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

Entries in the Category Sports & Recreation

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puck bunny n. a female fan of hockey or hockey players; a hockey groupie, especially one who has casual sexual relations with players. (posted Mar. 24, 2005) [full entry…]

quinfecta n. an achievement made up of five major parts. Also quintfecta. (posted Sep. 27, 2007) [full entry…]

racino n. a race track which offers other forms of gambling in addition to betting on races. (posted Jun. 2, 2004) [full entry…]

rake v. in baseball, to hit well. (posted Oct. 29, 2004) [full entry…]

red light fever n. 1. excitement or unusual behavior when confronting a recording device, specifically: nervousness, giddiness, or talkativeness in front of a live microphone or video camera; the desiring or seeking of media attention. 2. in vehicles, a tendency to have a false start during a race; to run a red light. (posted Oct. 30, 2006) [full entry…]

redboard v. to speculate on the outcome of a horse race that has already finished. (posted Mar. 2, 2007) [full entry…]

redwash n. a series of repeated victories of the Ferrari Formula 1 car racing team, with driver Michael Schumacher, to the exclusion of almost all other teams. (posted Jul. 15, 2004) [full entry…]

rexing n. organized or competitive rollerskating to dance music; roller disco; (hence) a leg-scissoring movement in skating sports. (posted Jul. 16, 2005) [full entry…]

sack dance n. (originally) in American football, a showy celebratory dance performed after the take-down of a ball-carrying quarterback; (hence) especially in competitive events, demonstrative movements or gestures by a person in a (self-perceived) advantageous position. (posted Nov. 18, 2005) [full entry…]

sag wagon n. at a bicycling event, the vehicle which carries bicyclists who have withdrawn from the event (due to injury, bicycle malfunction, tiredness, etc.) (posted Sep. 16, 2004) [full entry…]

scamdicapper n. a fraudulent or dubious oddsmaker. (posted Aug. 28, 2006) [full entry…]

scuffle v. in baseball, to not play well or to be in a slump. (posted Aug. 3, 2007) [full entry…]

sidewalk alumni n.pl. fans of a sports team from a school or college they never attended or have no direct ties to. (posted Sep. 5, 2007) [full entry…]

skull v. in golf, to hit a ball too low and too far, usually the result of striking it above its center. (posted Nov. 12, 2004) [full entry…]

skybust v. to shoot at flying game birds that are too high or out of range. (posted Jan. 3, 2007) [full entry…]

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