opening
turn
play
starting five
little-league team
counterplay
speel
halftime
line up
singles
doubles
pizeball
lid-lifter
whip
midgame
starter
king of the castle
cordon
mound
pitcher
minor-league club
minor-league team
false start
interplayer
starting
silly mid on
play off
start
unbalanced
stoopball
power play
maul
flick-on
athletic game
goal
hike
backfield
racquets
cricket
position
deuces wild
brawler
tabiya
long stop
shot
face-off
first team
at play
substitute
zugzwang
wing
full debut
dummy whist
silly point
side
halma
second-stringer
reserve
top order
four square
hit
blitz
startscummer
fourth slip
late innings
fielder's choice
waiting move
first string
attack
corkball
interactive fiction
statues
passed ball
stump
spud
deep point
lay back
dummy scissors
face off
bully off
one-two
dummy
greenie
slip in
ground game
offensive back
baseball
baseball game
outside centre
hat trick
ball
phantom
rail-based
finisher
spiel
midgame
interplayer
unbalanced
rail-based
midgame
opening
turn
play
starting five
little-league team
counterplay
speel
halftime
singles
doubles
pizeball
lid-lifter
whip
starter
king of the castle
cordon
mound
pitcher
minor-league club
minor-league team
false start
starting
silly mid on
start
stoopball
power play
maul
flick-on
athletic game
goal
hike
backfield
racquets
cricket
position
brawler
tabiya
long stop
shot
face-off
first team
substitute
zugzwang
wing
full debut
dummy whist
silly point
side
halma
second-stringer
reserve
top order
four square
hit
blitz
startscummer
fourth slip
late innings
fielder's choice
waiting move
midgame
first string
attack
corkball
interactive fiction
statues
passed ball
stump
deep point
dummy scissors
one-two
dummy
greenie
ground game
offensive back
baseball
baseball game
outside centre
hat trick
ball
phantom
finisher
spiel
line up
play
play off
start
lay back
face off
bully off
slip in
noun
- The first few moves in a game.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- A time available in a schedule.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- An act or instance of beginning.
adj
noun
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- 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.
- 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.
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- 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
- 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.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- 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 short sequence of action within a game.
- An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- The conduct, or course, of a game.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
verb
- To compete against, in a game.
- To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
- To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
- To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
- To move to and fro.
- To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
- To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
- To produce music using a musical instrument.
- To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
- To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
- To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
- (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- To gamble.
- To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- To produce music.
- To act or perform (a play).
- To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
- To put in action or motion.
- To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
noun
- A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
- A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
- A whipper-in.
- A blow administered with a whip.
- A coach driver; a coachman.
- The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
- A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.
- The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.
- A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
- The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
- A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
- A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.
- A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit
- A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.
- A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
- Whipped cream.
verb
- To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
- To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
- To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
- To urge into action or obedience.
- To hit with any flexible object.
- To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- To move very fast.
- To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
- To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
- To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
- To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
- To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
- To snap back and forth like a whip.
- To hit with a whip.
- To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
- To defeat, as in a contest or game.
- To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
noun
- A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.
- A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- A dog that rouses game.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- A starting pitcher.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
noun
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a small natural hill
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
verb
noun
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
- (baseball) the person who does the pitching
- an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
- the quantity contained in a pitcher
- (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
adj
noun
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- play in the starting lineup
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
- A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
- The act of placing the object into the goal.
- A result that one is attempting to achieve.
verb
noun
- The snap of the ball to start a play.
- A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
- A sharp upward tug to raise something.
- An abrupt increase.
verb
- To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
- To snap the ball to start a play.
intj
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
- an attempt to score in a game
- the act of firing a projectile
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a chance to do something
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- serving or used in place of another
- artificial and inferior
verb
noun
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- 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 player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- 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.
- 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
noun
- One set of competitors in a game.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- A sports team.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- Sidespin; english
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
verb
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- To furnish with a siding.
- To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- To lean on one side.
- To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
adj
- Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- Far; distant.
- Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
adv
noun
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- formality and propriety of manner
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
verb
noun
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
verb
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To attack.
- To affect negatively.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
adj
pron
noun
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- intense adverse criticism
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of attacking
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- strong criticism
verb
noun
- One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
- The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- A leg.
- An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
- A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
- The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
- A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
- A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
verb
- To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
- To get a batsman out stumped.
- To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
- To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
- To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
- To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.
- To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
- To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
- To campaign.
name
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.
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 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.
adv
verb
noun
- The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- The white-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula penicillata, of Australia.
- Coordinate term: brownie
- An unripe fruit.
- A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- The scaly-breasted lorikeet, Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, of Australia.
- The Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- Amphetamines used in baseball.
- A small, green object.
- A member of the Green Party.
- The green-headed sunbird, Cyanomitra verticalis, of Africa.
- An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.
noun
- Striking out three times in one game.
- Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins.
- Three wickets taken by a bowler in three consecutive balls.
- Three incidents or achievements that occur together.
- A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by placing one's hat upon it.
- Three goals scored by one player in a game, in ice hockey usually followed by fans throwing their hats onto the rink.
- Any magic trick performed with a hat.
noun
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- an object with a spherical shape
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- a spherical object used as a plaything
- a compact mass
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
verb
noun
- A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
- A ghost or apparition.
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
- A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
adj
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.
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