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

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alligator arms n.pl. in American sports, especially football, arms that are not sufficiently extended to catch a ball; generally, short arms on a player. (posted Nov. 3, 2006) [full entry…]

bag skate n. in hockey, a team practice made of repetitive, strenuous skating drills and sprints, usually without pucks. Also as a verb. (posted Oct. 12, 2006) [full entry…]

bang v. in baseball, to call off a game because of inclement weather. (posted Mar. 10, 2005) [full entry…]

bent n. a recumbent bicycle. (posted Jan. 18, 2006) [full entry…]

beta n. in the sport of rock climbing, advice or instruction on the best way to climb a geographic feature. (posted Apr. 6, 2005) [full entry…]

big dance n. an important event, esp. when the culmination of long preparation or a series of smaller events; (hence) in sports, a tournament or championship game. (posted Sep. 30, 2004) [full entry…]

bike-whack v. to ride a bicycle on rough terrain without paths. Also as noun. (posted Jul. 30, 2007) [full entry…]

bomber n. an old, dilapidated automobile; (hence) a class of such automobiles used with few or no modifications in stock car racing. (posted Apr. 6, 2005) [full entry…]

bonk v. in bicycling, to become exhausted. Also bonk out and bonking, n. (posted Apr. 11, 2006) [full entry…]

bootleg trail n. a walking path or track worn into the ground by habitual human passage rather than by design. (posted Sep. 4, 2007) [full entry…]

bougie n. in volleyball, a hit on the head by the ball. (posted Dec. 22, 2004) [full entry…]

bounce box n. a container of supplies sent ahead to a series of stops by a cross-country hiker. (posted Jun. 14, 2007) [full entry…]

brick v. (generally) to fail; (of a person) to commit an error or do poorly; (especially in sports) to miss or fail to reach a target, goal, or destination; (of a musical recording) to fail to be successful or sell well; to stiff; (of an electronic device) to be rendered useless. (posted May. 19, 2006) [full entry…]

bring the wood v. phr. in American football, to play or tackle with extra force or violence. (posted Oct. 12, 2005) [full entry…]

buckle bunny n. a female groupie of rodeo cowboys. (posted Jun. 17, 2004) [full entry…]

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