v
Alternative form of alley oop [To lift or toss upward, or to be lifted or tossed upward.]
n
Alternative form of backheel [(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.]
v
(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)
n
Alternative form of ball-buster [(US, vulgar) Ball-breaker.]
n
(countable) A basketball game involving a brawl.
v
(computing, slang, intransitive) To hang; to stop responding to user input; (used of Mac computers, where this is indicated by a spinning coloured cursor like a beach ball).
n
(ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
n
One who blackballs, or casts a vote rejecting somebody.
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An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed
v
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
n
(rugby) A temporary substitution for a visibly-bleeding player who must leave the field of play for first-aid treatment.
n
(sports) A swerving motion of the whole body, used to dodge around another player.
v
Synonym of bowler hat out (“eject someone from an organization”)
v
(dated, military, slang, UK, usually passive) To eject (someone) from an organization.
v
(UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
v
(tennis) To hit a weak groundstroke and advance towards the net.
n
(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
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(sports) The winning, by a person or team, of all the possible possible prizes, games, rounds or contests, etc in a competition, season or series.
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(UK) A malapropism, mixed metaphor or other humorous misspeaking, especially in sports commentary.
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(golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
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(volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
v
(informal, basketball) To perform a slam dunk over (a defender).
n
(slang, rare, basketball) A game involving many dunks.
v
(transitive, ball sports) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
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(sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
v
(tennis, intransitive) To commit a foot fault.
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(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
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(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
v
(idiomatic, sports) To score one's first points
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(sports) A pass to another player that is delivered with a particularly high level of force.
v
(transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
n
(informal) A basketball player.
v
(intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer
n
Alternative spelling of keepie-uppie [The action of continuously bouncing a soccer ball in the air without the use of the hands.]
n
(film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”)
n
(colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
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(countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
adj
Characterised by kicking motions.
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(volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
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(sports) A short practice session before a tennis match.
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Alternative form of knock-up [(sports) A short practice session before a tennis match.]
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(transitive, basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball)
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(ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
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(basketball) A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.
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(golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
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(bridge) One of the points awarded by various bridge organisations for success in tournaments.
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(colloquial, soccer, transitive) To nutmeg an opponent.
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(transitive) To kick more than, or beyond, something or someone.
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(golf) to putt better than
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(basketball) To get more rebounds than
v
(basketball) To dribble the ball excessively.
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(sports, transitive) To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.
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To intercept, such as a ball in flight.
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(intransitive) To dart about rapidly.
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(soccer, idiomatic, intransitive) To shoot, kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
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(sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.
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One who plays the game of quoits.
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(sports) An attacking movement.
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(racquet sports) A person who attempts to return the serve.
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The action of swinging a foot or leg for a second time (or the flight of an object kicked again).
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(of the ball) To swing in this manner.
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(US, originally baseball, by extension, countable) A brawl.
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(golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
v
(tennis, of a forehand or a backhand) To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
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(slang) To acquire or gain.
v
(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.
adj
Being or relating to a contact sport where only limited physical force is used.
n
(Ireland, politics, figuratively) serious, difficult, important business; hardball
n
(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
n
(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
v
(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.
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One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
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(countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
n
(basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.
v
(transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
n
A boxer who leads with the right hand and guards with the left
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(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
v
(transitive) To close (a door).
n
One who sports or plays with something; a trifler.
v
(transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
n
(Australia, sports, colloquial, often figuratively) A grip on another player's testicles; an illegal rugby tackle involving such a grip.
n
(now only Cornwall) A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.
v
(ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
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A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
n
(martial arts) A knockout declared by a referee in cases where a participant is sufficiently injured, unbalanced, or confused and unable to continue the fight
v
(transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
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(slang, basketball) A slam dunk.
n
(sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
n
(uncountable) A fast-paced sport, a version of volleyball played in a racquetball court, where it is legal to hit the ball off of the walls.
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