white card

(soccer) A card similar to the red card and yellow card, but used to acknowledge sportmanship or fair play.


PuG

(online gaming) Acronym of pickup group (“group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal, such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).


PuG

en-verb

PuG (third-person singular simple present PuGs, present participle PuGing, simple past and past participle PuGed)

PuGs (present singular third-person)
PuGing (participle present)
PuGed (participle past)
PuGed (past)
pug (alternative)

(transitive, online gaming) To participate in structured content of an online game as part of a pickup group.


top-hatting

(gambling) A form of cheating at roulette in a casino by waiting for the ball to land on the winning number and then covertly placing chips on that number.


Clockgate

(US, American football, informal) The controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.


yannigan

[…] Sammy Strang, a yannigan from the rival New York Giants […]

2010, Bill James, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, page 74:

Addie was a star ball player and a student of the sport, but as a sports writer he was a yannigan, a rookie.

2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page XII:


slingy

en-adj

slingy (comparative more slingy, superlative most slingy)

more slingy (comparative)
most slingy (superlative)

A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144:

[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.

2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport:

(cricket) Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.


scrummer

(rugby) A player who takes part in a scrum.


unpolymorph

en-verb

unpolymorph (third-person singular simple present unpolymorphs, present participle unpolymorphing, simple past and past participle unpolymorphed)

unpolymorphs (present singular third-person)
unpolymorphing (participle present)
unpolymorphed (participle past)
unpolymorphed (past)

(gaming, intransitive) To regain one's original form after having polymorphed.


caught looking

(baseball) out on a third strike after not attempting to hit a pitch


WGM

(countable, chess) Initialism of Woman Grandmaster.


WIM

Woman International Master
w:Woman International Master

(countable, chess) Initialism of Woman International Master.


WCM

Woman Candidate Master
w:Woman Candidate Master

(countable, chess) Initialism of Woman Candidate Master.


droppie

(rugby, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A drop goal.


nod-back

Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make sure he was in the right place to head home John Stones' nod-back for his third.

2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A soft header played away from the opponent's goal


ggs

(online gaming slang) Initialism of good games.


WLAF

Scenarios were floated that the CFL and WLAF would merge or that the CFL would revert to a fall schedule and become a farm league for the NFL.

2005, Steve O'Brien, The Canadian Football League, →ISBN:

World League of American Football
w:World League of American Football

(American football) Initialism of World League of American Football.


contact hitter

(baseball) A hitter who does not strike out often.


turn-based

Coordinate term: tick-based

The most popular turn-based esport is the virtual card game Hearthstone.

2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 225, archived from the original on 2025-06-06:

(gaming) In which players or characters take turns alternately, rather than acting simultaneously.


jump-cut

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

jump-cuts (present singular third-person)
jump-cutting (participle present)
jump-cut (participle past)
jump-cut (past)
jump cut (alternative)
jumpcut (alternative)

After Lake insisted the sixth-year senior hadn’t impressed enough in practice to contribute in their first two games, McGrew responded with 31 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just six carries Saturday — releasing a guttural growl after jump-cutting and crossing the goal line for a 13-yard score in the first quarter.

2021 September 18, Mike Vorel, “After two frustrating losses, the dam finally breaks in Washington’s 52-3 win over Arkansas State”, in The Seattle Times:

(intransitive, American football) To perform a jump cut.


TTRPG

roleplaying game
roleplaying game#English

(games) Initialism of tabletop roleplaying game.


classical chess

All good things must come to an end, and so it was that Magnus Carlsen's record-breaking streak without defeat in classical chess was halted by Jan-Krzysztof Duda on Saturday.

2020 October 12, George Ramsay, “Magnus Carlsen's 125-game unbeaten streak ended by Jan-Krzysztof Duda”, in CNN:

The problem is not that computers have replaced people, but that they have curtailed their space for adventure, especially in "classical" chess played under long time limits at championship level. Players always arrived for tournaments well prepared, but they now use software as well as human analysis to predict lines long past the opening.

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

(chess) Chess played at a slow time control, with games taking up to several hours (the most common format at professional tournaments).


rapid chess

Carlsen won his last championship in 2016 by winning the last two rapid-chess games when it went to the final day. And the World Chess Federation ranks him number one at rapid chess.

2018 November 27, Kabir Chibber, “What will happen on the final day of the World Chess Championship”, in Quartz:

(chess) Chess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.


ultrabullet chess

(chess, Internet, rare) Alternative form of ultrabullet.


ultrabullet

At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.

2020 October 1, Aaron Alford, “Cloud9 signs grandmaster chess player Penguingm1”, in Dot Esports:

Firouzja’s surprise loss to Fedoseev this week was partly attributed to his preference for 1+0 bullet without the one second per move increment. And there are plenty who consider even 1+0 bullet too slow, and prefer to play hyperbullet, 30 seconds, or ultrabullet, 15 seconds for the entire game without increment.

2020 November 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Magnus Carlsen showcases his bullet skills with 11 straight wins”, in The Guardian:

Nakamura is a deadly performer at time rates ranging from 25-minute rapid right down to online "ultrabullet", where each player has 15 seconds for the entire game.

2021 August 18, “Nakamura unbeaten for 27 games; Sinquefield Cup starts in St Louis”, in Financial Times:

(chess, Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting 15 seconds to make their moves.


hyperbullet chess

(chess, Internet, rare) Alternative form of hyperbullet.


hyperbullet

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

(chess, Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting 30 seconds to make their moves.


draw death

The memorization of opening theory and the intensive study of an opponent's oeuvre so dominate the modern game that when two grand masters square off, the first twenty moves unfold like a stale sitcom plot. Players often lament that "draw death" is killing the game.

2002 December 2, Rene Chun, “Bobby Fischer’s Pathetic Endgame”, in The Atlantic:

Artificial intelligence has heightened chess’s old fear of "draw death", where the game is analysed to the degree that wins disappear.

(chess) The phenomenon of draws becoming more prevalent among professional chess players, potentially leading to a loss of popular interest in competitive chess.


sit under

sit under (third-person singular simple present sits under, present participle sitting under, simple past and past participle sat under)

sits under (present singular third-person)
sitting under (participle present)
sat under (participle past)
sat under (past)

(card games) To be on the right side of a player.


one-eyed king

(card games, slang) The king of diamonds in a deck of playing cards.


International Master

en-noun

International Master (plural International Masters)

(chess) A chess player of high ability but below the level of Grandmaster, as determined by FIDE.


booked up

en-adj

booked up (comparative more booked up, superlative most booked up)

more booked up (comparative)
most booked up (superlative)

This line is not by any stretch of the imagination considered a critical line, but it does take the players out of mainstream theory, where Giri typically is hardcore booked up.

2022 March 11, Carsten Hansen, “2022 FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade Semifinals Day 2: Rapport Magic”, in Chess:

Not only that, he managed to get the incredibly well-booked up US-Cuban star out of book on move 8, and then to give checkmate.

2022 July 21, Colin McGourty, “Zagreb GCT 1: Firouzja leads as new chess era begins”, in Chess24:

(chess, slang) Extremely knowledgeable in a particular opening as a result of intensive study.


clock move

(chess) A variant rule in chess in which a move is not considered final until the player touches the clock, as opposed to the standard touch move rule.


if money

en-noun

if money (countable and uncountable, plural if moneys)

(gambling) A type of money collected from earnings on one race which is then automatically applied to a subsequent race in the case when an if-bet is placed.


hoofball

Blend of hoof (“to kick, especially a long way downfield with little accuracy”) + football.

blend

Wimbledon continued to hold their own under Joe Kinnear. They played with passion and no little skill. It certainly wasn't just 'hoofball' as their detractors, such as Gary Lineker, claimed.

2012 July 2, Tim Quelch, Underdog!, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:

By the 1980s Italian football was also showing distinct signs of virility as it built up to its great moment in the sun with the 1990 World Cup. It had glamour and skill, just as British football was deep into its cul-de-sac of hoofball tactics and off-pitch thuggery.

2015 January 9, Nicholas Walton, Genoa, 'La Superba': The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

'We're Leeds United, we're passing the ball,' sang delighted supporters, exhilarated at being rid of Warnock's despised hoofball.

2019 October 10, Dave Tomlinson, Leeds, Money, and Misery Me: Twenty Years of Hurt, 23 Mistakes and the Tale of Toma ..., AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

(soccer, derogatory) A style of play characterised by many long balls and few short passes.


side money

en-noun

side money (countable and uncountable, plural side moneys)

(gambling) The chips or money placed in a side pot in a poker game.


SABR

w:Society for American Baseball Research

(baseball) Acronym of Society for American Baseball Research.


anti-Sicilian

(chess) Countering the Sicilian Defense.


if-bet

(gambling) A type of bet placed with a bookmaker wherein the bettor has money on a horse in a subsequent race under the condition that his horse in an earlier race also wins.


Marseille turn

(soccer) A specialized form of dribbling by which the ball is dragged backward.


time-on-device

Complementing efforts to extend time-on-device by anticipating players’ conscious desires, another set of design strategies operate at an unconscious level, much like the affective appeals of architecture and ambience.

2012, Natasha Dow Schüll, Addiction by Design, →ISBN, page 59:

(gambling) The time spent playing on a gaming machine, seen as a metric.


offensive guard

offensive guard (plural offensive guards)

(American football) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located on either side of the center and inside of the offensive tackles.


quality start

(baseball) A start in which a pitcher pitches for at least six full innings and allows three or fewer earned runs.


take a pitch

en-verb

take a pitch (third-person singular simple present takes a pitch, present participle taking a pitch, simple past took a pitch, past participle taken a pitch)

takes a pitch (present singular third-person)
taking a pitch (participle present)
took a pitch (past)
taken a pitch (participle past)

(baseball) To refrain from swinging at a pitch.


patzerish

en-adj

patzerish (comparative more patzerish, superlative most patzerish)

more patzerish (comparative)
most patzerish (superlative)

Ng4!? would be too direct (patzerish) […]

2016, Andras Adorjan, Black is Back!: What's White's Advantage Anyway?, New in Chess, →ISBN, page 145:

(chess, informal, derogatory) Characteristic of a patzer; indicating a lack of skill; amateurish.


Giuoco Piano

From Italian Giuoco Piano, from giuoco+piano.


Nina from Pasadena

Shaking the dice in his hand, he chanted: “Nina from Pasadena, pull your tits. Be there seven.” With a bit of wrist-flourish he chucked the dice. They cartwheeled a few times, skidded, and then petered out with two ones up.

1971, Joseph N. Sorrentino, Up from Never, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 96:

The most reliable stickman on the floor, Jimmy McGuire, was running the table. Data could hear his silky tenor before he could see the player due to the dense ring of spectators around the pit. “On your bets, place your bets. […] And that is nine. Nina from Pasadena. Point is nine. How about the six and eight there, sir? It's never too late. Two numbers are better than one.”

2014, Jeffrey Lang, The Light Fantastic (Star Trek: The Next Generation), New York, NY: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 68:

(gambling, dice games) A roll of nine in the game of craps.


winrate

(gaming) The proportion of games played that are won by a given player.


La Roja

(soccer) The Spain national football team.

(soccer) The Chile national football team.


multiattack

The purple worm has a multiattack consisting of a bite and a sting.


rehandicap

en-verb

rehandicap (third-person singular simple present rehandicaps, present participle rehandicapping, simple past and past participle rehandicapped)

rehandicaps (present singular third-person)
rehandicapping (participle present)
rehandicapped (participle past)
rehandicapped (past)

(transitive, gambling) To recalculate the betting odds for (a race, etc.).


USMNT

w:United States men's national soccer team

(soccer) Initialism of United States men's national team.


Bazball

From Baz + ball, Baz being the nickname of New Zealand cricketer and coach Brendon McCullum.

BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.

[2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41:

THE effects of Bazball can already be seen in the wider cricketing world, too. No sooner had Ben Stokes put out a call to arms telling county cricketers they had to play his way to get in the England team comes evidence of a response from Dom Sibley.

2022 July 13, Paul Newman, “World of Cricket”, in Daily Mail, London, page 70:

The focus on Bazball may have damaged England's chances at the World Cup – but it is "seemingly now also part of the solution".

2023 November 18, “Cricket: what the white-ball side can learn from Bazball”, in The Week, Bath, page 24:

The debate about ‘Bazball’ is absurd: for professional sport to survive it has to be entertaining, and aggressive cricket is undoubtedly far more entertaining than defensive cricket.

2024 April 6, Roger Alton, “County cricket needs Bazball”, in The Spectator, London:

(cricket, informal, slang, neologism) An aggressive run-scoring approach to cricket.


unbackable favourite

en-noun

unbackable favourite (plural unbackable favourites)

At $1.01 (or 1/100 in traditional odds), he was the unbackable favourite to win the race.

(gambling) A contestant or competitor whose odds are so short that it is not considered worthwhile betting on.


gegenpress

(soccer) The use of the gegenpressing tactic.


LiVARpool

Blend of Liverpool + VAR (“video assistant referee”), implying that Liverpool F.C. is unfairly favoured in judgements made by VAR.

blend

The ability of Jürgen Klopp’s team to win even when the opposition bring their A-game has been a feature of the season. A simple explanation, beyond luck and “LiVARpool” conspiracy theory, is that their base levels are just so high.

2019 December 11, Barney Ronay, “Champions League’s full English another staging post in march of the superclubs”, in The Guardian:

[…] and amid calls of 'LiVARpool' coming into the equation again by the Chelsea faithful, Silva himself has had a say on what he thinks of the last two aforementioned VAR decisions […]

2022 March 7, Danyal Khan, “Thiago Silva sends Liverpool blunt message as West Ham and Chelsea VAR decisions go their way”, in football.london:

Someone else said: "I honestly think this FA cup is already rigged for LiVArpool There's been a lot of them red ribbons around it."

2022 May 14, Nick Murphy, “Chelsea fans have FA Cup conspiracy theory and say 'Pep and Tuchel were right all along'”, in The Daily Star:

(soccer, derogatory, slang) Liverpool F.C.


England went even further, playing 1-1-8 (eight forwards), but crowded goalmouths saw the game end 0-0.

2010, Clive Gifford, “Formations”, in The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 60:

Both teams employed what could be considered attacking formations—Scotland (2-2-6), and England (1-1-8) […]

2011, Jaime Orejan, Football/Soccer: History and Tactics, →ISBN, page 31:

United made a scintillating start against Leicester […] but they seem to be sticking to a 1-1-8 formation, with Evans and then Chris Smalling playing as a sweeper-left-centre-right-back. This is why United have a defence as secure as a paper-tissue truss.

2014 September 22, Des Kelly, “Chelsea fans add a touch of dignity and class to a world of football excess”, in Evening Standard:

(soccer, historical or derogatory) A football formation with 1 defender, 1 midfielder and 8 strikers sometimes played in the 19th and early 20th centuries, now a derogatory reference to a team with poor defence.


St Totteringham's Day

By analogy with Christian feast days, with a blend of Tottenham + tottering.

After their 3-1 win at Hull, it is now mathematically impossible for Tottenham to finish above their neighbours in this season's Premier League. […] That means today is "St Totteringham's Day".

2015 May 4, Richard Innes, “St Totteringham's Day: Arsenal fans celebrate finishing above Tottenham AGAIN by trolling their big rivals”, in Daily Mirror:

TOTTENHAM'S 2-0 defeat of great rivals Arsenal today ensured they will finish above the Gunners in the Premier League for the first time since 1995. And in turn it has ended the curse of "St Totteringham's Day" […]

2017 April 30, John Hutchinson, “St Totteringham’s Day: Twitter reacts as Tottenham ensure they will finish above Arsenal in the Premier League and end the curse of ‘St Totteringham’s Day’”, in The Sun:

2022 October 4, Edwin Yeo, “Arsenal 3 Spurs 1 - It feels like St Totteringham's Day already”, in Yahoo News Singapore:

(soccer, humorous, colloquial) The day in an English Premier League football season on which it becomes mathematically impossible for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to finish above Arsenal F.C. in the final rankings.


Spuds

Robbie Keane makes it Liverpool 1-2 Spuds.

2005 April 16, Roo, “Quick update...”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet):

The Spuds and Man Utd posters (with the exception of Jenkins) are all keeping their heads down on account of their respective teams poor form.

2013 December 5, Baldoni, “heh heh heh”, in alt.sports.soccer.arsenal (Usenet):

@DanColly added: "Think the Spuds fans enjoyed the Saliba song last week. But they sing it for Bissouma after clipping a cross straight out of play."

2022 October 8, Ryan Tailor, “Arsenal and Tottenham fans argue as Spurs accused of 'stealing William Saliba chant'”, in Daily Express:

(soccer, derogatory) Tottenham Hotspur F.C.


Benko Gambit

Promoted by Hungarian-American grandmaster Pal Benko, who provided many new suggestions and published his book The Benko Gambit in 1974.

(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence.


Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit

Named after Stanley Gibbins, an English player from Derby who played the gambit by mail in the 1960s, and Rolf Weidenhagen, a German player, from a comment in 1960 that Weidenhagen had played the gambit.

(chess) A chess gambit arising from the Indian Game characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.


Mieses-Kotrč Variation

Scandinavian Defense
Scandinavian Defence

(chess) A chess opening variation arising from the Scandinavian Defense characterized by the moves 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5.


igui

Borrowed from Japanese 居食(いぐ)い (igui, “living in idleness; idle feeding”).

ja-r

(shogi) In shogi variants, a type of move in which a piece captures an opposing piece without moving.


nine-darter

(darts) The scoring of 501 points with only nine darts, regarded as a perfect game.


Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit

(chess) A very uncommon and unpracticed chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 c5 2.b4.


Staunton Gambit

en-noun

Staunton Gambit (plural Staunton Gambits)

(chess) A chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 f5 2.e4.


Shaviliuk Gambit

Queen's Pawn Opening
Queen's Pawn Opening#Noun

Chigorin Variation
Chigorin Variation#Noun

(chess) An uncommon chess opening gambit arising from the Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e5.


BABIP

batting average on balls in play#English

(baseball) Initialism of batting average on balls in play.


batting average on balls in play

batting average on balls in play (plural batting averages on balls in play)

batting averages on balls in play (plural)

(baseball) A type of batting average statistic which includes sacrifice flies but not strikeouts or home runs into the calculation.


opening book

Chess opening book
Chess opening book (computers)

(chess, literally) A book describing chess openings or giving general opening advice.


book move

The researchers only considered the phase between move 10 and move 100 to rule out most of the "book moves" and didn't consider games that lasted fewer than 20 moves.

2020 October 21, Peter Doggers, “Top Chess Players Peak Between 35 and 45, Research Shows”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:

Book move — A standard or conventional move. Not to be confused with a "text move."

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

(chess) An opening move considered to be the best play; a move in a main line.


in book

The Sicilian opening was wild, but the speed of play made it clear both players were "in book", up to a point.

2022 January 21, Colin McGourty, “Tata Steel 5: Rapport & Mamedyarov hit the front”, in chess24, archived from the original on 2022-05-19:

Wesley So had prepared a line with a temporary pawn sacrifice against Praggnanandhaa and both players appeared to be in book for a long time.

2023 January 19, Mark Crowther, “Giri overtakes Abdusattorov in a dramatic final round of the Tata Steel Masters to grab his first title”, in The Week in Chess, archived from the original on 2023-02-01:

(chess, uncommon) Of a chess player: following a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").


KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders
w:Kolkata Knight Riders

(cricket) Initialism of Kolkata Knight Riders.


outbook

en-verb

outbook (third-person singular simple present outbooks, present participle outbooking, simple past and past participle outbooked)

outbooks (present singular third-person)
outbooking (participle present)
outbooked (participle past)
outbooked (past)

Then on move 13, Deep Thought II surprisingly found itself outbooked and in a difficult position.

2013, Monty Newborn, Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone, page 76:

(transitive, chess) To surpass in one's knowledge of book moves.


one-hitter

Coordinate term: no-hitter

The one-hitter Tuesday night marked the first time the Cardinals held the Pirates to one hit or less in a game in Pittsburgh since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson’s no-hitter in 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium.

2021 August 11, John Perrotto, “Wainwright pitches two-hit shutout, Cards top Pirates 4-0”, in The Seattle Times:

(baseball) A game in which one team makes only one hit.


counterpressing

Teams that are skilled in counterpressing are teams that attack with many of the players in close proximity to the ball carrier.

2017, Steffen Siebert, A League Of Their Own: The Secrets Of Club Soccer Champions, page 70:


komadai

(shogi) A stand for holding captured Shogi pieces.


moundwork

en-noun

moundwork (countable and uncountable, plural moundworks)


crazy eight

(card games) Alternative form of crazy eights.


PMSA

Port Moresby Soccer Association#Tok_Pisin

(soccer) initialism of Port Moresby Soccer Association


500 rum

(card games) A variant of rummy in which each player scores the value of the sets or cards they meld.


NNUE

Coined by Japanese computer scientist Yu Nasu in 2018 as an inversion of "Efficiently Updateable Neural Network" (stylized as ƎUИИ).

coinage

(computer chess) A type of neural network able to run on a CPU, trained to evaluate a board game (usually chess or shogi) position.


All-Pro

All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey had 80 yards on the ground and 80 through the air. Wide receiver Jauan Jennings became the second person in Super Bowl history to throw and catch touchdown passes.

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

(American football) A professional American football player selected (typically by press organizations) as the best player in a particular position during a given season.


goal machine

He [Robbie Fowler]would become one of Liverpool's finest – a goal machine – and, most importantly, he was one of our own. A real character who combined a touch of genius with a sense of mischief.

2021, Brian Barwick, Sixty Years a Red... and Counting!:


cold hand

Anthony’s performance was all the more glaring as he frequently found himself isolated on the wing or elbow, trying to break down Oklahoma City’s defense but finding himself caught in a forest of burly Thunder big men or clanging shots off the rim. / At times, the Knicks’ offense looked short-circuited. Anthony, despite his cold hand, kept shooting.

2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who fails to make successful shots in a game.


poverty poker

(card games) A variety of poker in which players can only lose a certain maximum amount, after which they can continue to play regardless of the loss.


weakie

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

And now we enter the real chess arena, where, haughty about ratings, everybody has only one thought in mind: to win — to pile up plaudits against the county grader's autumnal assessment. And to this end we all hope for a weaker opponent, but in the tournaments there are no outright weakies.

2010, John Healy, Coffeehouse Chess Tactics: An Astonishing Trip Into the World of Competitive Chess, Alkmaar, Netherlands: New In Chess, page 17:

(especially chess and poker, rare) An unskilled player.


spindizzy

From spin + dizzy. The science fiction sense was coined by American author James Blish in 1950 for the Cities in Flight series of books (published 1950–1962).

Spindizzies, or tether cars, come in three categories of descending value: original as raced, restored and reproduced. […] The best indicator of a spindizzy’s authenticity is its size, said Eric Zausner of Berkeley, Calif., who has an extensive collection. “Repros are always smaller because they come from second-generation molds.”

2010 September 24, Robert C. Yeager, “For Tether Car Collectors, Originality Counts Most”, in The New York Times:

(games) An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.

Spindizzies, model auto racing fans to you, are going to have a field day at Safford Junio[r] High School grounds, facing South Fourth avenue, this afternoon.

1941 January 1, “Spindizzies Hold Model Auto Race This Afternoon”, in The Arizona Daily Star, volume 100, number 1, Tucson, Ariz.:

(dated) A collector or enthusiast of such miniature cars.


long pot

Brecel fired in doubles, a succession of stunning long pots and seemingly cleared balls at will as he rattled through the first four frames in under an hour.

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

(snooker) A shot that pots a ball from across most of the table.


boathouse rum

(card games) Synonym of boathouse rummy.


boathouse rummy

(card games) A variant of rummy in which players must draw additional cards in certain circumstances.


galloping domino

en-noun

galloping domino (plural galloping dominos or galloping dominoes)

galloping dominos (plural)
galloping dominoes (plural)

In reference to the spots on both dominos and dice, and the fact that dice are tossed through the air.


consensus national champion

consensus national champion (plural consensus national champions)

(American football) In regard to national championships in college football, a team that was selected as national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll.


restricted area

restricted area (plural restricted areas)

(basketball) The area behind an arc extending some distance from the basket into the key, to prevent secondary defenders from taking a position under the basket in an attempt to draw an offensive foul while a player is driving to the basket.


rabbit ball

(baseball, derogatory) A lively ball that easily travels far off the bat.


racehorse keno

(gambling) An older form of keno in which each number was accompanied by the name of a racehorse.


Life Master

(chess) A player holding a master's rating of over 2200 for at least 300 tournament games rated by the United States Chess Federation.

(bridge) A player who has been awarded 300 or more masterpoints in certain types of tournament by the American Contract Bridge League.


horizon effect

From the idea that the computer cannot look beyond its horizon (limit of one's knowledge; boundary or threshold).

gloss

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(artificial intelligence, games) A problem in artificial intelligence whereby a computer can only search a small portion of the possible states in a game, and thus may make a detrimental move because it cannot search far enough to see its error.


millipawn

(computer chess, rare) One thousandth of the value of a pawn, especially for calculation purposes in computer chess.


possession arrow

en-noun

possession arrow (plural possession arrows)

Faced with all that countervailing authority, the best respondent could realistically hope for is that we declare §101(27) a jump ball. And under our clear-statement rule, a jump ball is as good as a possession arrow favoring the party opposing the abrogation of sovereign immunity.

2023, Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22–227), Justice Gorsuch (dissenting opinion)

(basketball) An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.


Chinese homer

Chinese home run
Chinese home run#English

(US, baseball, slang) Synonym of Chinese home run.


German whist

(card games) A variation of whist for two players, probably of British origin.


ace-high

an ace-high straight flush

(card games) Of a hand, in which an ace is the highest-ranking card.


GIDP

(baseball) Initialism of ground into double play: a double play initiated by a batter hitting a ground ball.


umpire-in-chief

(baseball) The umpire in charge of the entire game, in cases where there is more than one umpire.


celebrappeal

(cricket) An overenthusiastic appeal in the form of a celebration, without waiting for the umpire to give the batter out.


celebrappeal

en-verb

celebrappeal (third-person singular simple present celebrappeals, present participle celebrappealing, simple past and past participle celebrappealed)

celebrappeals (present singular third-person)
celebrappealing (participle present)
celebrappealed (participle past)
celebrappealed (past)

(cricket) The act of making a celebrappeal.


tsume shogi

Borrowed from Japanese 詰将棋 (tsumeshōgi, “shogi mating problems”).

bor+

tsume-shogi (alternative)
tsumeshogi (alternative)

The average branching factor of tsume-shogi has not been calculated yet, as far as we know. The numerical results of this paper show that the average branching factor of tsume-shogi is about 5.

2001 June, Masahiro Seo, Hiroyuki Iida, Jos W.H.M. Uiterwijk, “The PN∗-search algorithm: Application to tsume-shogi”, in Artificial Intelligence, volume 129, numbers 1–2, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 256:

(shogi) Shogi problems in which the goal is to find a forced checkmate.


ice wagon

He can't hit a thing or he can't get it over the base, or he's an ice wagon on the bases, they say.

1914, William T. Ellis, "Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message, Philadelphia, P.A.: Universal Book and Bible House, page 274:

A veteran first-baseman-catcher, Duke Jantzen, who had played briefly with the Texas Midland in 1896, was engaged as player-manager. Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.

1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290:


knock rummy

(card games) A variant of rummy in which a player may signal (through knocking or a specific kind of discard) that they have a valid hand.


outfield player

en-noun

outfield player (plural outfield players)

(ball games) Any of the players on a team other than the goalkeeper.


Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

An extension of the Duckworth-Lewis method by Australian statistician Steven Stern.

(cricket) A mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match.


D/L/S

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method


mad queen chess

(chess, dated) The modern variety of chess, in which the queen can travel any number of squares in one move, as opposed to earlier varieties in which the queen was less powerful.


debuffer

In fact, you likely won't be doing much in the way of attacking physically, since the P3MC can make a good debuffer or someone who inflicts ailments and/or binds. He becomes a debuffer of sorts when his Persona is upgraded to Messiah, […]

2015, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Strategy Guide, GamerGuides.com:


sudden victory

sudden victory (countable and uncountable, plural sudden victories)

(sports, games) Synonym of sudden death.


steinholding

From stein (“beer mug”) + holding. Calque of German Maßkrugstemmen.

stein-holding (alternative)
stein holding (alternative)

(games) A bar game where one holds a full stein (“beer mug”) of beer with a straight arm out front for as long as possible without bending, dipping, or, spilling beer.


masskrugstemmen

(sports, games) Synonym of steinholding.


Chinese bezique

(card games) A variant of bezique played with six decks.


griddler

If you have used the above techniques you will have made some inroads into solving a Griddler puzzle.

2002, “How To Solve Griddlers”, in puzzle museum:

(see title)

2006, “Griddler of the Day”, in griddlers logic puzzles:

(see title)

2020, Just Puzzles, Griddler Puzzles For Beginners:

(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.


six-pack bezique

(card games) Synonym of Chinese bezique.


RUFC

Ramsbottom United F.C.
w:Ramsbottom United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Ramsbottom United F.C..

Retford United F.C.
w:Retford United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Retford United F.C..

Rochester United F.C.
w:Rochester United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Rochester United F.C..

Rossendale United F.C.
w:Rossendale United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Rossendale United F.C..

Rotherham United F.C.
w:Rotherham United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Rotherham United F.C..


pick and pass

en-verb

pick and pass (third-person singular simple present picks and passes, present participle picking and passing, simple past and past participle picked and passed)

picks and passes (present singular third-person)
picking and passing (participle present)
picked and passed (participle past)
picked and passed (past)

(backgammon) To hit the opponent's blot (exposed piece) and take the hitting checker to safety, within a single play.


palmball

(baseball) A change-up pitch in which the baseball is held tightly in the palm or between the thumb and ring finger, then thrown like a fastball.


FFC

(soccer) Initialism of Fulham Football Club.


straight poker

(card games) The oldest form of the game of poker, in which a complete hand is dealt to each player, and players bet in one round, with raising and re-raising allowed.


Pinoy step

(basketball, Philippines) A basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, does a pump fake, then proceeds to drive with the last two remaining legal steps to make an actual shot.


CAF Champions League

(soccer) An annual African football (soccer) competition.


flag on the play

Here we go at last. It's Iona's ball on their own 10 yard line; they are in punt formation — wait — there's a flag on the play.

1955, Natalie E. White, The Billion Dollar Saint: A Farce in Three Acts, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 29:

In the modern game there is perhaps no phrase more familiar than "Flag on the play!" It is an instant and unmistakable signal to every player, to the benches, and to the fans, that a penalty is about to be enforced by a game official.

2012, Robert J. Scott, Myles A. Pocta, Honor on the Line: The Fifth Down and the Spectacular 1940 College Football Season, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 146:

(American football slang) A penalty flag.


riffle shuffle

(card games) A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.


Minnesota whist

(card games) A simplified version of whist in which there are no trumps and the goal is to take seven of the thirteen tricks.


nod in

nod in (third-person singular simple present nods in, present participle nodding in, simple past and past participle nodded in)

nods in (present singular third-person)
nodding in (participle present)
nodded in (participle past)
nodded in (past)

Davies, captain in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, scored the opener as, completely unmarked just three yards out, he nodded in Broadhead's 22nd-minute corner.

2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, ambitransitive) To score with a header


pangeni

… fargo, craps, draw poker, studhorse poker, pangeni or pangene, twenty-one …

(obsolete, card games) Alternative spelling of panguingue.


HWL

Hawaii Winter League
w:Hawaii Winter Baseball

(baseball, historical) Initialism of Hawaii Winter League.


Vienna coup

First published by James Clay (1804-1873), who had observed it being executed in the days of whist by "the greatest player in Vienna" — identity unknown.

(bridge) An unblocking technique in contract bridge made in preparation for a squeeze play.


Busby Babe

Named after Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United Football Club.

Manchester United Football Club
Matt Busby


tick-based

(gaming) Of a game: divided into a number of fixed time periods, in each of which a player or character may perform a set number of actions.


one-hit

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

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

No, one-hitting a dude with a basic spell isn't particularly challenging, but god does it feel good knowing I can only pull that off because I stacked rare Gifts in comically broken ways.

2019 September 26, Austin Wood, “Code Vein review: "A janky but strangely satisfying dungeon-crawler"”, in GamesRadar+:

(transitive, gaming) To kill in a single hit.

The Dodgers beat Arizona on Thursday afternoon, 6-3, with Chris Heisey hitting a grand slam and five relievers combining to one-hit the Diamondbacks over the final four innings.

2015 September 24, Bill Shaikin, “Dodgers getting excited about possible division title after beating Arizona, 6-3”, in Los Angeles Times:

Wainwright’s gem came a night after Cardinals left-hander J.A. Happ and three relievers combined to one-hit the Pirates, who have lost seven straight games and 17 of their last 22.

2021 August 11, John Perrotto, “Wainwright pitches two-hit shutout, Cards top Pirates 4-0”, in The Seattle Times:

(transitive, baseball) To pitch so that the other team only makes a single hit.


backcourtmate

(basketball, rare) A fellow teammate on the backcourt.


flip throw

(soccer) An unusual throw-in in which the player, during the run-up, plants the ball on the ground, flips over it, and uses the momentum gained from the flip to increase the velocity of the ball.


bulge the onion bag

bulge the onion bag (third-person singular simple present bulges the onion bag, present participle bulging the onion bag, simple past and past participle bulged the onion bag)

bulges the onion bag (present singular third-person)
bulging the onion bag (participle present)
bulged the onion bag (participle past)
bulged the onion bag (past)

[…] such as Provan or McAvennie scoring at Hampden or Larsson bulging the onion bag twice in Seville.

2012, Paul Larkin, Poles 'N' Goals and Hesselink, page 139:

[…] bulged the onion bag for the Blades, and Downes and Prendergast replied for the Owls.


two little ducks

The digit 2 resembles the profile of a duck.

(bingo) A traditional call for the number twenty-two.


Tony's den

An allusion to prime minister Tony Blair; compare earlier Maggie's den.

(bingo) A traditional call for the number ten.


Ring a Ring o' Roses

Ring a Ring o' Rosie (alternative)
Ring around the Rosie (alternative)
Ring around the Rosy (alternative)
ring-around-the-rosy (alternative)

(music, dance, games) A traditional children's game involving dancing in a ring around a person in the middle.


schafskopf

en-noun

schafskopf (countable and uncountable, plural schafskopfs)

schafskopfs (plural)
schafkopf (alternative)

From German Schafskopf (literally “sheep's head”).

bor

(card games, uncountable) Synonym of sheepshead (“card game”).


O'Malley's Alley

After Walter O'Malley, American sports executive.

(baseball, slang, dated) The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.


Oklahoma drill

Oklahoma drills (plural)
Oklahoma Drill (alternative)

Named after the Oklahoma Sooners football team by coach Bud Wilkinson, creator of the technique.

Offensively, Dan Sullivan and Bob Vogel were strong blockers in the Oklahoma Drill and Mike Curtis and Ted Hendricks savage as defensive operators.

1972 July 25, “Colts' Bubba holds firm in contact squabble”, in The Baltimore Sun, page 26:

The 'Oklahoma Drill' used to be one of the highlights of the Steelers' training camp.

1992, Jim O'Brien, Whatever It Takes: The Continuing Saga of the Pittsburgh Steelers II, James O'Brien-Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:

To make it work, Wilkinson needed three interior down linemen who could do the work of four (or more) by exploding off the snap, reading the ball carrier and then, in tight quarters, shedding blocks to make tackles. In other words, he needed players who would excel at the Oklahoma drill.

2015 August 19, David Fleming, “Is the Oklahoma drill a rite of passage or everything to fear about football?”, in ESPN:

(American football) In gridiron football, a practice technique wherein two players run at each other within a narrow corridor with the aim of either tackling the opponent, driving them out of bounds, or scoring a touchdown.

Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma drill


middle guard

It allows the middle guard of the defense to roam, and with the combined efforts of his teammates he will emerge your leading tackler game in and out.

1956, Jack C. Mitchell, Bernard A. Taylor, Umbrella Defenses, W. C. Brown Company, page 17:

The middle guard faced off consistently against the offensive center, with one or occasionally both hands in the dirt. On running plays, he bore the traditional run-stuffing responsibilities.

2022 April 25, George Bozeka, editor, The 1951 Los Angeles Rams: Profiles of the NFL's First West Coast Champions, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 285:

(American football) A defensive player positioned in the middle of the pitch, opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles; the nose guard.


nose tackle

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moneyline

College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread.

2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-20:

(gambling) A method of sports betting which is purely based off of which team wins the game.


sports betting

All the casinos also offer video poker, keno, 21 machines, blackjack, poker, bingo, roulette, and sportsbetting.

1993, Eleanor Harris, Quick Escapes in Southern California: 21 Weekend Trips From Los Angeles and San Diego, Old Saybrook, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 206:

The impact of sportsbetting and the potential risks to sports associations, players, and gambling providers have been exacerbated by the commercialization and global televising of sports, and the impact of digital technology.

2003, Gerda Reith, editor, Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 57:

Regulators had admonished sports betting companies, including those with which I had bet, for having let customers wager with credit cards — something illegal in Iowa but permitted in most other states with mobile betting.

2022 December 24, Rebecca R. Ruiz, “Betting Apps Can Make Anyone a Sports Fan. Even Me.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-13:

(gambling) The act of betting on the outcomes of sport matches.


French ruff

Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.

1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104:

(obsolete, card games) Synonym of triomphe.


longs and shorts

(gambling, slang, obsolete) Playing cards designed for cheating.


oudler

(card games) In French tarot card games, any of the three most valuable trump cards.


pull-through

THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked.

1942, Yank, volume 1, numbers 1-45, page 8:

The most popular and most deceptive of the false shuffles is the Pull Through [sic], a dazzling and completely crooked shuffle which doesn't alter the position of a single card.

1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 547:

(gambling) The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.


Murrumbidgee

(games, gambling, uncommon) A type of gambling game played with dice.


Vardrid

(humorous, derogatory, soccer) La Liga club Real Madrid, regarded as being unfairly favoured by VAR.


bump and run

(American football) A strategy used by defensive backs, in which a defender lined up directly in front of a wide receiver attempts to impede him with arms, hands, or the entire body and disrupt his intended route.


corpse camper

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(online gaming) A player who camps specifically next to the enemy's corpse (or, by the closest graveyard) with the purpose of continuously eliminating that enemy as soon as their resurrection occurs.


lagometer

Lag, in particular, is a serious problem in the larger groups; LambdaMOO even introduced a '"lagometer" on screen at one point.

2006, David Crystal, “The language of virtual worlds”, in Language and the Internet, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184:

(gaming) A display of the amount of latency (lag) experienced in an online game.


timeless Test

(cricket) A match of cricket which is played under no limitation of time, until one side wins or the match is tied.


monkey on a stick

en-noun

monkey on a stick (plural monkeys on a stick)

(games) A child's toy, consisting of a monkey figure that slides up and down a stick as though it is climbing.


passive attack

The dungeon fern has a passive attack that releases spores.

(gaming) A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it.


kick returner

(American football, Canadian football) A player who catches a kicked or punted ball and attempts to advance it towards the goal.


A-League

the A-League (canonical)
A-Leagues (plural)

(soccer) the top professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand

(soccer) any of the three leagues that fall under the A-Leagues banner (the men's, women's and youth leagues)


W-League

(soccer) the A-League Women (the top professional women's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand; equivalent to the A-League for men)


logo 3

logo 3s (plural)
logo three (alternative)

From the logo of the home team commonly painted in the center circle.

At various points in the game, James would pull up from more than 30 feet away and launch an uncontested 3-pointer—known as a “logo 3” because he would often be on or in line with the midcourt logo when he shot it.

2021 January 12, Sean Deveney, “Lakers’ LeBron James Slammed for Taking Late-Game ‘Logo 3’”, in Heavy:

Bigger logos allow more “Logo 3s,” and in a way, it could be a good marketing strategy.

2022 January 31, Ernesto Soliven, “The sneaky secret about the increase in Logo 3s”, in Basketball Network:

2022 October 23, Ricky O'Donnell, "LeBron James bricked a logo 3 so badly people are calling it the worst shot of his career" SB Nation

The senior has been a dynamic scorer throughout her career, hitting memorable logo 3s and racking up points in bunches.

2024 January 31, Chantel Jennings, Ben Pickman and others, "When will Caitlin Clark break the women’s college basketball all-time scoring record?" The Athletic (New York Times)

(basketball, informal) a three-point shot from in or near the center circle


play-calling

But some bad breaks, good defense from the Chiefs and conservative play-calling meant the 49ers offense stalled and Kansas City was able to rally.

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

(American football) Alternative form of playcalling.


absolute skewer

absolute skewer (plural absolute skewers)

In an absolute skewer, the king is involved, whereas a relative skewer does not involve the king.

2018, George Huczek, A to Z Chess Tactics: Every Chess Move Explained, Batsford, →ISBN:

(chess) A skewer in which the king is placed in check, forcing it to be moved.


relative skewer

relative skewer (plural relative skewers)

(chess) A skewer that is not an absolute skewer; a skewer that is not a skewer of the king.


French bishop

So Gary decides to open the French. Hmmm. Now that "bad French bishop" comes into the game.

1995 February 10, BradleeJ, rec.games.chess (Usenet):

As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings.

2012, Karsten Mueller, Alex Markgraf, The Chess Puzzle Book 4, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48:

First, there will be simple game fragments, where the bishop is not completely blocked – it can move, but White blithely "ignores" the French bishop.

2018, Sergey Kasparov, chapter 8, in The Bishop: Danger on the Diagonal, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN:

light-squared bishop
light-squared bishop

(chess) The black light-squared bishop in main line of the French Defence, whose movement is restricted due to the pawns on e6 and d5.


light-squared bishop

light-squared bishop (plural light-squared bishops)

light-squared bishops (plural)
light-square bishop (alternative)

(chess) A bishop that is on a light square, and so which can only move to light squares.


King's Indian Defence

(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6.


Queen's Indian Defence

(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6.


defensive line

(American football, Canadian football) The players of the team not possessing the ball who are positioned at the line of scrimmage.


AAFC

All-America Football Conference
w:All-America Football Conference

(American football) Initialism of All-America Football Conference.


digital twin

Coordinate term: physical twin

(especially manufacturing, simulators, gaming) A digital model of an intended or existing real-world physical product, system, or process (a physical twin); it serves as the effectively indistinguishable digital counterpart of it for practical purposes, such as simulation, computer-aided manufacturing, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.


checks play

(gambling) In blackjack, an announcement made by the dealer when a player bets more than (some fixed) amount, or when a player suddenly changes their bet size.


paddle scoop

(cricket) An unorthodox modern cricketing shot in which the player's body is positioned square-on with the ball, both feet pointing towards the bowler, and the player uses the bat to deflect the ball over the batter's leg side shoulder, thus guiding it towards the fine leg region.


Marillier shot

Named after Zimbabwean batsman Dougie Marillier, said to have developed the shot.


long snapper

Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.

2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book:

Lonnie was the long snapper for both of Adam Vinatieri's clutch field goals in the "Snow Bowl" against the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and for his 48-yard game-winning kick in Super Bowl XXXVI.

2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 235:

My suggestion was to go ahead and walk-on and try out as a kicker but to tell them that he was also a long snapper.

2019, Don Osborne, Was It All Just for Kicks?:

(American football) A center who is skilled in throwing a long snap.


long snap

When I was playing professionally and I wasn't starting, I'd come in and do the long snaps.

2004, Joseph Blotner, Real Football: a Biography, page 372:

The long snap typically travels anywhere from 12 and 15 yards, depending on the alignment of the punter.

2006, Coach Education, Coaching Football Technical & Tactical Skills:

But Paco's long snap from center was high, and the holder, Joey Gallagher, couldn't get the ball down in time for Adam to kick it!

2011, Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber, Go Long!:

In Baltimore's 33 to 14 rout of New England in the AFC's Wild Card playoff game on January 9, 2010, he got off nine perfect long snaps, 3 for extra points, 2 for field goals, and 4 for punts.

2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 237:

(American football) An underhand pass from the center to the punter.


long snap

en-verb

long snap (third-person singular simple present long snaps, present participle long snapping, simple past and past participle long snapped)

long snaps (present singular third-person)
long snapping (participle present)
long snapped (participle past)
long snapped (past)

These days every team has someone on the roster whose only job is to long snap.

2007, John Feinstein, Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL:

"I learned by watching my father do it," Zak explained. "I also knew the importance of it, so I learned how to long snap on my own. […]"

Tom always wanted to learn how to long snap.

(American football) To throw a long snap.


Iron Mike

(slang, baseball) A machine for pitching baseballs for practise purposes.


dragback

(soccer) The act of drawing the ball backward with one's sole.


safetyman

(American football, dated) safety (position)


Barnes Opening

After English chess master Thomas Wilson Barnes.


passing game

(sports, American football) A type of play involving one player throwing the ball to a teammate.


contempt factor

en-noun

contempt factor (plural contempt factors)

(chess, uncountable) The score assigned to a draw during calculation, usually negative to discourage playing for a draw and encourage playing for a win.


k'rect card

(archaic, slang, gambling) A card sold to bettors at a racetrack, describing the field and purporting to list the winners.


action game

hand–eye coordination
hand–eye coordination

(gaming) a video game that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction time.


pull hitter

(baseball) a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the field from which they bat.


time trouble

(chess) In a game played with a time control, the situation in which a player has little time to complete the required moves, thus increasing the probability of making a blunder.


Red Roses

The Red Roses extended their championship winning record to 29 games, as John Mitchell's ruthless side struck five first-half tries before Assia Khalfaoui's second-half red card.

2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby) The England women's national rugby union team


game time

game time (countable and uncountable, plural game times)

(sports, games) The time at which an event or match commences, or is scheduled to commence.


times on base

(baseball) The cumulative total number of times a batter has reached base as a result of a hit, base on balls, or hit-by-pitch.


deferred time

deferred time (countable and uncountable, plural deferred times)

(chess) The time when a tournament is paused due to time constraints, when a player's next move has been written down held until the tournament resumes, during which the player can examine possible play outcomes.


post the coal

en-verb

post the coal (third-person singular simple present posts the coal, present participle posting the coal, simple past and past participle posted the coal)

posts the coal (present singular third-person)
posting the coal (participle present)
posted the coal (participle past)
posted the coal (past)

Upon Jagellon they who post the coal / Back one who stands, by race, head of the Pole.

1877, Punch/The London Charivari, volume LXXII, page 244:

(obsolete, gambling, slang) To lay money on a contest.


Seleção

(soccer) the Brazil national football team


everydays

(softball) A softball drill in which players practise skills relating to their specific positions.


Vuck

Shortened form of "Victory". Popularised by a Melbourne Victory fan podcast, For Vuck's Sake (derived from the vulgar expression "for fuck's sake").

(informal, Australia, soccer) A supporter of Melbourne Victory (an Australian soccer club based in Melbourne)


BVB

(soccer) Initialism of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund.


Série A

(soccer) the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the highest division of professional football in Brazil)


Brasileirão

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Brasileirão (“Big Brazilian”).


Championship

(soccer) the EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English football)

(soccer) the Scottish Championship (the second-highest division of Scottish football)


League One

(soccer) the EFL League One (the third-highest division of English football)


League Two

(soccer) the EFL League Two (the fourth-highest division of English football)


farmers' league

en-noun

farmers' league (plural farmers' leagues)

Derived from the humorous perception that players in a league referred to as a "farmers' league" are part-time footballers, and who also have other jobs unrelated to sports such as farming.

(informal, humorous, soccer, sometimes derogatory) a league with a perceived lack of talent and good players

farmarliga

football league with a perceived lack of talent


Burger League

In reference to American fast food chains.

(neologism, soccer, informal, humorous, sometimes derogatory) Major League Soccer (the MLS); the national professional soccer league in the United States


Camel League

Blend of (offensive) camel (“Middle Eastern person”) + Saudi Pro League

blend

(soccer, offensive) Saudi Pro League (the highest division of football in Saudi Arabia).


sit over

en-verb

sit over (third-person singular simple present sits over, present participle sitting over, simple past and past participle sat over)

sits over (present singular third-person)
sitting over (participle present)
sat over (participle past)
sat over (past)

(card games) To be on the left side of a player.


square around

square around (third-person singular simple present squares around, present participle squaring around, simple past and past participle squared around)

squares around (present singular third-person)
squaring around (participle present)
squared around (participle past)
squared around (past)

(baseball, of a batter) To shift to a position to ready to bunt, i.e. by moving to face the pitcher and hold the bat laterally above the home plate.


swing away

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

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

(baseball, of a batter) To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.


hit away

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

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

(baseball, of a batter) Alternative form of swing away.


get up into

get up into (third-person singular simple present gets up into, present participle getting up into, simple past got up into, past participle got up into or gotten up into)

gets up into (present singular third-person)
getting up into (participle present)
got up into (past)
got up into (participle past)
gotten up into (participle past)

You need to get up into him or he's gonna keep sinking baskets.

Go for it, get up into the ball!

(originally African-American Vernacular, now chiefly basketball) To move close enough to (someone or something) to guard them, stop them from scoring or passing, etc.


orthochess

/ˌɔːθəˈt͡ʃɛs/

/ˌɔːθəʊ̯ˈt͡ʃɛs/

/ˌɔɹθəˈt͡ʃɛs/

/ˌɔɹθoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃɛs/

From ortho- + chess, probably as a clipping of orthodox chess.

Problems of this sort have been exhaustively dealt with for orthochess (see A Guide to Fairy Chess, p. 39, for tables of results); Haas here presents 59 positions showing his best results for all possible moves, type A.

1974, Phillip Cohen, “Chessworld: Magazine Review”, in The Gamesletter, volume 13, number 1/2, Don Miller, page 10:

Avalanche chess is the same as orthochess, except that every move consists of two parts: (1) a normal legal chess move; and (2) pushing an opponent's pawn one square straight toward you. That's all there is to it really.

1992 June 2, Les Roselle, “What is a Nost?”, in Chess Life, volume 47, number 6, US Chess Federation, →ISBN:

In consequence, Italian domination of Progressive Chess was for many years comparable to that of Soviet domination of orthochess in times past.

2007, D. B. Pritchard, “Games using an ordinary board and men”, in The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants, second edition, John Beasley, →ISBN, page 30:

(chess variants) The conventional game and rules of chess.


brush back

brush back (third-person singular simple present brushes back, present participle brushing back, simple past and past participle brushed back)

brushes back (present singular third-person)
brushing back (participle present)
brushed back (participle past)
brushed back (past)

(transitive, baseball) To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).


slug out

slug out (third-person singular simple present slugs out, present participle slugging out, simple past and past participle slugged out)

slugs out (present singular third-person)
slugging out (participle present)
slugged out (participle past)
slugged out (past)

He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.


show down

show down (third-person singular simple present shows down, present participle showing down, simple past showed down, past participle shown down)

shows down (present singular third-person)
showing down (participle present)
showed down (past)
shown down (participle past)

(games) To place a card face-up in front of oneself.


finger roll

(basketball) a layup shot where the ball is rolled off the tips of the player's fingers.


off the heezy

From off the hook + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

af

-eezy<pos:suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words>

Bruh I used to get inbtrouble for doing "off the heezies"😂

2019 September 24, @d0nde3zy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-18:

(basketball, slang) A basketball move in which the ball is bounced off of an opponent's head.


sports-bet

en-verb

sports-bet (third-person singular simple present sports-bets, present participle sports-betting, simple past and past participle sports-bet or sports-betted)

sports-bets (present singular third-person)
sports-betting (participle present)
sports-bet (participle past)
sports-bet (past)
sports-betted (participle past)
sports-betted (past)

(gambling, transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To bet on the outcomes of sport matches.


bull up

bull up (third-person singular simple present bulls up, present participle bulling up, simple past and past participle bulled up)

bulls up (present singular third-person)
bulling up (participle present)
bulled up (participle past)
bulled up (past)

(darts) To throw darts, aiming at a bullseye, to determine who goes first in a match.


attack timing

en-noun

attack timing (countable and uncountable, plural attack timings)

(games, video games) The strategic decision of the appropriate time in launching an offensive move against one's opponent.


cork out

en-verb

cork out (third-person singular simple present corks out, present participle corking out, simple past and past participle corked out)

corks out (present singular third-person)
corking out (participle present)
corked out (participle past)
corked out (past)

He corked out a home run.

(transitive, baseball) To hit the ball, especially powerfully, with a particular result.


dish off

dish off (third-person singular simple present dishes off, present participle dishing off, simple past and past participle dished off)

dishes off (present singular third-person)
dishing off (participle present)
dished off (participle past)
dished off (past)

(sports, intransitive, basketball, ice hockey) To pass the ball or puck.


field out

field out (third-person singular simple present fields out, present participle fielding out, simple past and past participle fielded out)

fields out (present singular third-person)
fielding out (participle present)
fielded out (participle past)
fielded out (past)

Hernandez fielded out in the third inning.

(intransitive, baseball) To go out as a result of a ball caught by the centerfield, left field or right field player.


fairy problem

(chess) An unusual chess problem, either one not involving direct mates or involving irregular rules or pieces.


open play

We've struggled to score goals in open play since early March which contributed to our promotion hopes falling away last season.

2010 November 2, Phil Merrick, Bleed White: The fall and rise of Leeds United... to be continued, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

A dropped goal is a kick at goal in open play and can be taken from anywhere on the pitch and by any player within the team.

2015 August 27, Gavin Hickie, Eilidh Donaldson, Rugby Revealed: Reaching Your Rugby Potential, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 222:

Orient's tended to result from set pieces, whilst Ebbsfleet's came from open play.

2020 August 6, Steve Leach, Twenty Football Towns, Saraband, →ISBN:

(sports, especially soccer and rugby) The period of play outside set pieces; the phase where possession can change by passing and tackling.


heel out

heel out (third-person singular simple present heels out, present participle heeling out, simple past and past participle heeled out)

heels out (present singular third-person)
heeling out (participle present)
heeled out (participle past)
heeled out (past)

(American football, dated) To kick a ball backwards.


sweeper-keeper

sweeper-keepers (plural)
sweeper keeper (alternative)

With teams playing in a more compact fashion and defenders pushing up without the safety of a sweeper behind them, the keeper's role has evolved to that of a sweeper-keeper. Gone are the days when a keeper could remain in his sixyard box and just play his line.

2004 03, Jacob Daniel, The Complete Guide to Coaching Soccer Systems and Tactics, Reedswain Inc., →ISBN:

Sweeper keepers have high “soccer IQs” and know how to “read” the game brilliantly. They are able to play with their feet and head with equal skill to any defender.

2017 July 15, Paul Challen, What Does a Goalkeeper Do?, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 22:

It was a rule that made all keepers potential sweeper-keepers, and van der Sar was one of the very best around.

2021 February 18, Leo Moynihan, Thou Shall Not Pass: The Anatomy of Football’s Centre-Half, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 104:

(soccer) A hybrid of goalkeeper and sweeper roles – a goalkeeper who leaves the penalty area to start attacks.


try-off

It had nothing to do with their defensive pattern or any strategy it was about backing your instincts, and for Ma'a to finish the try off like that was pretty special.

2016, Tony Johnson, Lynn McConnell, Behind the Silver Fern: Playing Rugby for New Zealand:


agawan base

team game whose main objective is to touch the base of the opposition without getting tagged


washington

tlb

(playground games, Philippines, chiefly Baguio)


bumble puppy

bumble-puppy (alternative)
bumblepuppy (alternative)

Templeton isn't the sort of chap to play bumble-puppy bridge with a girl like that unless he's getting something out of it.

1947, W. Somerset Maugham, Creatures of Circumstance:

(card games) A simplified form of whist; whist or bridge played unskilfully.


rush goalie

association football
association football

(sports, soccer) A variation of association football where the goalkeeper's role is more flexible than usual.


kiss out

en-verb

kiss out (third-person singular simple present kisses out, present participle kissing out, simple past and past participle kissed out)

kisses out (present singular third-person)
kissing out (participle present)
kissed out (participle past)
kissed out (past)

(billiards) To err resulting in the interaction between the cue ball and another ball(s) causing the shot to miss.


key of the door

A reference to the traditional age of the majority.


halfway there

Since 45 is halfway to 90, which is the end of the bingo numbers.


Major's den

(bingo) A traditional call for the number ten.


USWNT

w:United States women's national soccer team

(soccer) Initialism of United States women's national team.


heat check

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Great shooters have a short memory. Regardless of how many shots they might miss in a game, they step into the next one like it’s a heat check. It’s not just about makes and misses. It’s about an ability to make constant adjustments, staying confident in your technique and living with the results.

2022 February 2, C.J. Holmes, “NBA 75: Great shooting is an art form, but it takes time and work to forge”, in The Athletic:

(basketball) A difficult or risky shot attempted by a player who has made several consecutive successful shots, aiming to test whether they can maintain their streak.


Red Flames

(soccer) the Belgium women's national football team


Albiceleste

(soccer) the Argentina national football team


back door slider

en-noun

back door slider (plural back door sliders)

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(US, baseball) A baseball pitch that begins by entering outside the plate, but then breaks back in towards the plate at the last minute.


directmate

(chess) A kind of chess problem in which White, moving first, must checkmate Black within a specified number of moves against any defence.


moremover

(chess) A kind of directmate chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within a specified number of moves, that number being greater than three.


seriesmover

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(chess) A chess puzzle in which one side makes a series of moves without reply to achieve a stipulated aim, and check may not be given except on the final move.


serieshelpmate

(chess) A type of helpmate chess puzzle in which Black plays a series of moves without reply after which White plays one move to checkmate Black.


seriesmate

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(chess) A type of seriesmover chess puzzle that is a directmate with White playing a series of moves without reply to checkmate Black.


plumbers and firemen

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Originated from a exchange in a 2022 episode of First Take. In response to a remark that Bob Cousy once had 29 assists in a game, JJ Redick responded, "well, he was being guarded by plumbers and firemen".

(informal, derogatory, chiefly basketball) A notional inferior level of competition that allowed past champions to excel.

Bob Cousy
First Take (talk show)
JJ Redick


heat checker

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[Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block.

2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:

(basketball) A player who performs a heat check.


pick and pop

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He [Markieff Morris] won the Wizards a game in Portland earlier this year (a place Thunder fans know is not exactly the easiest to win in) just because Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic kept dropping back on pick-and-pops and Morris continued heading beyond the 3-point line.

(basketball) An alternate version of pick and roll where the player moves to an open spot, where they receive a pass and make a jump shot.


gankable

en-adj

gankable (comparative more gankable, superlative most gankable)

more gankable (comparative)
most gankable (superlative)

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(online gaming, slang) Able to be ganked (killed easily in a game).


block tackle

Caoimhín Kelleher saved but Gordon recycled the move, crossing low for Kane, who was stopped by Nathan Collins’s block tackle.

2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A defensive technique used to regain possession of the ball from an opponent by positioning the body in front of the ball and using the legs to obstruct the opponent's path, preventing them from advancing.

(rugby) A defensive maneuver where a player uses their body to block an opponent who is carrying the ball.


bat deep

en-verb

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

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

I thought they were a brilliant side to watch. They might have been a bit regimented in the way they went about things but they had pace with the ball and in the field, and they batted deep, with guys like Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener and Shaun Pollock often coming in at numbers seven, eight and nine.

2010 October 28, Hachette New Zealand, Shane Bond - Looking Back, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(cricket, of a team) To have a significant number of talented batters, even batting low in the order.


Russian chess

"Who's for a game at Russian chess?" inquired Glover, as they returned to the schoolroom. "The new board has been sent home and the two sets of chessmen made up. George, Walter, Gilbert, will all or any of you play?"

1870, G. Routledge and Sons (publisher), Edmund Routledge (contributor), Routledge's Magazine for Boys, page 181:

During the last three weeks we have introduced the amusement of playing a game at chess with four sets of men (called Russian chess) on our dining-table, which we turn into a board for the purpose by making square upon it.

1876, Margaret Maria Gordon, Hay Macdowall Grant Of Arndilly; His Life, Labours, and Teaching, page 122:

(chess, obsolete) A type of chess requiring four players and four sets of pieces.


no trumps

(bridge) A bid or contract without any suit designated as trumps.

(bridge) A play without any designated trump suit.


Both teams employed what could be considered attacking formations—Scotland (2-2-6), and England (1-1-8) […]

2011, Jaime Orejan, Football/Soccer: History and Tactics, →ISBN, page 31:

(soccer) A soccer formation with 2 defenders, 2 midfielders and 6 strikers.


Russian Bank

(card games) A type of card game similar to solitaire.


woso

(Internet, soccer, US, Canada, Australia) women's soccer


horse armor

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(idiomatic, humorous, chiefly derogatory, gaming, Internet slang) A piece of downloadable content or microtransaction for a video game, especially one purely cosmetic and considered being of bad value.


Spursy

en-adj

Spursy (comparative more Spursy, superlative most Spursy)

more Spursy (comparative)
most Spursy (superlative)

From Spurs + -y. Tottenham Hotspur consistently finish near the top of the Premier League but have won no trophies in recent years.

In the 1978-79 season, Chelsea, who had come up the year before, finished dead last in the first division and were relegated again. But no worries, I still had my Robins in the top flight. But then they did something more Spursy than anything the Spurs could ever dream of. They were relegated in successive seasons between 1980 and 1982[…]

2018 May 15, Roger Bennett, Michael Davies, Men in Blazers Present Encyclopedia Blazertannica: A Suboptimal Guide to Soccer, America's "Sport of the Future" Since 1972, Knopf, →ISBN, page 27:

Rice has a solid tournament for England. He is excellent in the quarter-final against France, until it all goes a bit Spursy for Harry Kane who uncharacteristically misses a penalty in the 2-1 defeat.

2024 January 30, Pete May, Massive: The Miracle of Prague, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

Then came the hammer blow as Pennant stated: "England are Spursy."

2024 March 26, Joe Brophy, quoting Jermaine Pennant, “Gareth Southgate’s record and ‘Spursy’ England worry me – we may have to play Italy, France and Spain to win Euros”, in talkSPORT:

(UK, soccer, humorous, informal) Having a promising team, but losing in an embarrassing way.

(UK, soccer, humorous, informal) Unpredictable.


defensive line of scrimmage

en-noun

defensive line of scrimmage (plural defensive lines of scrimmage)

(American football) The scrimmage line on the defensive side of the football field.


pitcher's plate

pitcher's plate (plural pitcher's plates)

(baseball) Synonym of rubber (“the rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch”).


pitcher's rubber

pitcher's rubber (plural pitcher's rubbers)


Hippopotamus Defence

Hippopotamus Defence (plural Hippopotamus Defences)

Hippopotamus Defences (plural)
hippo (alternative)

(chess) A defensive opening in which a player places pawns on b6, d6, e6, and g6, brings out the knights and fianchettoes the bishops (on b7 and g7).


Rocktober

/ɹɒkˈtəʊ.bə/

(baseball, slang, historical) The 2007 Colorado Rockies season, in which that team won the vast majority of its games.


GGMU

w:Glory Glory (football chant)#Manchester United

(soccer) Initialism of Glory Glory Man United.


COY-

(soccer) Initialism of come on you (used by supporters of football clubs, especially English football clubs).


COYS

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Spurs (used by supporters of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.)

come on you Spurs

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Seagulls (used by supporters of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.)


COYG

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Gunners (used by supporters of Arsenal F.C.)


COYP

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Palace (used by supporters of Crystal Palace F.C.)

come on you Palace

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Pompey (used by supporters of Portsmouth F.C.)


COYI

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Irons (used by supporters of West Ham United F.C.)


COYL

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Lions (used by supporters of Millwall F.C.)


COYT

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Toffees (used by supporters of Everton F.C.)


COYB

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Blues (used by supporters of Chelsea F.C. and Everton F.C.)

come on you Blues

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Brentford (used by supporters of Brentford F.C.)


COYH

From COY- + Hatters, COY- + Hammers or COY- + Hornets.

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Hatters (used by supporters of Luton Town F.C.)

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Hammers (used by supporters of West Ham United F.C.)

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Hornets (used by supporters of Watford F.C.)


COYRs

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Rs (used by supporters of Queens Park Rangers F.C.)


COYR

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Reds (used by supporters of Liverpool F.C., Manchester United F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C. and Southampton F.C.)

come on you Reds

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Rams (used by supporters of Derby County F.C.)


COYM

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Magpies (used by supporters of Newcastle United F.C.)

come on you Magpies

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Mauves (used by supporters of R.S.C. Anderlecht)


COYW

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Whites (used by supporters of Fulham F.C., Leeds United F.C. and Preston North End F.C.)

come on you Whites

(soccer) Initialism of come on you Wolves (used by supporters of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.)


rainbow kick

(soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet.


Ardiles flick

From the Argentine football player Osvaldo Ardiles, who performs the trick in a famous scene as a character in the 1981 film Escape to Victory.


exploity

en-adj

exploity (comparative exploitier, superlative exploitiest)

exploitier (comparative)
exploitiest (superlative)

Seems that some things in this game that seem very "exploity" are in fact well used strategies.

2003 July 8, Faned, “Zone line heal”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):

I found a very low tarp on the side of a tent, and I jumped up on that. It was so low that the Orcs attacking me, who went under the tarp had their heads sticking up through the tarp right by my feet. Still they could not hit me with their swords, nor could the Orc bowmen hit me because the tarp was located in a group of tents and they could not shoot from a distance. But, I could hit them with my Orc Slayer bow easily. Pretty silly looking to see all those Orc heads sticking up through the tarp. That was just too exploity.

2009 April 7, johns, “Gothic 3 1.7 combat”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet):

(gaming, informal, uncommon) Being or resembling an exploit (unintended mechanic that a player can use to their advantage).


beer match

(cricket) A friendly cricket match to fill time after a scheduled game that ends early, sometimes played with unusual variations of the rules.


odds match

(cricket) A match in which one side has more players than the other.


drinks waiter

(cricket, humorous) Synonym of twelfth man.


SENA

(cricket) Abbreviation of South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia.


asking rate

required run rate
required run rate#English


required run rate

en-noun

required run rate (plural required run rates)

Coordinate term: net run rate

(cricket) The average number of runs per over that the batting side must achieve in order to win the present match.


net run rate

Coordinate term: required run rate

(cricket) The average run rate scored by a team minus the average run rate scored against them.


pie thrower

(cricket, informal) Synonym of pie-chucker.


sun ball

sun in his eyes
have the sun in one's eyes

(baseball, cricket) A high ball that is difficult to hit because the batter has the sun in his eyes.


toe-crusher

(cricket, slang) A delivery directed at the feet of the facing batsman.


walking wicket

(cricket, slang) A batter who performs very badly.


nipbacker

nipbackers (plural)
nip-backer (alternative)

(cricket, slang) A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving towards the batter.


pea roller

(cricket) A now-illegal delivery where the ball is rolled along the ground rather than bowled overarm.


perfume ball

From the idea that the ball passes close enough for the batter to smell it.

(cricket, slang) A bouncer on or just outside off stump that passes very close to the batter's face.


quarter seam

(cricket) A small join that runs around a cricket ball at 90 degrees to the main seam, and has no stitching.


beat the bat

en-verb

beat the bat (third-person singular simple present beats the bat, present participle beating the bat, simple past beat the bat, past participle beaten the bat)

beats the bat (present singular third-person)
beating the bat (participle present)
beat the bat (past)
beaten the bat (participle past)

(cricket, informal) Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.

(cricket, informal) Of a bowler: to deliver such a ball.


cafeteria bowling

Referring to the practice of selecting food from a counter in a cafeteria.

(cricket, slang) Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.


buffet bowling

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(cricket, slang) Synonym of cafeteria bowling.


fourth stump

(cricket) A position or line one stump's width outside the off stump, i.e. where the wicket's fourth stump would be positioned if it existed.


fast bowling

(cricket) The kind of bowling done by a fast bowler.


fixed odds

(gambling) A form of betting in which the amount of money that can be won does not change after one has placed a bet.


betting terminal

en-noun

betting terminal (plural betting terminals)

(gambling) A self-service machine where a user can quickly place a bet on sports or other events without outside assistance.


Latvian Gambit

Named after chess players Gioachino Greco and Kārlis Bētiņš, both of whom are from Latvia.

(chess) An Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5.


declaration bowling

(cricket) Deliberately poor bowling from the fielding team, with the intention of allowing the batters to score runs quickly and thus encourage the opposing captain to declare, thereby giving both teams a reasonable chance of winning in a timed match which would otherwise be a draw.


pad play

(cricket) A style of play in which the pads, rather than the bat, are deliberately used to deflect the ball away from the wicket.


daddy hundred

England scored 537 courtesy of a daddy hundred by Len Hutton and Godfrey Evans.

2022, Yashaswee Raman, Test of Times: Reliving Indian Cricket History:

(cricket, slang) A batter's individual score that is substantially higher than a century (100).


fly slip

fly slip (countable and uncountable, plural fly slips)

(uncountable) A position deeper than the conventional slips, between the slips and third man.


given man

(cricket, chiefly historical) A skilled player given by the stronger team in a match to the weaker team, as a form of handicap.


full pint

(cricket, slang) The situation where a stump is knocked completely out of the ground by a delivery.


Natmeg

Blend of Nat + nutmeg, named after Nat (Natalie) Sciver-Brunt, who popularized the shot. A nutmeg is a somewhat similar move in football.

Just as the World Cup did more to raise the profile of women's cricket than years of hard graft by those before it, the Natmeg elevated Sciver on to a platform almost overnight.

2018, Lawrence Booth, The Shorter Wisden 2018:

(cricket, slang) A shot where the batsman plays the ball between their own legs into the leg side.


Owl

Named from the Owlerton stadium where they used to play.

(soccer, slang) A player or fan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.


check upstairs

en-verb

check upstairs (third-person singular simple present checks upstairs, present participle checking upstairs, simple past and past participle checked upstairs)

checks upstairs (present singular third-person)
checking upstairs (participle present)
checked upstairs (participle past)
checked upstairs (past)

The third umpire is typically seated high in the stadium, with replays displayed on elevated screens.

(cricket, informal) To invoke the Decision Review System.


flamingo shot

(cricket) A type of shot whereby the batter flicks the delivery from outside off stump through midwicket.


teesra

I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'

2021, Neha Bedi, Sachin Bajaj, The Sardar of Spin:

(cricket) A backspin delivery by a finger spin bowler.


day/night cricket

(cricket) Day-nighter matches generally.


devil's number

(cricket) A score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.


stock bowler

Coordinate term: strike bowler

(cricket) A bowler whose role is to restrict scoring rather than to take wickets.


arm ball

(cricket) A type of delivery, the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's slider or zooter.


fast leg theory

(cricket) The bodyline approach to bowling.


ace point

(backgammon) The player's first point on the board.


side prime

(backgammon) A prime (blockade) of six consecutive points.


correspondence chess

(chess) A form of chess where players use a remote method of communication such as the mail or the Internet to send each other their moves.


letter-high

(baseball) Synonym of chest-high (of a pitch)


defensive lineman

en-noun

defensive lineman (plural defensive linemen)

(American football) A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage when the opposition controls the ball.


minus pool

(horse racing, gambling) A pool of money made up (usually by the racing association) to pay the legally required minimum on each winning bet, when there is not enough left in the pari-mutuel pool.


helicopter shot

helicopter shot (plural helicopter shots)

So called from the flourish completing the stroke, with the bat circled overhead like the blades of a helicopter.

(cricket) The act of hitting the ball with a wristy flick, using the bottom hand as the dominant force.


straight up and down

(cricket) Bowling at a medium or fast pace without swing or seam.


safety shot

What a great safety shot from Hendry!

(snooker) A shot in which a player does not attempt to pot a ball, but instead tries to leave the balls positioned such that his opponent cannot pot a ball.


Emptyhad

empty + Etihad, implying that there are few Manchester City fans and the ones that exist are supposedly silent or do not attend games.

(soccer, slang) City of Manchester Stadium (known as Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons), the home ground of Manchester City F.C.


Etihad

Deprived from the name of Etihad Airways.

(soccer) City of Manchester Stadium (known as Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons), the home ground of Manchester City


Al-Gharafa

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Arabic الغرافة

(soccer) Al-Gharafa Sports Club, a football club from Doha, Qatar (named after the Al-Gharrafa district)


Al-Hilal

Arabic الهلال

(soccer) Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club, a football club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(basketball) Al-Hilal, a basketball club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Al-Ittihad

A name given to several football clubs in the Arab world

(soccer) Ittihad Club, a football club from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

(basketball) Al-Ittihad Jeddah, a basketball club from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


Al-Nassr

(soccer) Al-Nassr Football Club, a football club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(basketball) Al-Nassr Basketball Club, a basketball club from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Ballon d'Or

From French Ballon d'Or (“Golden Ball”).

(soccer) A prestigious award in football, presented annually by the France Football magazine and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.


From Cristiano Ronaldo's initials (CR) and his playing number (7).

(soccer) Cristiano Ronaldo (a Portuguese footballer)


From Ronaldo's initial (R) and his playing number (9).

(soccer) Ronaldo (a Brazilian footballer)


open-field

(American football) Of a player, capable of obtaining yardage in a broken field.


Jerry World

(American football) A nickname for AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.


Mantildas

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia men's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team
Matildas fever

Blend of man + Matildas (derived from the fact that the Australia women's national soccer team has become more popular than the Australia men's national soccer team due to the success of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand).

(Australia, humorous, soccer) The Socceroos (the Australia men's national soccer team).


Mantilda

(Australia, humorous, soccer) A Socceroo (someone who plays for the Australia men's national soccer team).


THFC

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
w:Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.


WHUFC

West Ham United Football Club
w:West Ham United F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of West Ham United Football Club.


BHAFC

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
w:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club.


CPFC

Crystal Palace Football Club
w:Crystal Palace F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Crystal Palace Football Club.


NFFC

Nottingham Forest Football Club
w:Nottingham Forest F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Nottingham Forest Football Club.


AVFC

Aston Villa Football Club
w:Aston Villa F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Aston Villa Football Club.


ITFC

Ipswich Town Football Club
w:Ipswich Town F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Ipswich Town Football Club.


LCFC

Leicester City Football Club
w:Leicester City F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Leicester City Football Club.


NUFC

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

(soccer) Initialism of Newcastle United Football Club.


WWFC

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
w:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.


AWFC

Arsenal Women Football Club
w:Arsenal W.F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Arsenal Women Football Club.


AVWFC

Aston Villa Women Football Club
w:Aston Villa W.F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Aston Villa Women Football Club.


BHAWFC

(soccer) Initialism of Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club.


CFCW

Chelsea Football Club Women
w:Chelsea F.C. Women

(soccer) Initialism of Chelsea Football Club Women.


CPFCW

Crystal Palace Football Club Women
w:Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)

(soccer) Initialism of Crystal Palace Football Club Women.


LCWFC

Leicester City Women Football Club
w:Leicester City W.F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Leicester City Women Football Club.


LFCW

Liverpool Football Club Women
w:Liverpool F.C. Women

(soccer) Initialism of Liverpool Football Club Women.


MCWFC

Manchester City Women Football Club
w:Manchester City W.F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Manchester City Women Football Club.


MUWFC

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

(soccer) Initialism of Manchester United Women Football Club.


THFCW

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Women
w:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women

(soccer) Initialism of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Women.


WHUFCW

West Ham Football Club Women
w:West Ham United F.C. Women

(soccer) Initialism of West Ham Football Club Women.


FCSB

(soccer) Initialism of Fotbal Club Steaua Bucharest.


pole-pad

(basketball) A protective pad that is installed on the pole of basketball hoop to keep a player safe during gameplay.


Portuguese Opening

Named in reference to chess player Pedro Damiano, who is from Portugal.

(chess) An Open Game characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2. Bb5.


trapfinding

(fantasy gaming) A character's special ability to detect traps not seen by others.