Glossary of sports and reporting terms abbreviations
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Biplane [HANG]: Aircraft with two wings. Bird [BAD]: See shuttlecock. Birdie [GOLF]: One under par on a particular hole. Bite [MOTOR]: tire traction on the road. Blade [FEN]: Strong near the guard. Blast Off [BAL]: Quick ascent. Blast Valve [BAL]: a valve control that sends full pressure through the balloon’s burner system, to provide maximum hot air for lift. Bleachers [BASE]: Seats in the outfield area, usually cheap seats, in an area of a stadium without a roof. Bleed [JOUR]: to run an illustration past the margins to the edges of a page. Bleeder [BOX]: A fighter who cuts easily. Blimp [BAL]: A non-rigid or semi-rigid airship. Blind [FRIS]: any throw or catch performed while looking away from the disc or target. Blind Pass [HOCK]: to pass to a teammate without looking at that player. Blitz [FB]: when a defensive back moves toward the quarterback before the ball is snapped, he is said to be blitzing. Block [FB]: Offensive maneuver in which a player uses his body to keep a defensive player from the ball carrier. Block [MOTOR]: Cylinder-containing unit of the engine. Block [VB]: a defensive move to intercept the ball near the net. Blocking [BB]: to impede an opponent. (Blocking is a foul.) Blocking [H&R]: to hinder an opponent’s shot by placing all or part of the body between the opponent and the ball. Blower [MOTOR]: Supercharged engine. Blown [MOTOR]: two meanings a blown engine may mean (a) an engine equipped with a supercharger, or (b) an engine that has a massive failure during a race. Blown Out [SURF]: Choppy surf, poor for surfing. Blown Star [PARA]: Free-fall star formation broken by a jumper who approaches the star too fast or too hard. Blue Line [HOCK]: Line that shows each team’s defensive zone. Similar to the 25-yard line to the end zone in football. Blue-Chip [FB]: Quality college player to be selected by a professional team. Blue-Pencil [JOUR]: Slang for editing corrections. So-named because blue pencil or ink can’t be photographed by photo-offset cameras. Blurb [JOUR]: Short description of an article or subject. Board [WSKI]: to climb into a boat. Boarding Ladder [WSKI]: Small ladder to make boarding a boat easier. Bob and Weave [BOX]: to move side to side and up and down to evade an opponent. Bobble [FRIS]: to mishandle or juggle a catch. Bobble [WSKI]: to lose balance but recover during skiing. Body (of the article) [JOUR]: the core of an article; that is, material following the lead segment. Body Punch [BOX]: Blow delivered to the body of an opponent; that is, the abdomen or ribs. Body Roll [FRIS]: Any technique in which any part of the body is used for the disc to skip or bounce off of. Body Surfing [SURF]: Surfing while lying prone on a belly board, or prone surfing without a board of any kind. Bodycheck [HOCK]: to use a player’s body to stop an opponent. Generally the same usage as “block” in football. Bogey [GOLF]: One over par on a hole. Bolo Punch [BOX]: Punch that begins in a wide arc from below the hips swinging upward. Popularized in the early 1940s by middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia, who described the punch as comparable to the swing of a bolo knife cutting through the jungles. Now thought of as any wildly exaggerated punch that begins low. Bolo Shot [H&R]: a shot hit with the fist, underhanded (handball). Bomb [FB]: Long arcing pass that may be caught for a touchdown. Also sometimes called a rainbow. Bomb Out (noun) [PARA]: Unpoised exit out the door of a jump plane. Mass exits during RW jumps are usually bomb outs. Bone Bruise [H&R]: Deep bruise of the palm of the hand (handball). Book [JOUR]: Industry slang for magazine. So named (perhaps) because some monthly dummies are the sizes of books. Bookie [BET]: a person who accepts wagers on sporting events. Boom [B&F]: a spar that is used to extend the foot of a sail. Bootleg [FB]: a running play in which the quarterback hides the ball from the defense by holding it against his thigh, away from the defensive line. He may or may not run in the direction of the rest of his backfield. Bottom [FRIS]: same as belly. Bottom Board [H&R]: Lowest part of the front wall. Bottom of an Inning [BASE]: the second half of an inning. Bout [FEN]: Contest between two fencers. Bow [B&F]: the forward part of a boat. Bowl Championship Series [FB]: a selection system used to determine which top two teams will play for the NCAA national championship. Bowls [FB]: Postseason games college teams are invited to play. Box [BOWL]: See frame. Box Score [BASE]: a condensed report of a game that shows the lineups for both teams, runs batted in, score, and so on. The baseball equivalent of shorthand reporting. Boxing Out [BB]: the position of a defensive player under the basket that does not allow an offensive player a favorable position for a shot or rebound. Brace [ARCH]: to string the bow. Break (GYM) To stop to dampen the bounce of a trampoline. Break [BOX]: to withdraw from a clinch when ordered to do so by the referee. Break [POOL]: the shot that opens the rack; the first shot of a game. Break [SURF]: when a wave crests and collapses. Break [TEN]: to win a game served by the opponent. Break Point [TEN]: when the score is love–40, 15–40, or 30–40, the next point will win the game. Break Tip [FRIS]: any contact made with a disc in flight to alter its flight pattern or speed. Breakaway [HOCK]: to skate toward the opponent’s goal with only the goalkeeper to beat for a score. Breakaway [PARA]: See cutaway. Breakaway Back [FB]: Offensive backfield player with enough speed and agility to elude the defense. Breaking Ball [BASE]: A ball that curves in or out as it crosses the plate area. Break-Off Altitude [PARA]: the altitude at which jumpers abandon RW jumping and get clear of each other for opening. With large stars (say 40 or 50 jumpers), break-off for some may well be as high as 5,000 feet. Breaststroke [SWIM]: to swim by stroking under the water, with outward strokes beginning at the chest. Brick Yard [MOTOR]: Common name for the Indianapolis 500. Bridge [POOL]: the act of holding the table end of the cue stick between the index finger and the thumb. There are two kinds of bridges the closed bridge, with the index finger circling the cue, or the open bridge, with the cue sliding down the fleshy part of the hand, between the thumb and index finger. The closed bridge is more accurate and preferred. Bridge also refers to the mechanical bridge, a device used to aid the player in making shots he couldn’t normally make. Bring in the Chains [FB]: to call time out to allow the sideline crew to bring in the 10-yard chain to determine if the team on offense has made 10 yards and thus a first down. Broadhead [ARCH]: Arrow with large, flat point used in hunting. Broken Play [FB]: Play that was not executed. The defense may have guessed the play, the offense may have not heard the quarterback’s count, the offense backfield players may have run into each other—any number of reasons (excuses) may account for a broken play. Broken-Field Runner [FB]: Runner with the ability to dodge defense players in the open. Bronx Cheer [BASE]: A “razzberry” sound made by a spectator. Usually made in contempt. Brooklyn [BOWL]: Ball that crosses the lane and hits the 1–2 pins first, instead of the 1–3 pins. Brush [FRIS]: to accelerate the spinning action of a disc by slapping it on the side edge. BTB [FRIS]: behind the back. BTH [FRIS]: behind the head. BTL [FRIS]: between the legs. Buck [BET]: $100 bet. Also known as a Dollar. Bucket Seat [MOTOR]: Single seat contoured to body shape. Bucktail [B&F]: a fly used in bass fishing. Buddy Line [DIVE]: Safety technique in scuba diving in which two divers are linked by a safety line. Bug Boy [HORSE]: An apprentice jockey, one who has not won 40 races. Bullpen [BASE]: Area behind the outer fences of a baseball field where relief pitchers warm up and wait for their possible entry into the game. Download 7.55 Mb. Share with your friends:
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