Sports & Recreation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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wakeskate n. Wakeboarding is popular water towing sport combining snowboarding and waterskiing skills. Riders slide across the top of the water on a single board executing plenty of flips, twists, and aerial stunts trying to impress a judging panel. Wakeskate also features skills related to skateboarding. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 7, 2006)

walk-up shooting n. The holiday is a chance to stalk tawny fields and thorny brush for their meal, searching for pheasants, quail and Hungarian partridges.…The expense of the sport tends to limit it to the manor-born set. An afternoon of walk-up shooting, as it is known, can cost more than $1,000. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 27, 2006)

walking n. Tournament paintball guns are semi-automatic. Players tend to shoot using a method called “walking,” in which they push the trigger by quickly alternating between their middle and index fingers. If done properly, this will provide a steady stream of fire of about 20 balls per second. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2005)

wang rang n. There is what club members affectionately call the “wang rang,” which has a protrusion between the two main wings, and the more popular “tri-blade” model, which has three wings. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jan. 28, 2006)

waterbug n. When a player (usually a guard) possesses extreme quickness, he is sometimes referred to as a “waterbug.” [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2007)

wear it v. phr. Pierzynski flattened Barrett like a runaway Red Line train in a way that would have made Hunter proud.…In the parlance of the Sox’ clubhouse, Barrett just has to “wear it.” [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

wear one v. phr. They expected someone to “wear one”—baseball parlance for getting plunked—after their pitchers hit seven Dodgers batters in their previous series, but took exemption to the 24-year-old’s timing. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

wear one v. phr. From Day One, you are taught how to send a message to the other team. You work on the beanball.…It’s totally barbaric, and it’s hard to explain, but it is crucial for your hitters to know that you will protect them if the other team starts hitting your guys. No one likes to talk about it, but it is something that has to be done. After you do it, the first guy to tell you thanks is the hitter on your team who had to wear one. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

wear one v. phr. Baltimore reliever Jorge Julio plunked Magglio Ordonez in the back. Now it was Colon’s turn.…"When the best player on your team keeps getting hit, whether it’s accidental or not, someone’s going to have to wear one."…Colon’s decision to retaliate could help unify a team that’s already on the rise. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

wear one v. phr. Regardless if Unit hits someone or not, I say Schilling makes Sheffield “wear one” on his first at bat. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

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