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on the front foot
retee
beau joueur
backhander
sportingly
cuisse
high challenge
flankerback
backchecker
follow through
sportspersonship
sportily
tinea pedis
gymnastics
gymnastic exercise
right back
backhand
drop back
serve
service
backfielder
hindfoot
Hong Kong foot
belegginged
forehand stroke
forehand
forehand shot
legginged
baff
cut
jeer
shoestring tackle
undercut
wingback
footbag
ergogenic
halfback
lankiness
grinder
pro
ergogenics
offwing
back exercise
screamer
manifer
sportaholic
sportswomanship
moccasin foot
athletize
like
backhand stroke
front-rower
mark
well-built
sweep
backhand shot
maegashira
fielder
three-quarter
dunk on
backshot
octave
inside centre
barebacker
sportively
half volley
receiver
left back
backstretch
footy
stringer
athleticism
wing
Mickey Mantle
shinpad
shin guard
backshoot
sporter
rebounder
defensive tackle
activate
ballcapped
tierce
tight-assed
athletically
triple jump
hold
continuant
hellman
bicep
Evel Knievel
toehold
footballish
backliner
backcourtman
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gymnastic exercise
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Hong Kong foot
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noun
- A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
- A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- A player who plays a backhand shot.
- A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- A bribe, a secret payment.
noun
adv
noun
verb
adj
noun
- The reverse side of the human hand.
- Handwriting that leans to the left
- the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
- the hand towards the back of the board.
- a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
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
noun
verb
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- be used by; as of a utility
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- work for, or be a servant to
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- do military service
- mate with
- put the ball into play
noun
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- employment in or work for another
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- a means of serving
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
- the act of mating by male animals
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
verb
noun
noun
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
verb
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
noun
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the material removed by a cut made underneath
- the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
- a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall
- a cut made underneath to remove material
verb
- sell cheaper than one's competition
- cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
- cut away the underpart of
- strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
- cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
noun
- A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
- One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
- A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
- A wingback chair.
verb
noun
- A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
- Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
- The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
- An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
- One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
- A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
noun
- A hard-working, physical player with limited offensive ability.
- A biohacker who uses cybernetic implants or biochemicals to enhance or change their own body.
- A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.
- A low-ranking attorney with no clients who works very hard.
- One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
- Any tooth.
- A fan or performer of grindcore music.
- A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually metal.
- A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- A molar.
- Atmospheric interference producing a roaring background noise.
- An outdoor space for drills and parades.
- The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
noun
- A healthy, vigorous person.
- Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.
- A march played at the circus to arouse the crowd.
- A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
- An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.
- An exclamation mark.
- A large, attention-getting headline.
- A very hard hit.
- Something exceptionally good.
- A powerful shot.
- A very large wave.
- A difficult catch.
- One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
- A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
noun
noun
noun
- The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- Something that a person likes (prefers).
- Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To be likely.
- To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To want, desire. See also would like.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- To accept as an input.
particle
- A delayed filler.
- Likely.
- Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
- Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
prep
- Typical of
- Approximating
- In the manner of, similarly to
- Such as
- Similar to, reminiscent of
- As if there would be
- Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something
conj
adv
adj
noun
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
verb
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
verb
- To strike with a long stroke.
- To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To travel quickly.
- To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- To search (a place) methodically.
- To draw or drag something over.
- To play a sweep shot.
- To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
noun
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- Violent and general destruction.
- The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A single action of sweeping.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- A chimney sweep.
- The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
noun
- A shot in the back.
- A shot taken from behind the subject.
- A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.
- A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
- A sexual position in which one partner penetrates the other from behind; doggy style.
adj
noun
- The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
- An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
- An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
- The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
- A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
- A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
- Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
- The subjective vibration of a planet.
- The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
noun
- A person who attempts to return the serve.
- A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
- Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
- The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
- A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.
- A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
- The part of a firearm containing the action.
- A person who accepts stolen goods.
- An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
- A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
- Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
- An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
- A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
- An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
noun
- A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- Human arm.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A háček.
verb
verb
- To bring a player back after an injury.
- To organize or create a military unit or station.
- To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
- To render a substance radioactive.
- To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
- To render more reactive; excite.
- To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
- To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
- To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
- To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
noun
- The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
- The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
- A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
noun
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
noun
noun
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