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| Coffeehouse [Poker] |
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To talk about a hand one is involved in, usually with the intent of misleading or manipulating other players, is coffeehousing. It's usually considered just barely on one side of ethical, although which side depend who you ask.
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| Coffin Bone [Horse Racing] |
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The third phalanx (P3). The major bone that is within the confines of the hoof. Also called the "pedal [PEE-dal] bone."
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| Coil Spring [Motor Sports] |
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A spring composed of hardened steel spiral wound used to isolate a vehicle from the road. Coil springs are preferred over leaf springs for their superior ride and control.
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| Coin Door [Bingo] |
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The front door that can be opened for access to the cash box. Early machines used a wooden door, while later games used metal. The condition of this door can tell you a lot about how the game was operated. If the coin door has extra metal, locking bars, or gouges from attempts to pry it open, the machine has had a hard life.
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| Coincidental [Ice Hockey] |
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Descriptive of matching penalties assessed against players of both teams for simultaneous fouls.
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| Coinless Machine [Video Poker] |
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A multi-hand and/ or multi-game machine that only accepts currency. All payouts are hand paid. No coins are accepted or paid.
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| Cojones [Poker] |
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The nuts, usually preceded by loss. (Pronounced co-HO-nayss.)
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| Cold [Poker] |
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1) Serial, or in a row. "I caught three cold aces" means the player, in a draw game, drew three cards and (likely) ended up with aces full. 2) Not doing well. 3) Having no action. "No hands coming out: the game's cold."
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| Cold Ball [Croquet] |
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The roque, the last ball played of your opponent.
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| Cold Bluff [Poker] |
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A large bluff made on a weak hand.
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| Cold Call [Poker] |
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To call a raise without having already put the initial bet into the pot.
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| Cold Deck [Poker] |
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A deck, presumably with preset hands in it (usually with several good hands, the best of which will go to the dealer or his confederate), surreptitiously substituted by a cheat for the deck he is supposed to be dealing. So called because, after cards are dealt for awhile, they warm a bit to the touch, while a cold deck actually feels cool.
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| Cold Front [Sailing] |
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Used in meteorology to describe a mass of cold air moving toward a mass of warm air. Strong winds and rain typically accompany a cold front.
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| Cold Molding [Sailing] |
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A method of bending a material into an appropriate shape without heating or steaming to soften the material first.
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| Cold Pits [Motor Sports] |
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There is no racing activity on the track and the pits are open to people other than team members and racing officials.
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| Cold Table [Roulette] |
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Any table where you and/or other players have been losing.
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| Cold Twenty (Turkey) [Blackjack] |
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Two 10-value cards as a starting hand. "I would never split cold twenty against a nine showing."
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| Cold-Deck [Poker] |
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To deal a cold deck; usually to someone. "Those bastards cold-decked me."
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| Cold-Decker [Poker] |
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Thief, generally one who prepares or introduces into a game a cold deck.
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| Colic [Horse Racing] |
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This is the term used to describe pain in the abdomen. Flatulence colic is caused by an excessive amount of gas in the digestive tract. Impaction colic is caused by an accumulation of large amounts of dry feed in the stomach or intestine. Torsion colic is caused by a segment of the intestine twisting in such a way that little or no food can pass through the area.
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| Collapsing Defense [Basketball] |
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A defense, often some kind of zone, in which defenders converge on the opposing center whenever the ball is passed to him.
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| Collar [Golf] |
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Strictly speaking, the edge of a sand trap, but also used to describe the fringe around the putting surface.
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| Collateral [Motor Sports] |
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Assets owned by the borrower which document his or her ability to repay the loan. Listed assets may be seized by the lending institution if the loan is unpaid.
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| Collect [Motor Sports] |
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A spinning car will often "collect" up a few other cars and take them out of the race.
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| Collected [Motor Sports] |
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Getting hit by an out-of-control car while trying to pass by or through an accident in progress. Very frustrating for a driver, since getting collected or not is often a matter of pure luck.
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| Collective Bargaining Agreement [Basketball] |
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The agreement between the NBA and the Players Association that governs all terms and conditions of employment of NBA players by NBA teams.
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| Collided [Golf] |
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A comment used by the chartwriter to designate major contact between two or more dogs during a race.
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| Collision Bulkhead [Sailing] |
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A watertight forward bulkhead designed to keep the boat from sinking in the event of a collision.
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| Collision Coverage [Motor Sports] |
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Optional insurance that pays for damage to your car caused by collision with another car or object.
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| Collusion [Poker] |
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A form of cheating in which two or more players signal their holdings or otherwise form a cheating partnership to the detriment of the other players. Best-hand is a form of collusion.
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| Colonne [Roulette] |
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The French term for Column Bet.
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| Color [Blackjack] |
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Each denomination of chip has a distinctive color. The standard colors are: $1 -> blue or white; $5 -> red; $25 -> green; $100 -> black.
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| Color (Horses) [Horse Racing] |
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The color of a horses coat can be either Bay (B.), Dark Bay or Brown (Dk. B/Br.), Black (Bl.), Chesthut (Ch.), Gray (Gr.), White (Wh.) or Roan (Ro.).
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| Color Change [Poker] |
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Replacing chips of one color with those of another. Usually implies getting rid of many smaller denomination chips for fewer of a higher denomination.
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| Color for Color [Blackjack] |
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The proper pay-out procedure for a dealer to pay a stack of multi-colored chips. It is faster, has less chance of a mistake, and is easier to verify by the floor person or eye-in-the-sky.
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| Color Up [Blackjack] |
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To exchange many smaller denomination chips for a few large denomination chips. This is done as a player is preparing to leave and he may have too many chips to handle easily. "May I color up those reds for green before you leave, sir." Then, inform the floor man. "Color up, red for green." (It also allows the floor man to see how well or poorly the player did financially.)
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| Colorball [Golf] |
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A team game with teams of 3 or 4 players in which one player uses a colored ball. Team score comprises the score with the colored ball plus the best of the other 2 or 3 players. Players alternate holes playing with the colored ball.
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| Colors [Poker] |
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In a draw game, a side bet arrangement between two players. If one is dealt before the draw five cards of the same color (that is, all red, or all black), the other pays him a certain amount. Usually played in conjunction with points, and is more common in lowball than high. This sort of bet arrangement is particularly frowned on by the house, because it involves exposing too many cards, and also slows the game down while comparisons and verifications are made.
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| Colors (Colours) [Horse Racing] |
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Racing silks, the jacket and cap worn by jockeys. Silks can be generic and provided by the track or specific to one owner.
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| Colors (Horse) [Horse Racing] |
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Colors accepted by The Jockey Club are bay, black, chestnut, dark bay or brown, gray, roan and white. See individual entries for definitions.
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| Colors (Owner) [Horse Racing] |
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Color combinations of shirts and caps worn by the jockey in thoroughbred races. These colors represent a particular owner for all horses running in his name and are registered with the Jockey Club.
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| Colours [Horse Racing] |
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The special colourful jacket worn by drivers when in a race. A horse may only compete in the registered colours of either its owner or trainer. Trainers and owners can choose their own set of colour combinations but must apply to the Harness Racing Authority to have them approved.
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| Colregs [Sailing] |
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A term for the international rules designed to prevent collisions between boats.
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| Colt [Horse Racing] |
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An unaltered male thoroughbred age two through four is called a colt.
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| Column Bet [Roulette] |
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A bet on one of the three columns of 12 numbers on the layout. When placing your chips on one of three blank spaces at the bottom of the green you collect if any of those twelve vertical numbers win. Pays 2:1
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| Comb [Baccarat] |
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Another term for Lace: To randomly place cards into a stack of cards one at a time.
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| Combination [General] |
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An algebraic term denoting that a series of groups is to be taken from a larger group without regard to order. It is also loosely used as an instruction to permute a series of forecasts.
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| Combination (Way) Ticket [Keno] |
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A ticket in which groups of numbers are bet several different ways, allowing the player to spread money over several combinations.
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| Combination Bet [Roulette] |
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Using one or more chips in the same position to wager on more than one number at a time.
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| Combination Paddle [Table Tennis] |
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A paddle that has two different coverings on opposing sides of the face, for example, anti-spin rubber on one side and sticky rubber on the other .
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| Combination Spin [Figure Skating] |
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An extended maneuver made up of two or more spins, during which the skater must change feet and positions while maintaining speed.
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| Combinations [Motor Sports] |
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Combinations of engine, gearing, suspension, aerodynamic parts, and wheel and tire settings which teams forecast will work under varying conditions and tracks. These combinations (also known as set-ups) are recorded and used as baseline when teams arrive at a track.
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| Combined [Skiing] |
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See Alpine combined; Nordic combined.
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| Combined Pursuit [Skiing] |
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A cross country event that's made up of two races. The first is usually a 5-kilometer classical race, the second a 5-kilometer freestyle. Competitors start the second portion in the same order in which they finished the first portion, and separated by the same amount of time.
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| Combined Spin [Synchro Swimming] |
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A descending spin of 360 degrees or more followed immediately by an equal ascending spin. Compare reverse combined spin.
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| Combo [Lotto] |
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A way of betting a three-digit number that covers all possible combinations number straight. So, for example, if you play the number 123, any combination of those numbers (123, 132, 213, 231, 312 or 321) will yield a straight win. Of course, the cost to play is six times the cost of a single straight -number play. For a number containing a double digit like 122, it would cover all of the combinations (122, 212 or 221) for a straight win for only three times the regular cost.
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| Combustion Chamber [Motor Sports] |
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Top section of the engine cylinder, where the air-fuel mixture is ignited by a spark plug. The explosion of the combustion pushes the piston down into the cylinder, producing the force that the transmission delivers to the drive wheels.
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| Comdex [Blackjack] |
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A huge computer convention that uses up all the hotel rooms in Las Vegas, sending room rates sky-high. Avoid Las Vegas during Comdex.
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| Come [Craps] |
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This allows you to bet the Pass Line any time after the shooter's point is established. You take the next number rolled as your point. After that, wins and losses are determined on the same basis as a Pass Line bet
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| Come About [Sailing] |
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To tack. To change a boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.
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| Come Back at [Poker] |
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Re-raise; always followed by the name of the player. "He bet $10, I raise him $40, and he came back at me."
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| Come Back on [Poker] |
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Break one hand, and make a better hand; with reference to the hand made. "I broke the 8 and came back on a slick 7." "I started with a pat straight, and four to a straight flush. When Mary stood pat ahead of me, I knew she had the straight beat, so I drew one and came back on a flush; sure enough, she had an ace-high straight, and I won."
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| Come Back Shot [Golf] |
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The shot you make after you have overshot the hole.
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| Come Bet [General] |
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A wager placed on the Come Line. Same as rules as the Pass Line, but placed after the point has been established.
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| Come Box [Craps] |
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The area on the craps layout where Come bets are placed.
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| Come Down [Poker] |
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1) Happen. "This is how it came down." 2) Show down. "I had a full house, and he came down with four of a kind."
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| Come Hand [Poker] |
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A hand which must improve in order to have a realistic shot is a come hand.
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| Come in [Poker] |
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Call, usually referring to any betting round but the last.
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| Come in Cold [Poker] |
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Call a bet and one or more raises without yet having any money in the pot.
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| Come in for a Raise [Poker] |
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Open for more than the minimum. In a limit game, this means open for two bets.
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| Come in on the Blind [Poker] |
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Sit down at the precise moment it is your turn to put in the big blind. Some clubs do not let a new player (new to the particular game) be dealt in until it is his turn to put in the blind, supposedly to prevent his getting any "free" hands. Also, if a seated player has missed the blind in a particular round, he can receive his next hand only in the blind position.) In such a case, a player must come in on the blind, or, if not in the big blind position, over blind to receive a hand. Also see blind.
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| Come Line [General] |
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Area on the craps table where Come Bets are placed.
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| Come Off [Poker] |
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Break the top one or more cards of an otherwise pat lowball hand. "When he stood pat, I knew my hand was no good, so I came off both the 9 and the 8" means that a player has something like 9-8-4-2-A, threw the 9 and the 8, and drew cards to the 4-2-A.
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| Come Out Roll [Craps] |
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The first roll of the dice in a betting round is called the "come out" roll.
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| Come-Out Roll [General] |
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The first roll of the dice or the first roll after a point has been made. This roll establishes the point.
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| Command the Blade [Fencing] |
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To grab the opponent's blade with the off-hand, an illegal action.
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| Commanding the Blade [Fencing] |
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Grabbing the opponent's blade with the off-hand, illegal in sport fencing.
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| Commingle [Horse Racing] |
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Combining mutuel pools from off-track sites with the host track.
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| Commingled Pools [Golf] |
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Money wagered at one track, which goes into and mixes with the wagering pool at another.
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| Commission [Lotto] |
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The fee paid to retail outlets for selling lottery tickets. Commissions in North America typically range between 5 percent and 6 percent of the price of the ticket.
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| Commission Box [Baccarat] |
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Where the lammers are placed to indicate the amount owed by the players for all bank wins.
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| Commit Fully [Poker] |
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To put in as many chips as necessary to play your hand to the river, even if they're your case chips.
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| Committee [Golf] |
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The collective name for those in charge of a competition or a course.
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| Common Card [Poker] |
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One card dealt to the center of the table and considered part of each active player's hand.
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| Common Law Liability [Motor Sports] |
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The responsibility of injury or loss imposed upon a person because of his or her actions.
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| Community Cards [Poker] |
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Face-up cards that are shared by all the players in a hand. Flop games have five community cards.
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| Comoque [Poker] |
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In lowball, to pair. This comes from pan, in which you can draw a card of the same rank as one in your hand and not be able to use the drawn card. Sometimes spelled komoke.
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| Comoquer [Poker] |
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In lowball, a card that pairs one in your hand. "I drew to a bicycle and caught a comoquer."
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| Comp [Blackjack] |
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"Comps" refers to complimentary services and goods that are offered by the casino, a complimentary gift given by a casino to encourage and reward play. Comps can range from the most common, free drinks while playing, to meals, rooms, trips to resort locations and tickets to the Super Bowl.
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| Compact [Motor Sports] |
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A small car that can seat two to four people.
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| Companionway [Sailing] |
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The entryway into the cabin from the deck.
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| Company [Horse Racing] |
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Class of horses in a race He last ran in stakes company.
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| Comparable Index (Ci) [Horse Racing] |
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Indicates the average earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire when these same mares are bred to other sires. A CI of 1.00 is considered average, 2.00 is twice the average, 0.50 half the average, etc.
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| Compass [Sailing] |
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(1) An instrument that uses the earth's magnetic field to point to the direction of the magnetic north pole. (2) A device used to draw circles.
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| Compass Card [Sailing] |
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A card labeling the 360° of the circle and the named directions such as north, south, east and west.
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| Compass Course [Sailing] |
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The course as read on a compass. The compass course has added the magnetic deviation and the magnetic variation to the true course.
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| Compass Error [Sailing] |
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Magnetic deviation. The difference between the reading of a compass and the actual magnetic course or bearing due to errors in the compass reading. These errors can be caused by metals, magnetic fields and electrical fields near the compass. Prior to using a compass, magnetic deviation should be recorded for many different points on the compass as the error can be different at different points. The act of checking for magnetic deviation is called swinging.
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| Compass Rose [Sailing] |
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A circle on a chart indicating the direction of geographic north and sometimes also magnetic north. Charts usually have more that one compass rose. In that case the compass rose nearest to the object being plotted should be used as the geographic directions and magnetic variations may change slightly in different places on the chart.
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| Competition Ruts [Freestyle Skating] |
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Ruts that are formed during mogul contests, as opposed to those that are designed into the course.
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| Competition Yellow [Motor Sports] |
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A scheduled caution period caution period during a race. It has the effect of drawing all the cars together, which can prevent the race from becoming a "runaway"; it also de-emphasizes the importance of pit stops by decreasing the number of pit stops that must be made under the green flag.
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| Complete Bluff [Poker] |
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A bluff made with a hand that has no potential in succeeding rounds, and cannot possibly win if called.
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| Complete Game [Baseball] |
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Statistical credit to a starting pitcher for pitching the entire game.
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| Complete Games (Cg) [Baseball] |
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When a starting pitcher records all 27 outs. Game may end in a win or a loss.
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| Complete Hand [Poker] |
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A hand that is defined by all five cards: a straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, or straight flush etc.
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| Complete Pass [Football] |
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A forward pass to a teammate who catches it in the air.
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| Complete the Bet [Poker] |
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When an all-in player initiates the betting with a bet that is less than the current limit, the next player can complete the bet by bringing it up to the limit. For example, in a $20/$40 hold 'em game, on the last round a player has only $35 remaining, which he bets. If the next player puts in $40, he has completed the bet. Clubs have various rulings on whether a player with less than a full bet may even initiate the betting (or call, for that matter) and also on whether succeeding players may just call that amount, must complete the bet, or are permitted to raise.
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| Complimentary Play [Poker] |
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Giving someone action where it is not necessarily warranted. For example, in a Southern California double blind lowball game, you have beaten someone in several large pots. Now you have the blind. He opens for a raise. You have absolutely nothing, something like four face cards and one small card. Normally you would not call the bet, but would just throw the hand away. Instead you take decidedly the worst of it, perhaps drawing four cards, in order to appear to "give" him back of the few of the many dollars you won from him. This is a courtesy play.
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| Component [Golf] |
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Any of the parts used to assemble golf clubs, be they heads, shafts or grips. Most typically, a component is thought of as the club head more so than the shaft or grip.
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| Composite Bow [Archery] |
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A recurve bow made from a number of materials laminated together (eg. wood, sinew and horn).
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| Composition [Gymnastics] |
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The overall arrangement of individual movements and skills into a gymnastics routine.
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| Composition Dependent Strategy [Blackjack] |
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Similar to basic strategy, but the proper play is based upon the exact cards dealt to the player rather than just the total of the player's hand. It is most commonly used for single deck games. One example of a composition dependent strategy would be doubling down on a player's hand of 5,3 or 4,4 versus a dealer's 5 or 6 in a single deck game but not doubling on a 6,2, even though all three of the player's hands would total 8.
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| Compound [Motor Sports] |
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The rubber blend for tires. In some series, teams can choose their tire compound based on the track and weather conditions. A softer compound tire provides better traction but wears out much faster than a harder compound tire which doesn't provide as much grip.
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| Compound (Fracture) [Horse Racing] |
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A fracture where the damaged bone breaks through the skin. Also known as an "open" fracture.
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| Compound Action [Fencing] |
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Two or more actions performed together as one continuous action.
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| Compound Attack [Fencing] |
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An attack with two or more movements, each of which follows a feint.
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| Compound Bow [Archery] |
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A modern bow using a system of one or more pulleys to develop mechanical advantage.
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| Compound Crossbow [Archery] |
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A crossbow fitted with pulleys dating from the 15th century.
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| Compound Interest [Motor Sports] |
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Interest computed on the sum of an original principal and accrued interest.
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| Comprehensive Coverage [Motor Sports] |
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Optional insurance that pays for damage to your car caused by things other than collision. For example, if your car is stolen or vandalized.
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| Compressed Natural Gas [Sailing] |
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CNG for short. A type of compressed gas used as fuel for stoves and heaters. CNG is stored in metal cylinders prior to use. CNG is considered safer than other types of fuel such as propane (LPG) because it is lighter than air and may rise into the sky in the event of a leak. Caution should still be used as CNG can collect near the cabin ceiling, potentially causing an explosion. Propane is available in more areas around the world than CNG so CNG is not often used outside of North America.
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| Compression [Golf] |
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The deflection a ball undergoes under a compressive load. Loosely defined as the hardness of a ball. Identified by a number; a higher number indicates a ball that requires more force to compress it. Lower compression balls will flatten more when struck.
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