdorfer, “How to Automatically Edit and Enhance Your Smartphone Photos”, in The New York Times:

(countable, uncountable, photography) Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina.

punasilmäisyys

redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph


yoked

Holonyms: see Thesaurus:strapping

By the end of his fourth year of weight-lifting, Lee was yoked.

(bodybuilding) Having large and well-defined muscles particularly at the neck and the trapezii (forming thus the “yoke“).


(cricket) A fast form of cricket in which each side bats for just twenty overs.


alpinist

(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.


alpinist

(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.


line-out

(rugby) a set piece where a player throws the ball into play, and both teams can contest for possession.

(baseball) an out produced by catching a line drive


buzkashi

From Classical Persian بزکشی (buz-kašī); compound of بز (buz, “goat”) + کش (kaš, “dragging, drawing”) + ـی (-ī).

(games, sports) A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.


slab

From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.

After being towed into a massive slab, Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.

2009, Bruce Boal, The Surfing Yearbook, SurfersVillage, page 31:

In August 2000 he successfully rode a slab of unfathomable power at Teahupo′o.

2011, Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide, page 95:


unpassable

(tennis) Not able to be passed; not capable of being beaten at the net by a passing shot.


human pyramid

(circus) A formation of triangular shape with one or a small number of performers supporting a large number of other performers.


zoopraxiscope

A few years before, he bought his youngest girl a zoopraxiscope for her birthday, though he alone kept playing with it, after she grew bored. Now those squadrons of flapping geese and parades of bucking broncos that come alive when the glass drum spins animate his brain.

2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 12:

(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.


snowrut

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(snowboarding) A long line that forms an indentation in the snow.


resitting

Some photographers offer resittings to clients who are not satisfied with the original photograph.

(photography) A second or subsequent sitting.


mudra

The king of creation would not have curved his palm into the likeness of a Hindu mudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.

1996 [1994], Andrew Bromfield, Crystal World, translation of original by Victor Pelevin:

For the next few minutes, the audience had sat mesmerized as the sisters performed, fingertips joining and parting in mudras, eyebrows quivering.

2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 109:

(dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.


loosey-goosey

en-adj

loosey-goosey (comparative more loosey-goosey or loosier-goosier or loosey-goosier, superlative most loosey-goosey or loosiest-goosiest or loosey-goosiest)

more loosey-goosey (comparative)
loosier-goosier (comparative)
loosey-goosier (comparative)
most loosey-goosey (superlative)
loosiest-goosiest (superlative)
loosey-goosiest (superlative)

They said that he couldn't hit International League pitching because he was too loosey-goosey at the plate.

1946 July 8, “By Jim Coleman”, in The Globe and Mail:

“All these other guys are scared to death,” the pinch-hitter kept telling himself as he walked towards the plate, “I’m loosey-goosey, I’m loosey-goosey, I’m loosey-goosey.”

1955, Trent Frayne, “Why Big-League Goalies CRACK Up”, in Maclean's, archived from the original on 2022-04-09:

(sports, originally baseball, Canada, US) relaxed


Gunner

From gunner, in reference to the weapons held in an arsenal.

The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.

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

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


ducks on the pond

* (coded warning): Originally used in shearing sheds; later extended to other normally all-male environments, such as some pubs.

There are two ducks on the pond for the cleanup hitter.

(baseball) Members of a batting order who are on base; baserunners.


toe touch

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(snowboarding, skateboarding) Any of a plethora of different aerial tricks where one touches the top of one's feet.


TMS

(cricket) Initialism of Test Match Special.


crabbing

en-noun

crabbing (usually uncountable, plural crabbings)

(falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.


trad

trad (countable and uncountable, plural trads)

traditional climbing
traditional climbing#English


sand trap

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(golf) A sand-filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker.


two for two

He's two for two tonight.

(idiomatic, baseball) In baseball, meeting two out of two attempts at-bat. Specifically, it means the batter has reached base safely two out of two times.


widow's mite

João Zeferino da Costa
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
New International Version

From the Bible account of the poor widow’s donation of two mites (or leptons, small coins of low value) to the temple contribution box, which Jesus Christ praised as more than the gifts presented by wealthy people, for “[a]ll these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on”: Luke 21:1–4 (New International Version); see also Mark 12:38–44.

refn

From the collection of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leptons became famous as the "widows mites" when Christ observed a widow donating two of them to the temple treasury. Christ noted that she had donated more than everyone else had because that was all she had. The two mites were worth about 70 cents to one dollar in modern buying power, or about enough for a meal of beans.

2002, Ralph L. Stephenson, chapter 6, in The Biblical Guide to Wealth, Health, and Happiness, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 131:


drop back

en-verb

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

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

The Tiger quarterback is dropping back to pass.

(American football) Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.


drop back

With his ankle injury his drop back is not pretty.

(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball.


varvel

From Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum (“joint”).

uder

1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.
To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.

(falconry, heraldry) A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.


austringer

From Middle English ostreger, ostringer, borrowed from Old French ostruchier, austruchier.

Just as in modern shooting, you must never offer criticism to the man in command, so in hawking it was important that no outside advice should be allowed to disturb the judgment of the austringer.

1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter I, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

(falconry) A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.


drop-back

With his ankle injury his drop-back is not pretty.


ARCA

Automobile Racing Club of America
w:Automobile Racing Club of America

(US, sports) Acronym of Automobile Racing Club of America, a stock car auto racing sanctioning body in the United States, founded in 1952.


racing car

[A] grey racing car drew up with a grinding of brakes and a sputter of gravel in front of the main entrance of Belpher Castle.

1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 6, in A Damsel in Distress:

Like some fine-tuned racing car, it kicks up a lot of its own dust.

1987 September 14, Jay Cocks, “Music: The Badder They Come”, in Time:

(UK, automotive, motor racing) A race car.


touch down

en-verb

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

touches down (present singular third-person)
touching down (participle present)
touched down (participle past)
touched down (past)

(American football) To score a touchdown

Centre Shontayne Hape scored two tries for England before the break, while Georgia number eight Dimitri Basilaia touched down to make it 17-10 at half-time.

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


PED

en-noun

PED (countable and uncountable, plural PEDs)

The rationale for use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) varies among athletes.

2018, Mark Roettger, Modern Sports Dentistry, Springer, →ISBN, page 189:

(sports) Initialism of performance-enhancing drug.


inside baseball

baseballin hienoudet

technical matters usually only of interest to or noticed by baseball insiders

There always has been a tendency to overlook the catcher, possibly because so much of him is covered up during the game, but more because the greatest part of his work is inside baseball and of the kind which the general public can neither see nor appreciate.

1914, Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington, The Book of Athletics, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:

Here, the game is marked by the "little things" that have come to be defined as "inside baseball".

1993, Michael A. Katovich, “Humor in Baseball: Functions and Dysfunctions”, in The Journal of American Culture, volume 16, number 2, pages 7–16:

(US, idiomatic, baseball) Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators.


buhl

buhl (usually uncountable, plural buhls)

A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

(woodworking) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.


DSLR

Initialism of digital single-lens reflex.

initialism

Still images are captured at 14-megapixel resolution, which matches some high-end D.S.L.R. cameras, and the unit seems to do a good job of coping with a variety of lighting conditions.

2014 January 1, Kit Eaton, “Civilian Photography, Now Rising to New Level”, in The New York Times:

(photography) A digital single-lens reflex camera.


high tackle

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:

(rugby) A dangerous form of tackling in which a player tackles above the shoulders.


blood bin

(rugby) A temporary substitution for a visibly-bleeding player who must leave the field of play for first aid treatment.


knothole

But he was worried that a coach of a knothole team might not like the idea and not let me switch-hit. So, my dad went to the coach.

1976, Pete Rose with Bob Hertzel, quoting Pete Rose, Pete Rose's winning baseball, H. Regnery Co., page 10:

I was a Cub Scout. I went to church with my family, and taught Sunday school when I was in my teens. I played knothole baseball and rooted for the Reds.

1993 March, Michael Graham, quoting Rob Portman, “Mr. Portman Goes to Washington”, in Cincinnati, page 32:

Poetically enough, the New Richmond knothole field is situated right next to the low, open land between the old and new highway.

1998 September, Lonnie Wheeler, “The river runs through it”, in Cincinnati, page 151:

In 1955 members organized their first baseball league; softball and knothole baseball were added later.

2009, Robin Caraway, “Bellevue Vets”, in Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool, editors, The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, via Issuu, →ISBN, page 79:

(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.


ahead in the count

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(baseball, of a pitcher) Having more strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat.

(baseball, of a batter) Having fewer strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat.


behind in the count

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(baseball, of a pitcher) Having fewer strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat.

(baseball, of a batter) Having more strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat.


judgment call

The rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner.

1983 September 26, J. D. Reed, “Can Anyone Win This Thing?”, in Time:

(sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.


pick off

en-verb

pick off (third-person singular simple present picks off, present participle picking off, simple past and past participle picked off)

picks off (present singular third-person)
picking off (participle present)
picked off (participle past)
picked off (past)

The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

(baseball) To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.


pick off

The final out of the game was determined by a pick off.

(baseball) An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base.


restrainer

(photography) A chemical compound (such as potassium bromide), added to a developer to prevent fogging


gemelle

(heraldry, rare) Alternative form of gemel


hippy jump

(skateboarding) A trick in which the rider jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the rider is jumping over.


hippy jump

hippy jump (third-person singular simple present hippy jumps, present participle hippy jumping, simple past and past participle hippy jumped)

hippy jumps (present singular third-person)
hippy jumping (participle present)
hippy jumped (participle past)
hippy jumped (past)


WBC

World Boxing Council
w:World Boxing Council

(boxing) Initialism of World Boxing Council, one of several sanctioning bodies in professional boxing.

World Baseball Classic
w:World Baseball Classic

(baseball) Initialism of World Baseball Classic, a tournament for national teams jointly organized by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball.


two-line pass

(ice hockey) A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.


elon

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

(photography) Synonym of metol (“p-methylaminophenol sulfate”)


pizzica

With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.

2007 January 19, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:

(dance) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.


bailer

(cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.

(cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.


skyhook

(tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.

(climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.


Man U

Manchester United Football Club
w:Manchester United F.C.

(soccer) Clipping of Manchester United Football Club.


TCR

en-noun

TCR (countable and uncountable, plural TCRs)

Coordinate term: GT

(motor racing, uncountable) Abbreviation of touring car racing.


safety car

After a car crashed, the safety car was sent out to lead the remaining drivers safely past the site of the accident.

(motor racing) A vehicle employed to lead the competitors in an auto race for the duration of a few laps, with the intention of restricting their speed while a hazard exists on the circuit.


pace car

(motor racing) A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.

lähtöauto

car that others drive behind before race start

(motor racing) A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.


underexpose

en-verb

underexpose (third-person singular simple present underexposes, present participle underexposing, simple past and past participle underexposed)

underexposes (present singular third-person)
underexposing (participle present)
underexposed (participle past)
underexposed (past)

(photography) To take a photograph using too small an exposure


underexpose

en-adj

underexpose (comparative more underexpose, superlative most underexpose)

more underexpose (comparative)
most underexpose (superlative)

(photography) The condition when a photograph is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to sufficient light either because the camera aperture was too small or the duration of light was too short.

huranga pore

darkened of photographs due to insufficient light


palet

(heraldry) Alternative form of pallet (“diminutive pale”)


end run

(American football) A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.


workout warrior

en-noun

workout warrior (plural workout warriors)

(sports, slang) An athlete who has superior measurables and physical attributes, e.g. an American football player who outperforms expectations.

(sports, slang) A player who is not as accomplished on the field as they believe.


veny

Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue.

It is not, as at Fence, where the number of venies [tr. touches] given, gets the victorie: So long as the enemie is on foot, a man is newly to begin.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:


gunner

Cebuano: gunner

gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.

(American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.

(UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.

(basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.


slapshot

(ice hockey) Alternative spelling of slap shot


wing-back

(soccer) A player who plays on the wing, and acts as both a defender and an attacker depending on the team's situation.


centre-back

Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.

2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper


tifo

(sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.


hypoxic

en-adj

hypoxic (comparative more hypoxic, superlative most hypoxic)

more hypoxic (comparative)
most hypoxic (superlative)

Rarely, nitrox mixtures are intentionally hypoxic, under special conditions.

(underwater diving) Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.


dry out

en-verb

dry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)

dries out (present singular third-person)
drying out (participle present)
dried out (participle past)
dried out (past)

(intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.


homebrew

en-noun

homebrew (countable and uncountable, plural homebrews)

Homebrews, American imports, former big-leaguers—the Terriers had it all.

2006, David Menary, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49, page 19:

(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.


bingle

(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


bingle

en-verb

bingle (third-person singular simple present bingles, present participle bingling, simple past and past participle bingled)

bingles (present singular third-person)
bingling (participle present)
bingled (participle past)
bingled (past)

(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


ITT

(cycling) Initialism of individual time trial.


Casper

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).


fair catch

(American football) A uncontested catch on a kicking play, after the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled on catching it.


two-point conversion

en-noun

two-point conversion (plural two-point conversions)

(American football) An option, for a team that has scored a touchdown, to gain two points by getting the ball into the end zone by a running or pass play, in lieu of a kicked extra point.


extra point

(American football) A point scored after a touchdown by kicking the ball through the goal posts or by advancing to the end zone.


end zone

Veteran tight end Travis Kelce, who only had one catch for one yard in the first half, finished with nine receptions and 93 yards but didn’t find the end zone.

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

(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.

(Canadian football) Same as above, but is 20 yards long.


illegal forward kick

illegal forward kick (plural illegal forward kicks)

(American football) Any kick made from in front of the line of scrimmage. This results in a loss of down and a ten yard penalty.


(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.

(soccer) A football team of eleven players.


12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260. (1260° spin)


en:12th man (football)
en:Aryan Brotherhood

American football
American football#English

(sports) Used by fans of American football, positioning themselves as the 12th member of an 11-player team.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1080. (1080° spin)


PWA

(surfing) Initialism of Professional Windsurfers Association.

Pro Wrestling America
w:Pro Wrestling America

(professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling America.

Pro Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Alliance#English

(professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling Alliance.

(professional wrestling, Canada) Initialism of Pure Wrestling Association.


defensive midfielder

defensive midfielder (plural defensive midfielders)

(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties.


attacking midfielder

attacking midfielder (plural attacking midfielders)

(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.


goalkicker

(rugby) Someone who kicks for penalties and conversions.


blackfish

en-verb

blackfish (third-person singular simple present blackfishes, present participle blackfishing, simple past and past participle blackfished)

blackfishes (present singular third-person)
blackfishing (participle present)
blackfished (participle past)
blackfished (past)

Earlier (Caldwell and Caldwell 1971a), we concentrated on the blackfishing at St. Vincent, the fishery with which we were most familiar, and listed known localities of fishing for blackfish and other species in the southern Caribbean.

1975, Canada. Fisheries, Marine Service, Review of Biology and Fisheries for Smaller Cetaceans, page 1106:

Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and Narragansett Bay have many spots where blackfishing is productive year after year.

1984, Field and Stream, volume 89, page xxx:

Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.

2014, Nick Honachefsky, The Jersey Surf Diaries:


(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 1 striker


England had started in a 4-3-3 formation that had Welbeck and Oxlade-Chamberlain coming in from the wings, with James Milner and Stewart Downing operating alongside Jack Wilshere in more deep-lying positions.

18 November 2014, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers


tweeny

(tennis) A shot played between the legs; a tweener.


claiming race

In a claiming race, each horse is in a sense up for sale. That is, any owner who has raced a horse at the track during the meet in progress may put in a claim to buy any horse racing in a claiming race.

1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game, page 15:

(horse racing) A race in which the competing horse can be claimed by anyone at the specified claiming price for the race.


centerline

You might already know that, I don't know, but since you are training at home I didn't want you to be weaving wildly on each side of the rope - the goal is to pop up as tight as possible to the center line.

2005 July 31, Vovchanchyn Fan, “Re: Bob and weaving drill”, in Sherdog (Usenet):

take his lead leg out from under him. Just dont it when he is going for a power jab, just make sure your heads out of the center line

2006 January 3, Justin Pressley, “Re: having problems whilst sparring”, in Sherdog (Usenet):

(martial arts, boxing) An imaginary line connecting the center of two fighters' bodies while they face each other.


autotypy

en-noun

autotypy (usually uncountable, plural autotypies)

(dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.


parison

From French paraison, from parer (“pare”).

The wineglasses were from a matched dozen, each having begun as a glowing parison at the end of some blowpipe over in Murano but days before.

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 278:

(glassblowing) A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.


Catherine wheel

Catherine wheel (plural Catherine wheels)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria was said to have been sentenced to execution on such a wheel, which shattered at her touch.

Sorcerers are too common; cunning men, wizards, and white witches […] have commonly St. Catherine's wheel printed in the roof of their mouth, or in some other part about them […]

[…] her tortures consisted of being broken on a wheel (later called Catherine wheel), but the machine broke down injuring bystanders; Catherine was beheaded.

1992, David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 3rd edition, page 88:

She only lied to the boy to keep him from hurt, and for her sin her intestines were pulled from her on a Catherine wheel.

2008, Peter Carey, His Illegal Self, page 181:

(historical or heraldry) A breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it.

[…] she went on, making turns and twists, flourishing her skirts, kicking higher and higher, and finally, among a volley of shouts, fell on her hands and turned head over heels in a magnificent catherine-wheel; then scrambling to her feet again, she tumbled into the arms of a young man standing in the front of the ring.

1897, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 1, in Liza of Lambeth:

We did a Catharine-wheel together down the passage. Somehow we gathered up a chair upon our way, and bounded on with it towards the street.

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


photo artist

(photography, art) A person that uses photographic equipment to create art


LLP

long lap penalty
long lap penalty#English

(motor racing) Abbreviation of long lap penalty.


Tobacco Road

There were and are many roads of this name in the American South. The meanings are derived from the 1932 novel, Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell and the 1933 play and 1941 movie derived from it. Caldwell does not use the term "Tobacco Road" to refer to the region or place, only to the roads themselves.
According to Caldwell, the roads were created by rolling thousands of tobacco casks over them, over many decades. In the Savannah Valley of 1932 there were "scores" of these roads, ranging up to 30 miles in length. The casks were known as hogsheads, were roughly 48 inches by 36 inches and weighed about 1000 pounds once filled with leaves.

(sports, slang) The four North Carolina schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.


game-changing

Our plan to transition from products to solutions is a game-changing moment for our company.

These trains are not only being keenly awaited by people in our city region, but also by rail experts aware of how game-changing these are for the industry.

2019 October 23, Richard Clinnick, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 890, page 28:

What is beyond dispute it that Declan Rice, at £105m from West Ham United, is the game-changing signing Arteta had in mind when he put such time and effort into the pursuit of his top summer transfer priority.

2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport:

(sports or figuratively) Critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome.


transport stage

transport stage (plural transport stages)

(motor racing) In rallying, an untimed section of the event where cars are driven at relatively low speed, usually on public roads, to the next racing stage.


bat a thousand

en-verb

bat a thousand (third-person singular simple present bats a thousand, present participle batting a thousand, simple past and past participle batted a thousand)

bats a thousand (present singular third-person)
batting a thousand (participle present)
batted a thousand (participle past)
batted a thousand (past)

From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats- 1000 would be 100 percent.

(baseball, literal) To reach first base on every at-bat.


hit a home run

hit a home run (third-person singular simple present hits a home run, present participle hitting a home run, simple past and past participle hit a home run)

hits a home run (present singular third-person)
hitting a home run (participle present)
hit a home run (participle past)
hit a home run (past)

He was the first pinch hitter to hit a home run on the first pitch of his career.

2016, Jonathan Fraser Light, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed., McFarland, →ISBN, page 437:

(baseball) To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat.


Olympic goal

This unique type of goal was named after Argentine striker Cesareo Onzari’s (at left) corner kick that spun directly into the goal for Argentina in a 1924 friendly against Uruguay, the reigning Olympic champion.

(soccer) A goal scored directly from a corner kick without any other player - on either team - touching or otherwise deflecting the ball into the goal.


ready, set, go

On your mark, get set, go
on your mark, get set, go

bersedia, siap, ya

three-command start for any action or contest


on your mark, get set, go

on your mark (get in one's lane or spot)

get set (get to the starting position)

go! (take off)

(sports) A three-command start when racing:


KUT

(philately) Initialism of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, used to signify the joint issue of stamps by these countries from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.

Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika


free ball

(snooker) A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball.


deadfall

en-noun

deadfall (countable and uncountable, plural deadfalls)

It [the wolverine] is so cunning as rarely to enter a deadfall itself, but will carefully pull it to pieces and then eat the bait in safety. I was informed by hunters at Selkirk Settlement that they sometimes lost the successful result of several days' trapping by a single wolverine, which, following their path, would pull down every deadfall, or destroy any animal already caught.

1859, Robert Kennicott, “The Quadrupeds of Illinois Injurious and Beneficial to the Farmer. [Wolverine, or Glutton.]”, in Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1858: Agriculture (House of Representatives, 35th Congress, 2d Session; executive document no. 105), Washington, D.C.: James B[lair] Steedman, printer, →OCLC, page 246:

The beaver trap is a deadfall of considerable weight, nicely adjusted over the animal's road or track, frequently on a dam. […] The animal passing under the deadfall has to step on a little stick raised an inch or two above the ground, and this brings down the deadfall on its back.

1876, John J. Rowan, “The Trapper”, in The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. […], London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 369:

It was a week after the taking of the black fox that Skookum Bill, on a short exploring trip a few miles west of their cabin, came across a deadfall which held a dead marten. He took the marten, and, when he returned, said to Dobbs: "I didn't know you'd built any deadfalls in the timber past the big draw?"

1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Corporation, →OCLC, chapter II, page 90, column 2:

Marten, wolverine, lynx, ermine, fox, mink, beaver, and land otter were plentiful in the general vicinity of Kijik and traps and deadfalls were set for them.

1974, Alaska Planning Group, United States Department of the Interior, “History and Archeology”, in Final Environmental Statement: Proposed Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, part II (Description of the Environment), section A (Existing Environment), pages 61–62:

(countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.

piège assommoir

trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey


ground rule

(sports) A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.


spitter

Coach says no throwing any spitters.


nebuly

Elizabeth Brooke, […] Argent, a cross nebuly per pale gules and sable, […]

1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 134:

'That is the coat of the Blandamers—barry nebuly of six, argent and vert.' It was the organist who stood near him in the deepening shadows.' I forgot that such jargon probably conveys no meaning to you, and, indeed, I know no heraldry myself excepting only this one coat of arms, and sometimes wish,' he said with a sigh, 'that I knew nothing of that either. […] every tavern loafer will talk to you about the "nebuly coat" as if it were a thing he wore.'

1904, John Meade Falkner, The Nebuly Coat, page 14:

(heraldry) Edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.


giant-killing

giant-killing (countable and uncountable, plural giant-killings)

From the Biblical story of David and Goliath.

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:

(sports, also used as an adjective) The defeat of a team by a much weaker opponent.


frame ball

(snooker) The ball that will take the player's score past the theoretical winning point, even though the frame is not finished and there are still some balls remaining on the table.


cue up

en-verb

cue up (third-person singular simple present cues up, present participle cuing up or cueing up, simple past and past participle cued up)

cues up (present singular third-person)
cuing up (participle present)
cueing up (participle present)
cued up (participle past)
cued up (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.


rempli

rempli [...], a. [< F. rempli, pp. of remplir, fill up, < re- + emplir, fill, < L. implere, fill up : see implement.] In her., having another tincture than its own laid over or covering the greater part : thus, a chief azure rempli or has a broad band of gold occupying nearly the whole space of the chief, so that only a blue fimbriation shows around it.

1914, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, page 5073:

Chief rempli, or bordered. Plate XXIX.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 21:

(heraldry, rare) Having another tincture than its own covering the greater part.


screw back

screw back (third-person singular simple present screws back, present participle screwing back, simple past and past participle screwed back)

screws back (present singular third-person)
screwing back (participle present)
screwed back (participle past)
screwed back (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.


respot

respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)

respots (present singular third-person)
respotting (participle present)
respotted (participle past)
respotted (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.

Should a pin fall in removing the dead wood it must be respotted, and pins knocked over by pin or pins rebounding from any other alley must be respotted.

1928, Louise Patterson Van Sickle, Physical Education Activities for High School Girls, page 105:

The pins are respotted and the player bowls again.

1968, Donald Rex Casady, Marie Liba, Beginning bowling, page 29:

(sports, bowling) To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.


pump-fake

pump-fake (third-person singular simple present pump-fakes, present participle pump-faking, simple past and past participle pump-faked)

pump-fakes (present singular third-person)
pump-faking (participle present)
pump-faked (participle past)
pump-faked (past)

The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.

2003 December 18, "Bush Won't Put Down New Football", The Onion, available in, 2005, Embedded in America, p. 51

(sports) To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.


pump-fake

(sports) Alternative spelling of pump fake


2005, Dec 16. Clive Everton, writing about Ding Jun Hui in The Guardian
Unfortunately, his two 147s have been in events offering no bonus prize.

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in snooker.


in baulk

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) In the area behind the baulk line in cue sports.


baulk colour

(snooker) Any one of the three colours normally spotted on the baulk line in snooker. Namely the yellow, green, and brown balls.


check side

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A sidespin of the cue ball which makes it bounce off the cush, or off another ball, at a shallower angle than normal.


maximum break

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker, by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks and the six colours in order.


green pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the green spot.


yellow pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the yellow spot.


hanging ball

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket


half-ball

From half- + ball, so called because the view from the cue ball is half eclipsing the object ball.

The shot needs to be slightly thicker than half-ball to get to the center pocket.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.


go in off

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

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

(snooker, pool) To pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.


in-off

From a reconstitution of (go) in + off (preposition), as used in phrases such as, "The white has gone in off the black."

Hendry replied with 34, but went in-off attempting a double and next season's world No.1 returned to the table to put the frame beyond doubt and level at 4-4.

(snooker, pool) Of the cue ball: (going) into a pocket, after cannoning another ball.


in-off

He looked set to win the frame, until the in-off from the yellow.

(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball.


courtside

They sat courtside.


courtside

They had courtside seats.

(sports) Located next to the court of play.


courtside

(sports) The area that runs alongside the court of play.


jump off

jump off (third-person singular simple present jumps off, present participle jumping off, simple past and past participle jumped off)

jumps off (present singular third-person)
jumping off (participle present)
jumped off (participle past)
jumped off (past)

(sports, equestrianism) To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.


shifter

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

(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.


rabbet joint

(rare, woodworking) See definition at rabbet.


return ace

(tennis) A point made by the opponent returning the ball in such a way that the server does not make contact


fals

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of fool.

der

פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ

(numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.


Reds

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).

bor

Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism. According to this view, the emperor Anastasius, whose Monophysitism was notorious, should have been a Green, though contemporary evidence makes him a Red.

2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 38

(informal, sports) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly

(historical) The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore red.


behind closed doors

Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004158/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/soccer-world-libya-idINDEE83J07G20120420

(idiomatic, sports) Without public spectators.


chequy

From Anglo-Norman escheké, eschequé (“chequered”), from eschec (“chess, check”). Influenced by chequ(er) + -y and check.

Sometimes the Princess was seen conferring spiritedly with the Spongiatosta security details posted about the streets nearby, whose livery bore the ancient family arms, a sponge couchant on a field chequy with flames at the foot.

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821:

(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.


aqualung

→ Bulgarian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)

→ Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)

→ Polish: akwalung

→ Portuguese: aqualung

desctree

→ Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
→ Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang)
→ Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.


match fixing

(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.

the act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result

غش ماتش m (ġišš mātš, literally “8ishh match”)


man up

en-verb

man up (third-person singular simple present mans up, present participle manning up, simple past and past participle manned up)

mans up (present singular third-person)
manning up (participle present)
manned up (participle past)
manned up (past)

man + up, with influence from own up, buck up.

They must be athletic enough to man up on a solid number two receiver and yet be physical enough to step into the line scrimmage and tackle a running back.

2005, Allan Trimble, Coaching football successfully,, Human Kinetics, page 166:

He will man up on his opponent whenever his opponent has the ball.

2005, Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques, Australian football: steps to success,, page 138:

I had to "man up" on their rover, and every time I went for the ball he tried to hit me.

2007 Blye Frank & Kevin G. Davison, Masculinities and schooling: international practices and perspectives, Althouse Press, page 141

(sports) To vigorously guard the opponent to whom one is assigned.


corf

From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

(fishing) A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.

винтер

container used to store live fish underwater


astrophotography

As in most nature photography, the 35mm single lens reflex camera is probably the best choice for astrophotography.

1967, H. Charles Laun, The Natural History Guide, Alsace Books and Films, page 44:

Their^([CMOS sensors']) pixel size, linearity and noise performance are not necessarily ideal for astrophotography.

2017, Chris Woodhouse, The Astrophotography Manual, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 10:

Astrophotography is a craft requiring development of skill, not just good equipment.

2018, Michael A. Covington, Digital SLR Astrophotography, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 18:

(astronomy, photography) The photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events or areas of the night sky.


bunny hop

(cycling) A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.

The first baseman misplays the bunny hop, so all runners are safe.

(baseball) A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.


bunny hop

bunny hop (third-person singular simple present bunny hops, present participle bunny hopping, simple past and past participle bunny hopped)

bunny hops (present singular third-person)
bunny hopping (participle present)
bunny hopped (participle past)
bunny hopped (past)


astrophoto

Once captured on film, an astrophoto does no good unless transferred to a form you can see and examine closely.

1973, Richard Berry, “Getting More Out of Your Astrophotos”, in Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Newsletter, volume 67, page L32:

(astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.


widebody

(sports) A player with a wide or heavyset body.

The increased design freedom offered by composites was demonstrated with the introduction of "widebody" rackets, such as the Profile by Wilson, in the late 1980s. Widebody rackets have larger cross sections around the centre of the frame than the handle and tip, to give higher stiffness in the region of maximum bending.

2020 January 21, Thomas Allen, “Tennis: a smashing history of how rackets shaped the game”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2022-10-27:

(tennis) A tennis racket having a thick (although not necessarily wide) frame, increasing the racket's stiffness.


batter up

(baseball) Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.


short pass

(netball) A pass of the ball between teammates too close together to allow an opponent to get between them. There is no particular distance the ball must travel to qualify as a short pass. For instance, if the passing player drops the ball and retreats before her teammate takes possession, it is not a short pass. A short pass is against the rules and results in a free pass to the opposition.

(American football) A pass of the ball that is primarily to the side rather than one that gains yardage.


quarterbacking

(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback


liplock

en-noun

liplock (countable and uncountable, plural liplocks)

Regardless of whatever other qualities may differentiate Sooner fishermen, they are identical in that each has spent a good part of their lives dreaming about catching one nice bass — a whopper of such bulk that the traditional thumb and forefinger liplock wouldn't be nearly enough to hoist their catch into the boat.

1991, Outdoor Oklahoma - Volumes 47-48, page 31:

(fishing) A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw.


lip-lock

en-verb

lip-lock (third-person singular simple present lip-locks, present participle lip-locking, simple past and past participle lip-locked)

lip-locks (present singular third-person)
lip-locking (participle present)
lip-locked (participle past)
lip-locked (past)

Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark.

1992, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 46, page 40:

If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.

2007, Field and Stream - Volume 112, page 70:

To lip-lock a fish, curl your index and middle finger, then gently slide those two fingers under the gill cover and forward toward the fish's nose, applying slight outward pressure with your fingertips until your fingers stop just under the fish's jaw.

2008, Jack Burns, Rob Kimm, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Muskie, page 52:

(fishing) To hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw.


ski run

(skiing) A trail or slope used for skiing


DT

en-noun

DT (countable and uncountable, plural DTs)

defensive tackle
defensive tackle#English

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive tackle.


viure

Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels azure , on a chief gules a viure or. This is probably nothing but a wide line nebuly.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 320:

[…] how are the viures to be tricked?

1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 91:

(heraldry, rare) A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.


block party

(basketball, slang) A game during which a single player blocks the shots of many other players.


RFA

Coordinate term: UFA

restricted free agent
restricted free agent#English

(sports) Initialism of restricted free agent.


cupset

Gary: It'll Be Cupset for Andy

[…] a landmark point of the season, with fans and commentators alike eagerly awaiting a 'cupset'.

2014, Lee Price, Turning My Back On the Premier League:

(sports, British, slang) An upset in a Cup competition.


red-card

en-verb

red-card (third-person singular simple present red-cards, present participle red-carding, simple past and past participle red-carded)

red-cards (present singular third-person)
red-carding (participle present)
red-carded (participle past)
red-carded (past)

He was red-carded for striking the other player.

(transitive, sports) To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.


yellow-card

yellow-card (third-person singular simple present yellow-cards, present participle yellow-carding, simple past and past participle yellow-carded)

yellow-cards (present singular third-person)
yellow-carding (participle present)
yellow-carded (participle past)
yellow-carded (past)


second half

Sunderland had the best of the second half but were unable to find a winner.

2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The period of play after half time, as opposed to the first half


hit the net

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

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


first half

Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.

2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):

(sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.


back line

Battling Bolton disputed the goal, claiming Drogba was offside, but the Ivorian appeared to have timed his angled run across the visitors back line to perfection to race onto a fine Michael Essien pass and ensure Chelsea moved back into fourth place in the Premier League.

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

(soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team.

A running fullback radically improves the attacking prowess of any back line, particularly if she is able to read a play, knowing when it's time to hit the line at pace or to join the line to act as an extra attacker.

2011, Mathew Brown, Patrick Guthrie, Greg Growden, Rugby For Dummies, →ISBN, page 58:

(rugby) The players known as the backs, whose primary responsibility is defense.

(rugby) The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).


first-half

Leo Messi scored a first-half hat-trick to give Barcelona a 3-1 advantage vs Arsenal.


stoppage time

en-noun

stoppage time (usually uncountable, plural stoppage times)

But Sunderland fans fearing the worst finally had something to cheer when in the fourth of five minutes of stoppage time Gyan stood at the right place at the right time.

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

Brazilian substitute Andressa Alves had equalised in stoppage time to force the shootout after Ella Toone had given England a first-half lead.

2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shhotout”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.


off-the-ball

An off the ball incident led to N'Zogbia confronting Wilshere before leaning his head into the Englishman and giving referee Lee Probert no choice but to show the red card.

2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(sports, of an incident or foul) Occurring away from active play.


tailwhip

(cycling) A trick in which the body of the bike is revolved around the steering column axis going through the handlebar.


pop shove-it

(skateboarding) A trick, combining an ollie and a shove-it, where the board rotates 180 degrees while in mid-air.


benihana

Named after the Benihana restaurant chain, from Japanese 紅花 (“safflower”).

(skateboarding) An aerial trick where one hand grabs the tail of the board, and the back foot is released from the board.


shove-it

(skateboarding) A trick where the board is rotated 180 degrees under the rider's feet.


stoppie

→ German: Stoppie


see yellow

en-verb

see yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)

sees yellow (present singular third-person)
seeing yellow (participle present)
saw yellow (past)
seen yellow (participle past)

Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.
 Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.

2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:

(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card.


mishit

England added only one more run to its overnight second-innings total of 221 for 9 before Broad was caught by Hammer at mid-on to a mishit.


miskick

The shot went wide of a post after a miskick from Sayers.


substitutes' bench

en-noun

substitutes' bench (plural substitutes' benches)

Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.

2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The bench on which the players sit when they are not in action.