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decleat v. in American football, to knock an opponent off his feet. (posted Oct. 7, 2004) [full entry…]
DNF adj. 1. did not finish, in course-based sporting events, such as boating, auto-racing, and horse-racing. 2. did not find, in geocaching. (posted May. 13, 2004) [full entry…]
dodgepot n. originally, a race horse that is heavily favored but has mixed success; (hence) a quirky or eccentric person. (posted Dec. 28, 2005) [full entry…]
dog n. in horse racing, a cone or barrier for delimiting a path. (posted Oct. 19, 2004) [full entry…]
doosra n. a cricket delivery bowled in such as way as to spin away from right-handed batsmen. (posted Jun. 3, 2004) [full entry…]
dub n. an automobile wheel measuring twenty inches in diameter. (posted May. 13, 2004) [full entry…]
dugout n. a beach-side shelter for surfers. (posted May. 15, 2004) [full entry…]
ecuavolley n. a form of volleyball with a high net, three players per side, and permissive ball-handling rules. (posted Aug. 5, 2005) [full entry…]
endo n. 1. a bicycling accident in which the rider is thrown forward over the handlebars. 2. an intentional bicycle stunt which lifts the bike’s rear tire off the ground. (posted May. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
ferret legging n. an endurance test or stunt in which ferrets are trapped in pants worn by a participant. (posted Aug. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
filthy stuff n. in baseball, good pitching. (posted Jul. 3, 2004) [full entry…]
flip v. to force oneself to vomit, esp. among horse-racing jockeys. (posted Apr. 28, 2004) [full entry…]
flutz n. in ice skating, a flubbed lutz executed as a flip. Also as v. (posted Feb. 24, 2006) [full entry…]
flymph n. a fishing lure resembling an insect between the nymph and fly stages of development. (posted Apr. 27, 2007) [full entry…]
full-gorilla adv. in baseball, aggressively or with the utmost force, especially in the phrase to go full gorilla. (posted Aug. 11, 2005) [full entry…]

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