Tower of Hanoy

(card games) A solitaire card game based on the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, starting with 3 columns of 3 cards, from A to 9. The object of the game is to build only one column with all the nine cards.


move the chains

en-verb

move the chains (third-person singular simple present moves the chains, present participle moving the chains, simple past and past participle moved the chains)

moves the chains (present singular third-person)
moving the chains (participle present)
moved the chains (participle past)
moved the chains (past)

(American football) To alter the position of the device, a chain holding two sticks ten yards apart, used to initially determine the position of the line crossing which yields a first down for the offense, which may be moved by penalties or by the offense gaining a first down.

(American football, by extension) To convert a play that would result in said chains being moved.


HWB

Hawaii Winter Baseball
w:Hawaii Winter Baseball

(baseball, historical) Initialism of Hawaii Winter Baseball.


screwgie

screwgies (plural)
scroogie (alternative)


technical area

It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.

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

(soccer) A specified area by the pitch that the coach and technical staff should not leave during the game.


second-division

(sports, chiefly baseball, of a team or club) Being in the second division (the bottom half of the standings).


second division

en-noun

second division (plural second divisions)

Let me pause to explain “second division” to those for whom the term has little or no significance. For the first half of the twentieth century the classic, constant number of baseball teams in a league was eight. Not six, not ten, not twelve, not fourteen. Eight. […] Even if a club failed to win the pennant, it was important to finish second, third or fourth—that is, in the upper half or first division of the league. […] “First division” came to mean something admirable, “second division” was denigrating.

1991, Robert W. Creamer, Baseball and Other Matters in 1941, page 37:

(US, chiefly baseball, dated) The half of the standings containing the teams with the worst records.


first division

(US, chiefly baseball, dated) The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.


triple option

(American football) A formation that allows the quarterback to pass the ball or to give the ball to the fullback or to one of two running backs.


nickelback

nickelbacks (plural)
nickel back (alternative)

Blend of nickel + cornerback. Modelled on quarterback: both the quarter (“25 cents”) and the nickel (“5 cents”) are American coins, though quarterback was not named for the coin. Coined due to the nickelback's role as the fifth defensive back on the field, thus the connection to the 5-cent nickel.

(American football) A fifth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks and two safeties) who is deployed for additional pass coverage.


dimeback

dimebacks (plural)
dime back (alternative)

Blend of dime + cornerback. Modelled on quarterback: both the quarter (“25 cents”) and the dime (“10 cents”) are American coins, though quarterback was not named for the coin. Coined due to the dimeback being one additional defensive back more than the nickelback, since the 10-cent dime is more than the 5-cent nickel. See more at nickelback.

(American football) A sixth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks, two safeties and a nickelback) who is deployed for additional pass coverage.


each way

According to the Crown's case, in pursuance of this scheme, a slip was handed in by Humphreys on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1965, for a five shilling each way Yankee bet coupled with a twenty shilling each way bet on one of the horses.

1966, Justice of the peace and local government review reports:

A win bet carries one unit stake, a place bet one unit and an each way bet two units — one for win and one for place.

1973, J. P. Jones, Gambling yesterday and today: a complete history, page 114:

This horse does not achieve the criteria you have laid down, whether it is a win or an each way bet.

2013, Lee Werrell, How To Develop Your Natural Charisma The Easy Way:

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, gambling) For either a win or a place in a competition.


each way

At first the shilling each way I put on horses was not my own but the concession allowed me by the street bookmaker for the other bankers' bets I brought him.

1946, Sean O'Faolain, Peadar O'Donnell, The Bell - Volume 12, page 132:

In time it is envisaged that in this State betting will be permitted by way of doubles, quinellas, win, and place, as well as up-the-lot betting, for a win, for a place, and each way.

1960, Great Britain Parliament, Western Australia Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 2465:

He would put his 50 pence each way on Crisp or whoever whilst Mum's 50 pence each way went on Red Rum.

2011, Mark Senior, Changing Speed 2, →ISBN, page 84:

I wanted to put sixpence on, each way.


shiritori

(games) A Japanese word game wherein each player must produce a word that begins with the kana that the previous player's word ended with. Only nouns may be used. Words may not be repeated, and a player who chooses a word ending in ん (n) loses, since no normal Japanese noun begins with ん (n). See also: word chain.


stretch four

From the concept of a "four" (or "4"), the standard numeric designation for the power forward in play diagrams, being able to "stretch" a defense by forcing it to guard the player beyond the three-point line.

(basketball) A power forward able to shoot three-pointers.


Power Five

(American football, dated) The five college football conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) that traditionally contain the strongest programs, and whose champions are guaranteed berths in one of the six bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff.


super cup

super cups (plural)
supercup (alternative)

(soccer) A competition featuring a single game between winners of different cups


farm league

The Yankees entered the farm league business in 1929 when they purchased Chambersburg in the Class D Blue Ridge League.

2005, Lance A. Berger, Management Wisdom From the New York Yankees' Dynasty, →ISBN:

Still, the Colonial League experiment was successful enough in its first season for the Federals to become interested in pursuing it as a farm league for its excess players.

2009, Robert Peyton Wiggins, The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, →ISBN, page 229:

Now, understand, you would probably go in the farm league before going up in the majors.

(baseball) One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.


septleva

(card games, obsolete) In the game of faro, the situation where a player gains seven times the number he or she laid down.


carte anglaise

carte anglaise (plural cartes anglaises)

Unadapted borrowing from French carte anglaise (literally “English card”).

ubor

(card games) The third card to be drawn by the dealer in the game of faro (after the soda and the banker's card), placed on the left of the shoe for the players.


casekeeper

(card games) An employee at a gambling establishment who assists the players and prevents dealer cheating by counting cards using an abacus-like device with counters on spindles.


dying quail

(baseball, idiomatic) A pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.


Atlético

(informal, soccer) Atlético Madrid, a football team from Madrid


special teamer

(American football) A member of a special team.


smallball

There was no heroic ending — Toronto's Joey Votto coming up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, and some brilliantly executed smallball saw to that — as the visitors claimed victory to avoid being swept in the three-game series.

2009 June 26, Mark Zwolinski, “Blue Jays rally gets wasted”, in Toronto Star:

(baseball) Alternative spelling of small ball.


stickhandler

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.


upback

But long snapper Steve Schmidt hit upback Bryan Crawford with the snap and Jason Arakgi recovered for the Lions at the Argo eight.

2009 September 20, Chris Zelkovich, “Disastrous start too much for Argos”, in Toronto Star:

(American football) A blocking back who lines up approximately 1-3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations.


high-card

Now that the fallacy of basing bids on high-card values only has been realized, experts are modifying their systems of valuation more and more, so as to count actual tricks and not merely high-card tricks (Quick Tricks or Honour Tricks).

2013, F. Courtenay, The Losing Trick Count - A Book of Bridge Technique:

(card games) Of or related to a high suit card.


VLT

video lottery terminal
video lottery terminal#English

(games) Initialism of video lottery terminal.


Selection Monday

en-noun

Selection Monday (plural Selection Mondays)

(US, basketball) The Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected.

NCAA basketball tournament selection process


cricketana

(cricket) Items relating to the game of cricket, especially collectibles.


TOD

TOD (countable and uncountable, plural TODs)

TODs (plural)
ToD (alternative)
T.O.D. (alternative)
T.o.D. (alternative)
T. O. D. (alternative)
T. o. D. (alternative)

(gambling) Initialism of time-on-device.


one-timer

(soccer, ice hockey) A shot, made from a teammate's pass, which is not stopped before shooting.


neighborhood play

neighborhood play (plural neighborhood plays)

(baseball) A force play where a fielder does not touch second base while holding the ball.


donkey drop

(cricket) A pitch of the ball that aims to land it on the stumps from as great a height as possible, preferably with the ball descending behind the batsman standing at the crease.


swing through

en-verb

swing through (third-person singular simple present swings through, present participle swinging through, simple past and past participle swung through)

swings through (present singular third-person)
swinging through (participle present)
swung through (participle past)
swung through (past)

(baseball, idiomatic) To swing and miss at a pitch.


at 'em ball

at 'em balls (plural)
at'em ball (alternative)
at-'em ball (alternative)

Because such a ball is hit straight at 'em (at them).

If opposing hitters consistently hit balls at -Fielders, the fortunate pitcher is said, to be possessed of an "at 'em ball."

1996, Mike Whiteford, How to Talk Baseball, →ISBN, page 76:

(baseball, slang) A hard-hit batted ball hit straight at a fielder in the air for an out.


zooter

From zoot (“rush, scoot”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

suffix

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The leg-spinner had talked about new mystery balls, giving them names like shooters and zooters.

1994 December 25, The Canberra Times, Canberra, page 14, column 4:

(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg break bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.


little Dick Fisher

(gambling, dice games, slang) A score of four in the game of craps.


go set

en-verb

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

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

(card games) To fail to make bid, thereby earning a negative score.

Since Leon had no meld in our last canasta hand, he went set his red threes.

(card games, by extension) To earn a negative score, in any context.


run the table

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

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

(snooker, pool) To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.


Ger

(soccer) A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.


prize pool

The prize pool is $600. The 1st place gets $300, the 2nd place gets $200 and the 3rd place gets $100.

This is a satellite tournament. The prize pool consists of 18 entries to a tournament with a more expensive buy-in.

(games, gambling, sports) The total amount of money that is distributed among the winners in a tournament.


ghost goal

(ball games) An apparent goal in which it is not clear whether or not the ball crossed the goal line.


clasher

From clash + -er. The sense of "gamer" comes from the first word of the game Clash of Clans.

There’s a good 20 million or so Clashers in the world (there or thereabouts), including Liam Neeson.

2015 July 2, Ross McD, “The 18 worst kinds of Clash Of Clans players you have definitely encountered”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

After two months of five intense Clash of Clans (CoC) battles around the country, Globe Telecom rounded up the champion clashers from Manila, La Union, Cavite, Cebu, and Davao for the recently held #NextLevelKa Clash of Clans Ultimate Clash.

2015 September 21, Rosette Adel, “Best clashers named in Globe #NextLevelKa Ultimate Clash Tournament”, in Philippine Star:

The first ever biggest nationwide #NextLevelKa Clash of Clans tournament brought together the country’s top clashers and gaming enthusiasts for the two-day competition.

2015 August 3, AJT Santos, “The Philippines’ first and biggest nationwide Clash of Clans tournament is here!”, in Inquirer:

Fear not, fellow clashers! While the exact event details haven't been disclosed, we've still got a pretty solid idea of what to expect from the promotion.

2019 November 15, Christopher Groux, “'Clash of Clans' Construction Reduction Event Explained - Rewards & What It Is”, in Newsweek:

(informal, gaming) A person who plays the game Clash of Clans.


strike out the side

strike out the side (third-person singular simple present strikes out the side, present participle striking out the side, simple past and past participle struck out the side)

strikes out the side (present singular third-person)
striking out the side (participle present)
struck out the side (participle past)
struck out the side (past)

(baseball) To record all three outs in an inning with a strikeout.


anti-martingale

(gambling) A reversed martingale betting strategy that increases the bet after a win and reduces it after a loss.


truck and trailer

(rugby) The situation where the ball carrier leaves a maul and is followed by teammates.


restart kick

(rugby) A drop kick of the ball by the non-scoring team toward the opposition, used to recommence play after a point has been scored.


soup bone

(slang, baseball) The arm that a player uses to pitch the ball.


les jeux sont faits

/leɪ ˌʒɜː sɒ̃ ˈfeɪ/

Borrowed from French les jeux sont faits (literally “the games are made”). Earliest use found in James Joyce (1882–1941) in the 1920s.

bor

(gambling) In roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.


faites vos jeux

/ˌfeɪt vəʊ ˈʒɜː/

/ˌfɛt vəʊ ˈʒɜː/

/ˌfɛt voʊ ˈʒɜ/

Borrowed from French faites vos jeux (literally “make your bets”).

(gambling) In roulette, the call made by the croupier when gamblers can place their bets.


junkballing

(baseball, slang, rare, of a pitcher) That relies heavily on junkballs.


robot chess

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(computer games, chess) The game of chess involving a robot able to play with physical pieces autonomously, i.e. without human guidance.


one-and-one

State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.

2009, Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen, Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper, →ISBN:

Twice we got fouled and missed the front end of one-and-ones that could have pretty much cinched it for us.

2011, Clyde Drexler, Kerry Eggers, Jim Nantz, Clyde the Glide: My Life in Basketball, →ISBN, page 99:

UConn had chances to increase its lead, but Ryan Boatright and Terrence Samuel each missed the front ends of one-and-ones, giving Terp star Dez Wells two chances to give Maryland its first lead of the game in the final 13 seconds.

2015, David Borges, Rebound!: The Incredible Story of UConn Basketball's Comeback from Defeat to Dominance, →ISBN:

(basketball) A double foul shot, where the first shot must succeed in order to get the second shot.


run into one

en-verb

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

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


asdet

(soccer) Acronym of after sudden death extra time.


slash bunt

(baseball, softball) A play by the team at-bat where the hitter assumes the position for a bunt and then changes grip and takes a swing at the ball.


safety squeeze

(baseball) A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a suicide squeeze, the runner waits to see the trajectory of the ball before deciding whether to attempt to touch home plate.


caught stealing

(baseball) Thrown out (i.e. put out) while attempting to steal a base.


invisible runner

en-noun

invisible runner (plural invisible runners)

(baseball) In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter.


ghost runner

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invisible runner
invisible runner#English


yoleven

Coined to avoid confusion with seven in the loud casino environment.

(US, gambling, chiefly craps) The number eleven.


foul trouble

(basketball) The situation of a player who has committed enough fouls to be almost at the point of fouling out and disqualification.


false nine

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


I Zingari

From dialectal Italian i (“the”) + zingari (“gypsies”), since the English club had no ground of its own.

"Well, and what do you think of it all, my boy?" he inquired, fanning himself with a wide-brimmed grey hat which had I Zingari colours round it […]

1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 175 (1968 edition):

(cricket) Amateur Australian and English cricket clubs.


The Xs stand for explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate

(gaming) genre of strategy game in which the player attempts to grow an empire.


lose the dressing room

en-verb

lose the dressing room (third-person singular simple present loses the dressing room, present participle losing the dressing room, simple past and past participle lost the dressing room)

loses the dressing room (present singular third-person)
losing the dressing room (participle present)
lost the dressing room (participle past)
lost the dressing room (past)

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But it is very clear that (using football parlance) 'the management has lost the dressing room', following earlier misjudged decisions about reducing operating costs.

2023 May 31, 'Industry Insider', “DfT calls time on TPE”, in RAIL, number 984, page 68:

(soccer) Of a team manager: to lose the respect and trust of one's players.


INT

en-noun

INT (countable and uncountable, plural INTs)

His near-perfect stat line (25 of 30 passing, 235 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs) could have improved if Jamal Agnew had not dropped a would-be touchdown on a deep crossing route late in the second quarter, but here’s a guess that Jacksonville won’t quibble about it.

2022 September 18, Derrik Klassen, “What We Learned From Week 2 of the N.F.L. Season”, in The New York Times:

(American football) Abbreviation of interception.


foot trip

(rugby) The act of causing someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.


foot trip

en-verb

foot trip (third-person singular simple present foot trips, present participle foot tripping, simple past and past participle foot tripped)

foot trips (present singular third-person)
foot tripping (participle present)
foot tripped (participle past)
foot tripped (past)

(rugby) To cause someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.

rapahuki

to cause someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet


premove

Kasparov's loss to Caruana was a tragedy in a winning position. He wanted to trade queens by Qe4-c2, but a mouse slip landed the queen on d3. He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop. "Computers hate me!" said Kasparov, who famously lost to IBM Deep Blue in 1997.

2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-04:

Bortnyk's lead was never really in doubt and he converted game after game with brisk speed as premoves flew across the board by both players. Nothing seemed to click for Robson as even critical premoves seemed all too often to be mistimed: […]

2022 March 11, Anthony Levin, “Bullet Chess Championship Losers Round 2: Bortnyk, Erigaisi, Jacobson, Martinez Advance”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2022-03-16:

Premove — In online chess games, setting a piece to move automatically after an opponent moves.

[2022 June 13, Isaac Aronow, “Chess Terms and Vocabulary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2023-01-17:

(Internet chess) On certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.


premove

premove (third-person singular simple present premoves, present participle premoving, simple past and past participle premoved)

premoves (present singular third-person)
premoving (participle present)
premoved (participle past)
premoved (past)

Game 18 was another up-and-down affair. First, Esipenko dropped a full rook, which went unpunished as Sarana had probably premoved his reply.

2019 June 12, Peter Doggers, “Junior Speed Chess: Sarana Beats Esipenko”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2022-11-08:

The second game was drawn. In the third, a bit of drama happened: in a position that was somewhere between equality and a slight advantage to White, Nakamura, by misclicking or premoving or for whatever other reason, hung a piece to a one-move tactic.

2021 October 3, Yuriy Krykun, “Champions Chess Tour Finals Day 1: Carlsen Impressive In Opener”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2022-11-27:


skill tester

(games) A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize.


power alley

At Oakland Coliseum, it's 388 feet from home plate to the power alley.

(baseball) The areas of deep right-center and deep left-center field where home runs are most likely to be hit.


Black Lady

(card games) A combative variant of whist, similar to the game of hearts.


Sky Blues

(soccer) Sydney FC (a soccer club from Sydney, Australia)


Tillies

(soccer) the Matildas (the Australia women's national soccer team)


Livi

Fernandez helped Livi towards a Uefa Cup place in their first-ever campaign in the top flight after joining from Airdrie in March last year.

2002 May 31, “Celtic close in on Fernandez”, in The Guardian:

A win and two draws for Livi against Hearts this season is a good indication of the job being done by Martindale.

2023 January 30, Iain Collin, “Managers content to share the points after frenetic encounter”, in The National, page 39:


twi-night

(baseball) Of a doubleheader: occurring between the hours of twilight and night.


twi-night

twi-nights (plural)
twinight (alternative)


stodger

(cricket, slang) A batter who defends and scores slowly but reliably.


below the line

If they make 2 hearts they will score 60 points below the line but as this is the first hand of the game they will not have already made another part score.

2006, Barry Teare, Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills Resources for Able and Talented Children, page 118:

(bridge) Pertaining to points scored for tricks bid and won, which count towards game.


behind center

(American football) At the quarterback position.


throw BBs

throw BBs (third-person singular simple present throws BBs, present participle throwing BBs, simple past and past participle threw BBs)

throws BBs (present singular third-person)
throwing BBs (participle present)
threw BBs (participle past)
threw BBs (past)

* Blend of throw + BBs; an allusion to the pitches being thrown so hard that they look like, or are as hard to hit as, a BB pellet.

But when I get up at the plate, he's throwing BBs at me. He strikes me out twice.

2003, Mickey McDermott, Howard Eisenberg, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown:

(baseball) To pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.


Toiletgate

(informal, chess) A 2006 controversy around the World Chess Championship, in which Vladimir Kramnik was accused by his opponent's manager of visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games, with implications of cheating.


Hairgate

From Hair + -gate, after umpire Darrell Hair, who made the ruling.

(informal, cricket) A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan.


Toffee

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.

(informal, UK, soccer) A fan or member of Everton F.C..


plain ball

play the shot plain ball

(snooker, of a shot) Hitting the cue ball in the center.


plain ball

a plain ball shot


chemmy

We use him for eloping with heiresses, getting involved in drug scandals, and running illegal chemmy parties.

(UK, slang, card games) The card game called chemin de fer.


handplay

Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from Old English handplega (“fighting”), equivalent to hand + play. Compare swordplay.

(card games) In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.


Lombardi

Lombardi. ¶ Walsh. ¶ Shanahan. ¶ Steve from West Valley? ¶ The world is about to find out whether regular fans can take their place alongside the greatest offensive minds in the annals of professional football.

2017 February 14, Jason Chilton, “Salt Lake Screaming Eagles prepare to test their fan-run franchise model in debut game”, in Sports Illustrated:

If coming second is coming nowhere, as all sports-people tend to to be taught (remember the words of Mr Lombardi), then this is most true in those individual sports where careers tend to be brief, and opportunities to win fewest.

1998 June 4, “Superhuman heroes”, in The Economist:

National Football League
National Football League

(American football) used specifically of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), best known as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.

Looking specifically at the Patriots, […]. They've never had to win three playoff games to play for the Lombardi, showcasing the importance of home-field advantage.

2019 February 3, Corbin Smith, “3 Ways Seahawks Can Reach Super Bowl LIV”, in Sports Illustrated:

The Dolphins are the organization of 17-0. Of Don Shula. Of Dan Marino. It's a franchise with two Lombardi trophies and one that made 21 postseason appearances between 1970 and 2001.

2015 October 6, DJ Gallo, “How the Dolphins went from marquee name to the NFL's sunniest garbage heap”, in The Guardian:

(American football) A trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, named in honor of Vince Lombardi.


breakbuilder

breakbuilders (plural)
break builder (alternative)
break-builder (alternative)

He is a prolific breakbuilder.

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


brinkmate

en-noun

brinkmate (countable and uncountable, plural brinkmates)

From brink + mate. First attested in the British Shogi magazine in 1983.

(shogi, chess) A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.


threatmate

threatmate (countable and uncountable, plural threatmates)

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(shogi, chess) A situation in which a checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move but can be thwarted with a proper defense.


DPH

DPH (countable and uncountable, plural DPHs)

(baseball) Initialism of designated pinch hitter.


blitzer

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

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

(American football) One engaging in a blitz.


chip and gather

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


call someone's number

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Kolpak

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

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


elephant trap

From elephant + trap, alluding to the fact that a trap for an elephant needs to be quite large, and so ought to be easily seen.

ref

From the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.

Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit Declined

(chess) Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.

parany de l'elefant

(chess) faulty attempt by White to win a pawn


crazyhouse

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(chess) A variant of chess, similar to bughouse chess but with only two players, allowing a player to place captured pieces back on the board as his/her own.


Alekhine's gun

(chess) A formation in which a queen backs up two rooks on the same file.


bullet chess

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Carlsen also has been engaging in online marathons of "bullet chess," exactly the kind of attention-disrupting, energy-draining stunt contenders are supposed to avoid. In a bullet game, each player has only one minute for all the moves. The pace is so rapid the games are hard to watch, much less play.

2021 November 24, Tyler Cowen, “Chess Is an Esport Now. Get Used to It.”, in The Washington Post:

Carlsen often plays faster games such as "bullet chess" that force players to move quickly and instinctively rather than sink into analysis, and has even backed changing the format for championships.

2021 November 26, John Gapper, “Chess faces stalemate in its match with machines”, in Financial Times:

(chess, Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) to make their moves.


super over

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


Flannery

Flannerys (plural)
Flanary (alternative)
Flanery (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.

der

(bridge) A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.


Yarborough

(bridge) A hand that contains no honors.


send in

en-verb

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

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

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

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


Forest

en-proper noun

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)


Shaheens

(cricket) The Pakistan national cricket team.


Hearts

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


Bucholz

It was now obvious that Mark had played the strongest opposition, moving well ahead of everyone else on Bucholz points (the total scores of his opponents) as well as on Sonnenbom-Berger points.

1977, Chess Life & Review - Volume 32, Issues 1-6, page 211:

The Hungarian and the Soviet teams had 39 points each; and according to the Bucholz count the Soviet Union was the winner.

1981, Hungarian Digest - Issues 2-6, page 93:

I have seen two Bulgarians drag out their last round game until long after other players had finished in order to have time to calculate who has the best Bucholz (sum of opponents scores) and hence the ideal result for their total prize.

1991, Chess - Volume 56, Issue 7 - Volume 57, Issue 7, page 24:

(chess) The sum of the scores of all opponents in a competition.


dead fish

en-noun

dead fish (plural dead fish or dead fishes)

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


remote passed pawn

remote passed pawn (plural remote passed pawns)

(chess) A passed pawn that is too far away from the enemy king to be caught by it before queening.


put-in

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

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

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

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

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


skill monkey

(slang, gaming) In roleplaying games, a character with a number of special abilities.


spellthief

(gaming) In roleplaying games, a character class with inherent magical ability, allowing them to imitate spells cast by others.


sheephead

When they retreated to the shade of a picnic table to swill lemonade or iced tea a cousin from the Dakotas showed them the finer points of sheephead, a card game of ancient vintage, not the actual beast's cranium. She picked it up right away.

2014, R. L. Sterup, Close to the Edge Down By the River:

(card games) Alternative form of sheepshead.


El Clásico

El Clásicos (plural)
El Clasico (alternative)

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

bor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

اَلْكْلَاسِيكُو

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid


Bok

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

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

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


Oranjeleeuwin

From Dutch Oranjeleeuwin (“Orange Lionesses”).

(soccer) the Netherlands women's national football team


GURPS

Generic Universal RolePlaying System
w:GURPS

(gaming) Initialism of Generic Universal RolePlaying System.


dabbaba

Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”).

bor+

(chess) A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.


rookless

(chess) Without rooks (the chess pieces).


checkdown

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


roverback

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

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

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


LAC

Los Angeles Clippers
w:Los Angeles Clippers

(Canada, US, basketball) Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.


curveballer

(baseball) A player who throws curveballs.


turnover on downs

en-noun

turnover on downs (plural turnovers on downs)

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


go nap

en-verb

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

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

(card games) In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks success, rewarded by double payment all round.


ganker

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(online gaming, slang) One who ganks in gameplay.


nuffy

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

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

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

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

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

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


nutmegger

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

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

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

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


punt protector

(American football) The upback on the punting team.


personal protector

en-noun

personal protector (plural personal protectors)


stump out

en-verb

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

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

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


T formation

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


chelem

Borrowed from French chelem, from English slam.

If the grand chelem is made, the winner receives seventeen points from each adversary and the game continues; if twelve tricks are made, the winner receives the value of sixteen points.

1882, Laws and Regulations of Short Whist:

The authors would claim only that the 131 tables which summarise the results of their analyses give added precision to the bridge player's judgements when, for example, he considers how to play " le squouize " or whether to bid a " grand chelem ".

1956, The Mathematical Gazette, page 66:

The grand chelem is a contraot to take all the tricks, the petit chelem one to take all the tricks but two, in both cases after taking the talon and discarding.

1980, Michael A. E. Dummett, Sylvia Mann, The game of Tarot: from Ferrara to Salt Lake City, page 297:

(card games) The act or contract for winning all, or almost all, of the possible tricks.


side bet

The fight lasted ten minutes and along with the championship of New Jersey, Banks won a side bet of $50.

However, even if the harm of using side bets exceeds the benefit, the parties would still have an incentive to place side bets on the outcome of the trial once the jury starts deliberating.

1997, The Journal of Legal Studies - Volume 26, page 88:

A hand can come up where the right play for the tournament is the wrong play for your side bet.

2007, David Sklansky, Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, page 117:

Craps is also worth mentioning because of the possibility of making a curious side bet in which you can bet with the house; that is, against the player throwing the dice.

2011, Alex Bellos, Alex's Adventures in Numberland, page 314:

Developing a lucrative side bet for baccarat, blackjack, craps, or roulette may be an attractive pursuit for a casino game designer because the basic game is in place; the side bet can be marketed to casinos as an add-on to a game already on offer.

2021, Mark Bollman, Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games:

(gambling) A bet on some aspect of a game or competition that is not the main bet of the game or the prize of the competition; proposition bet.


nomination game

en-noun

nomination game (plural nomination games)

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


LAL

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


payline

This means that to win anything, you must line up a winning combination on that center payline and on that line only.

1994, Victor H. Royer, Casino Magazine's Play Smart and Win, →ISBN:

Much like bingo, the multiple payline machines give slots players various directions that can turn them into a winner. The single payline machine has one line across the machine, which shows where the reels must line up for a winning combination to be paid. The multiple payline machine, on the other hand, has three or five lines, depending upon the machine, which give players more winning positions on the reels.

2012, Avery Cardoza, Winning Casino Play, →ISBN, page 11:

The disadvantages in multi-payline machines are that the smaller payoffs are usually very small, much smaller than on one-payline machines, and also that the top jackpot is usually paid only if you line up the proper winning symbols in the correct sequence on the bottom, or third, payline. Or the fifth payline in case of the five-line machines, or the eighth payline in case of the eight-line machines, and so on — basically, if you don't play all the paylines you cannot win the jackpotl

2014, Victor H. Royer, Powerful Profits From Slots, →ISBN, page 42:

(gambling) A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.


Dirty Dozen

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

(basketball) The United States' men's basketball team (which consists of twelve players) at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.


gold farm

en-verb

gold farm (third-person singular simple present gold farms, present participle gold farming, simple past and past participle gold farmed)

gold farms (present singular third-person)
gold farming (participle present)
gold farmed (participle past)
gold farmed (past)

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massively multiplayer online games
massively multiplayer online games

(rare, online gaming) To participate in gold farming; to farm/grind for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game.


pass the trash

(card games) The anaconda variant of poker.


eighthman

eighthmen (plural)
eighth-man (alternative)
eighth man (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


MMP

en-noun

MMP (countable and uncountable, plural MMPs)

An MMP can easily become an impossible-to-complete reality simulator.

2003, Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, →ISBN, page 78:

Connections between players in MMP games are usually made through in-game mechanisms such as social organizations, guilds, noble houses, political parties, and so on.

2004, Munindar P. Singh, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, →ISBN, page 249:

Women tend to look for the emotional draw of a game, which depends on a good storyline, or a complex plot, or a deeper experience with the characters—things male gamers don't necessarily seem to need or want. Games that provide opportunities to connect to other players, that have a social component, or that foster cooperation among the characters or players—all reasons why women are so fond of massive multiplayer (MMP) games—are particularly appealing.

2010, David Shippy, Mickie Phipps, The Race For A New Game Machine, →ISBN:

massively multiplayer online game#English

(online gaming) Initialism of massive multiplayer.


SLG

slugging percentage
slugging percentage#English

(baseball) Abbreviation of slugging percentage.


SLG

en-verb

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

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

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


walk-on girl

/ˌwɔːk ɒn ˈɡɜːl/

/ˌwɔk ɑn ˈɡɝl/

/ˌwɑk ɑn ˈɡɝl/

Again anticipating opportunity, Tommy Cox jets to Alaska and books Sarah Palin to be a walk-on girl at the 2009 Desert Classic final.

2010, Paul Siegel, chapter 7, in 2008: The Year in Darts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 39:

His then girlfriend, Bernice Grey was a minor model turned darts walk-on girl. Jack's checklist-life could not have got much better compared to his childhood ambitions.

2012, Mark Wollacott, “Blank Jack (Teaser)”, in 108 Breaths, Circencester, Gloustershire: Wyrd Works, →ISBN, page 112:

The rah-rah girls dancing onstage were shaking their thing as Phil wobbled his way down the runway flanked by a Dutch walk-on girl dressed like a Thunderbirds pilot, all enhancements bouncing to the Eurobeat, as the surgeon intended. Then it was Mike's turn. His girl was dressed in a lime-green minidress and fat gold rope chain (subconsciously channelling Run DMC), which wasn't the only plastic on show. Neither walk-on girls I recognise. They must be the continental ones.

2017, King Adz, “Continental Darts”, in Fear and Loathing on the Oche: A Gonzo Journey through the World of Championship Darts, London: Yellow Jersey Press, →ISBN:

Flanked by a minder and a walk-on girl he strode down the walkway, hands in prayer, eyes turned heavenward.

2017, Matthew E. Pointon, “Holy Mass”, in Short Stories Volume 2 (2006–2010), [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 179:

Walk-on girls will no longer be used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) after talks with broadcasters. The long-established practice of women escorting male players to the stage will be abandoned, starting with this weekend's Masters in Milton Keynes. […] But walk-on girl Charlotte Wood, who says darts accounts for 60 per cent of her income, says her rights "are being taken away". […] The Women's Sport Trust tweeted: "We applaud the Professional Darts Corporation moving with the times and deciding to no longer use walk-on-girls. Motor racing, boxing and cycling … your move."

2018 January 27, “Darts: PDC to Scrap Walk-on Girls after Broadcaster Talks”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2018-06-21:

(darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event.


jueteng

Ultimately derived from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish jueteng, where the use of ⟨j⟩ represents /h/ as it is spelled from Spanish orthography during the Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines. See more at Tagalog huweteng.

hueteng (alternative)
huweteng (alternative)

(Philippines, gambling) An illegal numbers game lottery, using a tambiolo/tambola/tómbola container that is spun or a receptacle, sometimes shaped like a bottle or small-necked phial, that is shaken with the winning number from 1 to 37 on a ball or raffle ticket paper drawn after all bets are submitted

History of the Philippines (1565–1898)
Spanish orthography
jueteng


wristspinner

(cricket) Alternative form of wrist spinner.


second-guarder

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


third-guarder

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


open the batting

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

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

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


pubbie

We are all from an outside place with a distinct culture and an almost xenophobic dislike of "pubbies" being public players not from our joint background.

2012 September 13, Dave Thier, “A Look at The Diplomatic Skills of Sean Smith, AKA 'Vile Rat'”, in Forbes:

The AI is decent, too; there are none of the "pubbie on Red Bull" first corner antics of Forza's Drivatars, nor the “I'm sticking to this line like I'm a train” automata of GT.

2015 May 13, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “Project CARS review: The detailed simulation virtual gearheads deserve”, in Ars Technica:

A month later, and Samantha reached the inner circle of Amamake Police by providing intel that was instrumental in bringing down a rival's AT ship—a staggering 130 billion ISK loss. “From that point I was no longer just a random pubbie, I was a King Of Lamaa, an Officer of the Amamake PD,” Samantha writes.

2017 May 23, Steven Messner, “How an EVE Online con artist tricked a ruthless pirate into giving him his priceless ship”, in PC Gamer:

There will just be an implicit split between esports players and “pubbie” players.

2018 March 16, Cameron Kunzelman, “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Doesn't Know Who It's For”, in Paste Magazine:

(gaming) A random member of the general public.


rush defence

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

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


Calcutta Cup

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

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


spit in the ocean

en-noun

spit in the ocean (countable and uncountable)

(card games, uncountable) A variety of poker involving an extra dealt card shared by all players.


go to bat

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


cheatless

en-adj

cheatless (comparative more cheatless, superlative most cheatless)

more cheatless (comparative)
most cheatless (superlative)

(chiefly gaming) Without a cheat or cheats.


rook lift

(chess) A tactic in which a rook is moved off the back rank to a position past its pawns.


eyeballer

From eyeball + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for something eye-catching, + -er (patient suffix).

He would wear a phony diamond ring to flash in your eye, and he would have an “eyeballer” or kibitzer in the audience who would make a sudden noise or otherwise distract you while you were shooting.

1965, Henry Robinson Luce, Life - Volume 58, page 163:

The person performing the theatrics, the "eyeballer," is an independent contractor of sorts, hired by you to play nearby and keep an eye on the action at your table; when things get hairy, he's to shark your opponent from afar, all the while making it look innocuous and wholly unintentional.

1990, Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, →ISBN, page 56:

We are not bothered by eyeballers, since we manage to keep the lid on about the sting and the rematch, and Carbuncle Harry and the boys have no idea of what is coming down; for this I am very relieved.

1995, Robert Byrne, Byrne's Book of Great Pool Stories, page 199:

(pool) A secret accomplice who surreptitiously watches the competition and interferes by causing a distraction to prevent the opponent from getting a good shot.


game ball

game balls (plural)
gameball (alternative)

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


call an audible

en-verb

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

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

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


hero ball

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


offside rule

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

coin

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

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

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

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

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

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

(various team sports) The rule determining whether a player is in an offside position; that is, an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.

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


Eurostep

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

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

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


Juve

(informal, soccer) Juventus Football Club, a football team from Turin, Italy


Young Lions

(soccer) The members of an England national football youth team, such as the under-21, under-20, under-17 etc.


TPR

en-noun

TPR (countable and uncountable, plural TPRs)

total player rating
total player rating#English

(baseball) Initialism of total player rating.


FOBT

fixed odds betting terminal
w:fixed odds betting terminal

(gambling) Initialism of fixed odds betting terminal.


snerts

I came to play snerts with them old ladies.

2009, Stan Jones, Village of the Ghost Bears, →ISBN:

Kiana came over to help clean and cook, and she and I would lure Go into the living room to play card games like snerts or three-way war, or we'd play trivia games or Uno.

2009, Mattox Roesch, Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same, →ISBN, page 292:

(card games) A multi-player variation of patience in which each player has their own tableau but the foundations are in a common area between all the players.


AVG

(baseball) Abbreviation of batting average.


Calamity Jane

Named after Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary or Cannary; 1852–1903), American frontierswoman.

(card games, slang) The queen of spades.


butcher boy

One of his [Casey Stengel's] more practical creations? The butcher boy, in which a batter would draw the infield in by squaring up to bunt ... only to quickly pull it back and take a short, downward swing at the ball.

2016 June 14, “The origin stories behind 11 uniquely strange baseball terms”, in MLB.com, retrieved 2018-06-26:

(US, baseball) Batting at a pitch with a short swing from a bunt position; a slash bunt, a slug bunt.


second yellow card

second yellow card (plural second yellow cards)

Another fortuitous event - the suspension of Garre after receiving a second yellow card - removed a classic left back from the scene and permitted the entry of Julio Jorge Olarticoechea, a prototypical defender with the ability to play as a midfielder and even an attacker.

1996, Andrés Cantor, Daniel Arcucci, Goooal!: A Celebration of Soccer:

He will miss the Joburg game after collecting a stupid second yellow card. Just what was he thinking, deliberately handling the ball in the opponent's half?

2005, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, page 106:

If McCall had been incensed about Varga escaping a second yellow card in the first half, he was much quieter when Billy Dodds got involved in an off-the-ball incident with Henrik Larsson early in the second half.

2012, Krys Kujawa, From Seville To Sevilla, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 130:

Some managers may instruct players to ‘earn’ a second yellow card and miss a relatively unimportant group game rather than risk missing important semi-finals or finals.

2021, Deepak Dhayanithy, Strategy Huddle: Management Lessons from Sports, SAGE Publishing India, →ISBN:

(soccer) The dismissal from the game of a player who has already been booked and would receive another yellow card, indicated by the referee by showing the player the yellow immediately followed by the red card, distinct from and less grave than a straight red card.


nothing but net

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(basketball) The situation where the ball passes through the net without striking either the rim or the backboard, reflecting an especially good shot.


dutching

(gambling) The use of the Dutch book betting technique.


double off

en-verb

double off (third-person singular simple present doubles off, present participle doubling off, simple past and past participle doubled off)

doubles off (present singular third-person)
doubling off (participle present)
doubled off (participle past)
doubled off (past)

The fielder doubled the runner off for the second out.

(baseball, transitive) After a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.


Three Lions

the Three Lions (canonical plural)
3 Lions (alternative)

A reference to the crest or badge of the team, which depicts three lions.

The Three Lions are in the last four for only the third time. They went on to win their home tournament in 1966 but lost to West Germany on penalties in 1990.

2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The England national football team.


unshopped

Pinball Magic is a lightning fast game and has flippers that have a better feel than any game made before or since. The flippers also have an adjustment menu to alter the strength. You can actually set the flippers to be WAY too strong, which probably was not a good idea in some respects (notice that many unshopped PMs have missing or broken metal posts).

2005, Kevin Strasser, The PinBotz Guide to the Greatest Pinball Machines of the 80s And 90s:

(gaming) Of a mechanical game or arcade game: in its original physical condition, not having been repaired or restored.


video assistant referee

en-noun

video assistant referee (plural video assistant referees)

(soccer) A football assistant referee who reviews decisions made by the head referee with the use of video footage and a headset for communication, officially introduced in 2018.


wicket taker

(cricket) A person who takes a wicket in the game of cricket


puntless

en-adj

puntless (comparative more puntless, superlative most puntless)

more puntless (comparative)
most puntless (superlative)

That was the first puntless game in NFL playoff history.


more sacks to the mill

From the cry of each child joining the dogpile.

(UK, historical games) A children's dogpile game played in Oxfordshire and other areas of Britain.


more sacks on the mill

more sacks to the mill
more sacks to the mill#English

(UK, historical games) Alternative form of more sacks to the mill.


stack-upon-the-kill

From the cry of the people joining the dogpile.

(UK, historical, games) A dogpile game played in Cheshire and other areas of Britain.


stack-upo'-the-kill

(UK, historical, games) Alternative form of stack-upon-the-kill.


stacks on the mill

From the cry of each boy entering the dogpile, sometimes expanded to stack on the mill, more on still, apparently a variant of the earlier British games more sacks to the mill and stack-upon-the-kill.

(Australia, games) A children's dogpile game.

(Australia, chiefly Australian football) Synonym of dogpile.


rim out

en-verb

rim out (third-person singular simple present rims out, present participle rimming out, simple past and past participle rimmed out)

rims out (present singular third-person)
rimming out (participle present)
rimmed out (participle past)
rimmed out (past)

(transitive, basketball) To miss a basket by bouncing the ball off of around the rim.


smack out

smack out (third-person singular simple present smacks out, present participle smacking out, simple past and past participle smacked out)

smacks out (present singular third-person)
smacking out (participle present)
smacked out (participle past)
smacked out (past)

He smacked out a triple.

(transitive, baseball, by extension) To hit a ball very hard.


bank shot

(snooker, pool, billiards) A shot in which the player causes the cue ball or an object ball to rebound off a cushion.

(basketball) A shot in which the basketball glances off the backboard before reaching the basket.


Joe the Goose

tlb

(Australian rules football, sometimes derogatory, often attributive)

Joe the Gooses (plural)
Joe the goose (alternative)
Joe-the-Goose (alternative)
Joe-the-goose (alternative)

"His first goal was a ‘‘Joe the Goose’’ over the top, but Brown followed it up with another mark and conversion barely a minute later."

2014 September 7, Rohan Connolly, “North Melbourne storms home to defeat the Essendon Bombers in their elimination final”, in The Examiner, retrieved 2018-08-16:

"As for Darcy Moore, well he kicked two goals today – one of them a classic “Joe the Goose”, but still – and with no senior key forward to partner with it’s no surprise he gets kept out of the contest at times."

2017 April 25, Josh Elliott, “Five more quick takes from AFL Round 5”, in The Roar, retrieved 2018-08-19:

"“He’s opened his mouth all year, he’s been the best receiver in the game in the goalsquare — the old Joe the Goose. But when it counted about getting out there and winning your own ball in pressure situations, he fell short,” Walls said."

2017 October 2, Ben Waterworth, “Robert Walls slams Grand Final output of three Adelaide tall forwards against Richmond”, in News.com.au, retrieved 2018-08-20:

A (usually easy) goal scored by a player who has received a handball in the goalsquare and is without an opponent close to them.


inwick

(curling) A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.


bullywug

(gaming) A fictional frog-headed humanoid monster from the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.


Ajax Amsterdam

(soccer) AFC Ajax (a football club from Amsterdam)


bore draw

bore draws (plural)
bore-draw (alternative)

From the notion that a scoreless draw is boring to watch.

"ROB GREEN was the hero as his penalty save allowed returning Eden Hazard to settle this bore draw in a shootout."

2018 August 7, Tom Barclay, “KANTE BELIEVE IT Chelsea 0 Lyon 0 (5-4 pens): Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante return as Rob Green makes Blues debut in goal”, in The Sun:

(soccer) A draw in which neither team scores, i.e. the game ends 0–0.

(soccer, rarely) A draw in which both teams score but it is considered a boring game to watch.


score draw

score draws (plural)
score-draw (alternative)

"The former Liverpool captain, renowned for his reputation in the past as a no-nonsense midfield-enforcer, put Thierry Henry firmly in his place on Sunday afternoon after Arsenal's score draw with Tottenham."

2015 November 9, Callum Davis, “Graeme Souness shouting at Thierry Henry is frightening and awkward”, in The Telegraph:

(soccer) A draw in which both teams score, i.e. the game ends 1–1, 2–2, 3–3, etc.


outswinging

en-adj

outswinging (comparative more outswinging, superlative most outswinging)

more outswinging (comparative)
most outswinging (superlative)

(soccer) Moving so as to curve away from the goal or centre


switch codes

en-verb

switch codes (third-person singular simple present switches codes, present participle switching codes, simple past and past participle switched codes)

switches codes (present singular third-person)
switching codes (participle present)
switched codes (participle past)
switched codes (past)

(rugby) To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa


Indian rummy

(card games) A certain Indian variant of rummy, with 13 cards dealt to each player.


setup man

(baseball) A (male) relief pitcher who appears in the inning prior to the closer, typically the 8th inning.


line to gain

(American football) The points on the football field needed to pass to convert a first down.


best and fairest

en-noun

best and fairest (plural best and fairests)

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australia, sports, rugby, Australian rules football) an award given to a player deemed to have been the best performer in a game or over a season


callover

No longer was there any doubt at the next callover this rank outsider would be the odds-on favourite!

1955, Henry Hall, Here's to the Next Time: The Autobiography of Henry Hall, page 235:

We also had the callover there. In the Victoria Club in London, all the bookmakers would get together, swap information and set the odds, and it was known as the callover. It was quite an honour to have it.

(gambling) A bookmakers' meeting to discuss the odds.


runstand

(cricket) The number of runs scored by two batters in a partnership


Nations League

(soccer) A biennial European football tournament pitting similarly-ranked teams against each other, serving as qualification for the European Championship


Phillie

(baseball) A player that plays for the Philadelphia Phillies


charging the mound

(baseball) The act of a batter running towards the pitcher's mound with the intent of physically assaulting the pitcher for a perceived grievance.


spot-barred

a spot-barred game or tournament

(billiards) In which the spot stroke is forbidden to be played more than twice consecutively.


Dilscoop

From the surname of Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, and scoop.

(cricket) A kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.


run game

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Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on 1,138 pass-blocking snaps at Iowa, according to Pro Football Focus.

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

(American football) The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.


tambiolo

tambiolos (plural)
tambola (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, from tambo + -i- + Italian -olo. See also Spanish tómbola, which is also from Italian tombola. Compare Tagalog tambiyolo.

bor+

The lottery during the time of José Rizal used the traditional manually operated tambiolo where numbers were drawn for the winning combinations.

2010 November 30, Perseus Echeminada, “Rizal a lottery winner in 1892”, in The Philippine Star, retrieved 2020-06-25:

A few days ago, the Manila police raided one such bingo game in the Blumentritt area. The police grabbed pieces of evidence, such as the tambiolo from which the winning numbers are taken, and cards, in the process of which there was a scuffle and the uniform of a policeman and the T-shirt of a Sangguniang Kabataan chair were torn.

2013 February 19, Neal H. Cruz, “Is bingo an illegal numbers game or not?”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer, retrieved 2020-06-25:

(Philippines, gambling) A fish bowl or barrel-shaped container where balls used in a raffle or a lottery are placed. In the case of a raffle, tickets may also be used. Can be made out of wire, glass, clear plastic, etc. Often has a handle, which, when rotated, mixes up the balls or tickets.


dead-ball era

(baseball) The period between around 1900 and 1919, characterized by low scoring games with few home runs.


live-ball era

(baseball) The period after about 1919, following the dead-ball era.


winged T

(American football) A formation with two halfbacks, where one lines up just behind the line of scrimmage between the split end and the offensive tackle, and the other lines up behind the quarterback and next to the fullback.


crossback

* cross + back
* (Catholic person): Alluding to Catholic priests wearing crosses on the backs of their vestments in church services.

Ruddey made two on a crossback and Reddey was forced along for one., after which Hachah decided to punt, which he did forthwith, the ball alighting in Hart 's arms.

1906, The Lafayette Weekly - Volume 33, page 33:

On the kick-off, Cochran ran the ball back to the thirty-eight-yard line. It took only seventeen plays, most of them off tackle plunges, before Houlahan slid over the line on a crossback for the touchdown.

1919, Columbia Alumni News - Volume 9, page 119:

Go over several movements that the running backs and quarterback can make (i.e., option, crossback plays, quick pitches, sweeps, etc.).

1998, Mike Bobo, Spike Dykes, Principles of Coaching Football, →ISBN, page 94:

(American football) A play in which the player with the ball crosses to one side of the field and then doubles back to the other.


Murderers' Row

(baseball, historical) The batting lineup of certain New York Yankees teams in the early twentieth century, most notably the 1927 team.


Air Coryell

(American football) An offensive scheme developed by NFL coach Don Coryell.


USFL

United States Football League
w:United States Football League

(American football) Initialism of United States Football League.


AAFL

All American Football League
w:All American Football League

(American football) Initialism of All American Football League.


super-sub

Toone, who has gone from super-sub to starter since the Euros, also took her opportunity to cement her place in midfield in the absence of injured Chelsea star Fran Kirby and got a goal to show for her efforts.

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


YNWA

you'll never walk alone
w:you'll never walk alone

(soccer) Initialism of you'll never walk alone, an anthem commonly used by Liverpool football club Liverpool F.C. and the Scottish club Celtic F.C.

you'll never walk alone

(soccer, offensive) Initialism of you'll never walk again, used as a taunt in reference to the Hillsborough Disaster.


doubling cube

(backgammon) A cube used to record the number of points at stake in a game, bearing on its six sides the powers of two from 2 to 64.


dice shaker

(games) A cup inside which a dice is put to be rolled.


carry out one's bat

en-verb

carry out one's bat (third-person singular simple present carries out one's bat, present participle carrying out one's bat, simple past and past participle carried out one's bat)

carries out one's bat (present singular third-person)
carrying out one's bat (participle present)
carried out one's bat (participle past)
carried out one's bat (past)

(cricket) To leave the wickets without having been put out.


gaming house

(gaming) A residence shared by video gamers, especially professional ones.


supersub

supersubs (plural)
super sub (alternative)

(cricket) In non-standard cricketing rules, a substitute player who is able to come on and replace any player at any point during the game, and to take over the other player's batting and bowling duties.


CFM

(soccer) Initialism of Club de Foot Montréal, a Canadian team playing in Major League Soccer.


kaisa

(billiards) A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.


no-score draw

(soccer) a goalless draw, the result of a match in which neither side scores a goal.


CRPG

roleplaying game
roleplaying game#English

(games) Initialism of computer roleplaying game.

(games) Initialism of console roleplaying game.


pair royal

Given a choice of pairing or making fifteen with the previously played card, prefer to peg 2 for the fifteen rather than make the pair and perhaps give your opponent a pair royal.

1979, David Parlett, The Penguin Book of Card Games (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 343:

(card games) three of a kind in certain card games.


pro-gamer

pro-gamers (plural)
progamer (alternative)

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(gambling) A professional gambler; a competitive player of games of chance to win prizes.


UEFAlona

UEFAlona win again, having been awarded two penalties in the last 20 minutes. Yeah, I don't smell corruption at all...

(humorous, derogatory, soccer) The football club F.C. Barcelona (viewed as being unrightfully favored by UEFA in terms of refereeing or other aspects).


dice tower

(gaming) A structure, containing deflecting objects called bafflers and having a tray at the bottom, into which dice are dropped to produce a fair roll in limited space.


playerbase

(gaming) The players of a game, considered as a whole.


television match official

en-noun

television match official (plural television match officials)

(rugby) A referee who uses video recordings to assist in deciding if points have been scored


kingmake

en-verb

kingmake (third-person singular simple present kingmakes, present participle kingmaking, simple past and past participle kingmade)

kingmakes (present singular third-person)
kingmaking (participle present)
kingmade (participle past)
kingmade (past)

I do dislike it if part of the skill of playing consists of manipulating the people who are out of the running to get them to kingmake for you.

2002 January 12, Kevin Lowe, “"Games and Politics" by Richard Garfield”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):

If they really can't, they recognize they're kingmakers, and if there's a good reason they kingmake, but even then they usually deal with their predator to buy time and bang on their prey a bit (you never know - now and again it works).

2002 March 26, CurtAdams, “Casual, as opposed to Competitive”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet):

The point is that the card-play should be the primary factor in determining who gets the more VPs, and who gets the fewer; not someone deciding to just give up and kingmake.

2004 October 12, Derek Ray, “Deals, deals, again...”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet):

(gaming) To play so as to cause another player to win.


service box

(squash, racquetball) One of two sections of the court, inside which a server must have at least one foot during the service


half butt

half butts (plural)
half-butt (alternative)

(snooker) An extra long snooker cue and bridge used to reach the cue ball when at the far end of the table.


major score

(Canadian football) A touchdown, which scores six points.


no yards

(Canadian football) A penalty in which the kicking team, on either a kickoff or punt, fails to give the receiver on the receiving team a 5-yard restraining area to catch the ball.


chest one's cards

chest one's cards (third-person singular simple present chests one's cards, present participle chesting one's cards, simple past and past participle chested one's cards)

chests one's cards (present singular third-person)
chesting one's cards (participle present)
chested one's cards (participle past)
chested one's cards (past)

Another hand was dealt. Skookum chested his cards, looked down into them with one bright eye. The game went on.

1930, Lowry Charles Wimberly, Prairie Schooner - Volumes 4-5, page 231:

The request, "Chest your cards, please," or an equivalent, should be obeyed promptly.

1969, Conde nast publications, Vogue's book of etiquette and good manners, page 71:

Mark also loved to gamble, and wanted nothing more than to elope to Vegas. I did not. He found someone who did. There was one other thing I learned — I learned to chest my cards, because I was famous for flashing.

2003, Jake Austen, A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game, →ISBN:

(card games, literal) To hold one's hand close to one's chest so that other players cannot see the cards.


dummy half

(rugby) The player who receives the ball when it is returned into play behind the teammate who was just tackled.


kickout

On his first return scoring, against the Oilers, J.T. said, “I saw a hole on the right side, got a good kickout block and shot through.”

1979, The Sporting News - Volume 188, page 64:

In the short roll, playing 4-on-5 like a smaller Draymond, his job is simple: Read the defense and make the right play. Most of the time, it is either a lob, a floater or a kickout for a corner 3.

2021 May 16, James Herbert, “Power guard? Point center? The NBA's positional misfits are dismantling an antiquated system”, in CBS Sports:

They have to get there however possible tonight to create not just layups but also kickout 3s.

2021 May 21, Fred Katz, “Just what the doctor ordered for Wizards”, in The Athletic:

(basketball) A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.

This is the style of kick made by goal keepers in soccer in a kickout and by players in the Rugby type of game in the kick-off .

1917, Wilbur Pardon Bowen, Applied anatomy and kinesiology, the mechanism of muscular movement, page 292:

(soccer) A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.

In the great Michigan game of 1903, it was he who got the ball on the kickout.

1906, Graff F. Wolfe, The Story of Wall Ka-Zoo, page 112:

Jones caught the kickout on the fifteen-yard line and Hudson kicked goal.

1906, The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette, page 276:

Another change requires that on the kickout the opponents line up on the 20-yard line, instead of on the 25-yard line, and that the ball be kicked from some point behind the 20-yard line.

The kickout was fumbled and Barrett lost his chance to try for the goal.

1915, The Cornell Alumni News - Volume 18, page 97:

“We called [the play] 26 Blast on that play and I was reading Jaydon Wright’s kickout block on the end,” Smith said.

2021 April 4, Nicholas Holstein, “FOOTBALL: Youthful Irish gain confidence, experience in win over Chicago Christian”, in Daily Journal (Kankakee, Illinois):

(rugby, American football) A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.


nursery cannon

See nurse (“to strike billiard balls gently”).

(billiards) A carom shot involving balls that are very close together.


long-slip

(cricket, dated) A fielder some distance behind and on the right of the batsman.


set shot

set shots (plural)
set-shot (alternative)

(basketball) A shot taken without jumping.


five-eighth

(rugby) A rugby position, one of the two half backs in a team, partnering the scrum-half.


Wallaby

If the final margin was slightly harsh on a spirited Wallaby side it was hard-earned reward for England’s well-organised defence and the last-quarter power lurking on their bench.

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

(rugby) A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.


Blue Bomber

(Canadian football) A player for the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


Redblack

(Canadian football) A player for the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Redblacks


Staunton piece

(chess) A form of chess piece now mandated for most chess competitions which were first designed by Nathaniel Cook and sold in 1849 and named for Howard Staunton, the best player of the time


pervasive game

(gaming, video games) Any game that blends the gameplay experience with the real world.


mechanical game

en-noun

mechanical game (plural mechanical games)

Anyone who bucks a purely mechanical game with a fixed deduction from each play must, over a period of time, wind up a loser.

1990, Robert Rowe, How to Win At Horseracing, page 2:

And because poker is more of an art than a mechanical game, you can easily slip into bad habits and start making mistakes.

2011, Kevin Blackwood, Casino Gambling For Dummies, page 300:

(gambling) Any game based on chance rather than skill.


tank controls

So called because it necessitates horizontal movement like that of an older tank (military vehicle).

(gaming, first-person games) A control scheme where the player character can move forward (relative to the character's angle), backward and turn, but that does not allow for direct sideways movement (strafing) or necessarily for the player to move while turning.


captain's try

2003 Aussies crash out of Rugby Sevens ABC News, 5 December 2003. Accessed 8 June 2019.
The reigning world sevens champions were heading out of the tournament trailing 10-5 in the dying seconds of the quarter-final clash before a captain's try from Karl Te Nana brought them level at 10-10 and took the game to sudden death.

2014 Waratahs stay top in Australian division after win over Waikato Chiefs South China Morning Post, 1 June 2014. Accessed 8 June 2019.
A late surge by the NSW Waratahs, sparked by a captain's try from Dave Dennis, carried them to a 33-17 victory over the defending champions Waikato Chiefs in their Super Rugby clash on Saturday.

(rugby) A try scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.


Whites

1996, S. Greenfield, "When the Whites Go Marching In? Racism and Resistances in English Football", Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Art. 7, p. 315: #*: "When the Whites go Marching In" is a version of the hymn "When the Saints Go Marching In" and has been sung by football fans whilst attending "away" matches in other countries... In this context the reference is to English supporters indicating their disapproval of black players.

When the Whites go marching in, oh, when the Whites go marching in, oh, I wanna be in that number when the Whites go marching in!

(sports, historical) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly

(soccer, UK) The away team during international matches.


scrum feed

(rugby) The action, performed by the scrum-half, of feeding the ball into the scrum.


stand on one's head

en-verb

stand on one's head (third-person singular simple present stands on one's head, present participle standing on one's head, simple past and past participle stood on one's head)

stands on one's head (present singular third-person)
standing on one's head (participle present)
stood on one's head (participle past)
stood on one's head (past)

(idiomatic, ice hockey, soccer) Of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.


knock in

"Do you feel inclined to have a knock in for an hour?" said Charles, addressing Tom.
"I don't understand much of the game."
[…] He was seldom indeed without two good trumps, and therefore almost invariably loo'd those who stood.

1847, Henry Cockton, The Love Match, page 232:

(card games, archaic) The game of lanterloo.


knock in

knock in (third-person singular simple present knocks in, present participle knocking in, simple past and past participle knocked in)

knocks in (present singular third-person)
knocking in (participle present)
knocked in (participle past)
knocked in (past)

With the tension rising Brecel knocked in a timely 51 to leave himself on the brink of victory, which he confirmed with a stylish 112 break.

2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport:

(snooker, transitive) To score (a break)


LFL

“The LFL salutes all those who make this the greatest the country in the world, and we stand in salute of our flag.”

2017 September 27, Joe Tacopino, “Lingerie football league says ‘we stand’ for national anthem”, in New York Post:

Lingerie Football League
w:Lingerie Football League

(sports, American football) Initialism of Lingerie Football League.

Legends Football League
w:Legends Football League

(sports, American football) Initialism of Legends Football League.


oicho-kabu

/ˌɔɪ.t͡ʃoʊˈkɑː.buː/

Borrowed from Japanese おいちょかぶ (oicho-kabu). Compound of オイチョ (oicho, “the 8 card”) + カブ (kabu, “the 9 card”), borrowed from Portuguese oito (“eight”) and Portuguese cabo (“end”, for being the highest card) respectively.

der

Couldn't we play with hanafuda instead? I asked. I had a decent amount of experience with oichokabu or koi koi thanks to playing with my mom's family in the countryside.

2013, Nagaru Tanigawa, translated by Paul Tuttle Starr, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yen Press, →ISBN:

(card games) A traditional Japanese gambling game similar to baccarat and the Korean game seotda, played with kabufuda or hanafuda cards, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible


Lioness

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


on the boil

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


lay one down

en-verb

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

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

Martin laid one down to get Buckley over to second.

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


long-stop

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

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

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


boundary four

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

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

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


all-run four

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


Black Cap

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

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


come to bat

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

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

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

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

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


baggy green

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


play fine

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

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

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


play full

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

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

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


Red Star

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


wickie

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


deuces wild

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

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

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

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

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


two-eyed jack

(card games, slang) Either the jack of diamonds or jack of clubs, on which the jack is commonly depicted from the front, with both eyes visible.


total bases

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


QGA

(chess) The Queen's Gambit Accepted opening.


one that goes the other way

en-noun

the one that goes the other way (plural ones that go the other way)

the one that goes the other way (canonical)
ones that go the other way (plural)


zero blitz

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


pass rush

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

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

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