Entries in the Category Sports & Recreation
Sports, athletics, racing, hunting, baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hockey, card games, golf, biking, bicycling, fishing, rowing, canoeing, badminton, tennis, boarding, surfing, skating, skiing, etc. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
hog-dogging n. 1. a (blood) sport in which trained dogs corner (wild) pigs; 2. showing off; hot-dogging. (posted Dec. 24, 2004) [full entry…]
hoofball n. football (U.S.: soccer) played with a focus on long kicks (rather than on dribbling and passing). (posted May. 29, 2006) [full entry…]
hot shoe n. a reckless or unnecessarily fast race-car driver; (hence) a winning driver. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]
hully-gully adj. haphazard, disorganized, inconsistent, loosey-goosey. Also adverb, willy-nilly, pell-mell, helter-skelter, and noun, hustle and bustle, hurly-burly, hullabaloo. (posted Apr. 25, 2006) [full entry…]
hyzer n. in disc golf or other disc-related sports, a backhanded throw which curves in a direction opposite of the arm used to throw. (posted Aug. 4, 2004) [full entry…]
kegler n. a bowler. (posted Jul. 4, 2004) [full entry…]
kiss-and-cry area n. at a sports competition, a place where athletes and coaches wait while scores are tallied. (posted Feb. 27, 2006) [full entry…]
kneelo n. a person who rides a kneeboard. (posted Jan. 9, 2007) [full entry…]
leave everything on the field v. phr. to commit wholly to, or to try one’s best at, a sport or a game. (posted Jul. 25, 2006) [full entry…]
libero n. in volleyball, a restricted, roaming back row player. (posted Dec. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
limb hanger n. a male turkey with long heel spurs. (posted Jun. 1, 2004) [full entry…]
lose the dressing room v. of a sports team manager or coach, to not have the respect of the players. (posted Aug. 20, 2004) [full entry…]
lung-opener n. a sporting event which begins a series of contests or a season. (posted Jul. 19, 2004) [full entry…]
mail it in v. phr. to perform in a cursory or sub-standard manner. (posted Jan. 13, 2006) [full entry…]
money adj. in baseball, capable of saving a game or season through heroic effort. (posted Jul. 9, 2004) [full entry…]
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