tackle
dummy scissors
hold-up play
interception
pick and roll
pancake
maul
ruck
stickball
gaga ball
racquets
playing field
turn
line-out
burgle
dump tackle
drop-ball
crossback
offensive back
down
poster
nutmeg
call someone's number
racquetball
drop-back
loofball
singles
forced throw
drop back
kickball
playfield
scissors
handball
late tackle
dummy
fielder's choice
right back
shielding
check
inbounder
offensive foul
short pass
fair
spud
unihockey
out of play
pick
center
flick-on
hurling
forward passer
athletic game
passer
stoopball
paddock
zone defense
scrum-half
set
hooker
triple play
position
deuces wild
ballgame
ball game
wrestler
grappler
jai alai
finisher
ball kid
on the ball
rounders
broomball
matman
netball
offside
ground ball
wallyball
crumber
truck and trailer
layoff
double tackle
offload
setter
speel
catch
sportsfield
doubles
bare hand
man-to-man defense
block
dummy half
sinkhole
monkey in the middle
dangerman
fair
out of play
down
tackle
dummy scissors
hold-up play
interception
pick and roll
pancake
maul
ruck
stickball
gaga ball
racquets
playing field
turn
line-out
dump tackle
drop-ball
crossback
offensive back
poster
nutmeg
racquetball
drop-back
loofball
singles
forced throw
drop back
kickball
playfield
scissors
handball
late tackle
dummy
fielder's choice
right back
shielding
check
inbounder
offensive foul
short pass
unihockey
pick
center
flick-on
hurling
forward passer
athletic game
passer
stoopball
paddock
zone defense
scrum-half
hooker
triple play
position
ballgame
ball game
wrestler
grappler
jai alai
finisher
ball kid
rounders
broomball
matman
netball
offside
ground ball
wallyball
set
crumber
truck and trailer
layoff
double tackle
offload
setter
speel
catch
sportsfield
doubles
man-to-man defense
block
dummy half
sinkhole
monkey in the middle
dangerman
tackle
burgle
call someone's number
set
ruck
bare hand
turn
noun
- A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- A block and tackle.
- A man's genitalia.
- Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- Clothing.
- A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
verb
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
- A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
noun
- A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- Anything very thin and flat.
- A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
verb
noun
- The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
- A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
- Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
- The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
- A small heifer.
- An argument or fight.
- A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.
- A rucksack; a large backpack.
- A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
- A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
verb
noun
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- The time required to complete a project.
verb
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
noun
- A play in which the player with the ball crosses to one side of the field and then doubles back to the other.
- An "X"-shaped railroad crossing sign.
- A Catholic.
- A hairpin bend.
- A step in which one leg crosses behind the other.
- A cross between a hybrid species and one of the original parent species.
- A return to the original course of action by one who previously changed to a different course of action, or the person making that return.
- The species resulting from a crossback.
- The measurement from the outer edge of one shoulder blade to the outer edge of the other.
- Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X".
- A cross-course.
verb
adv
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- From the higher end to the lower of.
- At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
noun
- A dunk over a defending player.
- An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
- A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
- A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- One who posts a message.
verb
noun
- The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
- A grey-brown colour.
- The powdered seed, ready for use.
- An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
- A whole nutmeg seed.
- A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
verb
noun
verb
- Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, back.
- To move to a lower (or slower) position in a race or competition; to slow down so as to meet up with someone behind oneself
noun
- An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
- A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- A scissors hold.
- A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
- An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
- A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force them to overshoot.
noun
- A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- A stupid person.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.
- A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- An unused parameter or value.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
verb
- To feint.
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
adv
noun
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
verb
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
adj
noun
- A pass of the ball that is primarily to the side rather than one that gains yardage.
- A pass of the ball between teammates too close together to allow an opponent to get between them. There is no particular distance the ball must travel to qualify as a short pass. For instance, if the passing player drops the ball and retreats before her teammate takes possession, it is not a short pass. A short pass is against the rules and results in a free pass to the opposition.
adj
- Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Not a no ball.
- Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Between the baselines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
adv
noun
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
verb
- To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
name
verb
- To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
- To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
- To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, and/or sewer hookups.
- To dig up weeds with a spud.
noun
- A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.
- A testicle.
- A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
- A short central rod in a lighting fixture, for attachment to the light.
- A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
- A hole in a sock.
- A digging fork with three broad prongs.
- A potato.
noun
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
noun
- The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
adj
verb
- To give (something) a central basis.
- To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
noun
- A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- A toad.
- An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
- A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
verb
verb
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
noun
- A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- A situation suitable to perform some action.
- The order in which players are seated around the table.
- A status or rank.
- A place or location.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A posture.
- A post of employment; a job.
- An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
verb
noun
- A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
- The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.
- The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
- A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
- A player who scores points for their team.
- A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
- A finishing move.
- A person who finishes or completes something.
noun
- The ball used in this sport.
- A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
noun
- A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
- A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
- A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
- A bet that is laid off, i.e. placed with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
noun
- The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
- The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
verb
- to deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
- to unload.
- to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
- to change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
- to pass the ball.
noun
- The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
- A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- A long-haired breed of gundog.
- One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- A typesetter.
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- A shallow seggar for porcelain.
- A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
verb
noun
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
noun
- A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- A cellblock.
- The popping crease.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
- Solitary confinement.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- A blockhole.
- A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- The human head.
- A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A roughly cuboid building.
- A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
verb
- To hit with a block.
- To wait for some condition to become true.
- To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- To play a block shot.
- To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
- To shape or sketch out roughly.
- To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
- To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
noun
- A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
- A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
verb
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