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| Cross Fire [Horse Racing] |
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When a horse's hind foot strikes the opposite front foot or leg.
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| Cross or Crossing Pass [Soccer] |
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A pass from an attacking player near the sideline to a teammate in the middle or opposite side of the field; used to give the teammate a good scoring opportunity.
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| Cross Peg [Croquet] |
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A leave in which the opponents balls are left straddling the peg, thus preventing a desired shot by your opponent.
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| Cross Roader [Blackjack] |
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Term for a professional card cheat. Also "cheat", "hustler", "con man" or "scam artist".
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| Cross Shot [Tennis] |
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A stroke played diagonally across the court, either long or short. Long cross shots are usually played from baseline to baseline, while short cross shots generally bounce near the opponent's service court line, often being played with topspin.
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| Cross Wire [Croquet] |
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A leave in which your opponents balls are left on each side of a wicket, thus preventing a desired shot by your opponent.
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| Cross-Bar [Rugby] |
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The horizontal bar between the goal posts, which is 3 meters (9 feet, 10 inches) above the ground.
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| Cross-Bunker [Golf] |
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A lengthy bunker that is situated across the fairway.
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| Cross-Checking [Ice Hockey] |
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A minor penalty which occurs when a player holds his stick in both hands and drives the shaft into an opponent; a stick check where a player has both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice; if serious injury is caused or blood is drawn it becomes a major penalty and a game misconduct.
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| Cross-Country [Cycling] |
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Descriptive of a mountain bike race that takes place over trails, jeep roads, and similar difficult terrain.
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| Cross-Country Skiing [Skiing] |
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A term generally used in most of the world to describe only the track-skiing aspects of Nordic skiing, although sometimes used in Australia and elsewhere to include off-track skiing, XCD, and ski touring.
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| Cross-Face [Wrestling] |
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A move where the forearm is pressed against the opponents face to turn his head and maneuver him.
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| Cross-Handed Grip [Golf] |
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An unorthodox grip in which the left hand is below the right hand.
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| Cross-Over [Bowling] |
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A ball that results in a Brooklyn hit.
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| Cross-Thread [Motor Sports] |
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Stripping of the wheel stud threads when crew members hurriedly refasten lug nuts. This can be more devastating in Indy car racing as each wheel has only one center nut/thread combination which, if damaged, necessitates a Pit Pass before more severe consequences take place.
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| Cross-Tracking [Speed Skating] |
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Improperly crossing into the wrong lane; results in disqualification.
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| Crossbar [Soccer] |
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The horizontal beam that forms the top of a goal and sits on top of the two posts; it is 24 feet long and supported 8 feet above the ground.
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| Crossbow [Archery] |
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A projectile weapon consisting of a bow attached at right angles to a shaft. When the string was drawn it was held by a nut. The bolt was loaded and the nut was released by a lever turning the nut thus firing the bolt.
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| Crosse Grip [Fencing] |
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A moulded grip that has protrusions to protect the fingers on foils and epees.
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| Crossfire [Poker] |
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Perform the action of two players who keep raising and re-raising each other, while one player between them keeps having to call further bets to remain in the pot. This can happen in a high-low game in which one player has an excellent high, another thinks he has a lock on low, and a third is trying to make a hand that he thinks will beat one or both of them. While a whipsaw situation may be quite honest, it sometimes also involves collusion between the raisers for the purpose of extracting the maximum from the sandwiched player. To prevent this sort of situation, most card rooms limit the number of raises in any one round in limit games. Comes from the action of two men wielding a whipsaw (a large, two-handled crosscut saw) to cut down a tree.
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| Crossing [Horse Racing] |
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A horse which begins from one of the positions out wider on the track, which moves down to the inside fence, is referred to as crossing to the fence. Likewise, if such a horse has the speed to beat all other horses to the leading position of a race, this is known as crossing to the lead.
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| Crossing Route [Football] |
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When a receiver delays a moment at the line and then runs over the middle across the field.
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| Crossing Situation [Sailing] |
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When two vessels approach each other and their paths are crossing. The boat with the other boat on its starboard side is the give way vessel and must yield.
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| Crossover [Speed Skating] |
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1) Halfway through each lap in pairs skating, the skaters have to change lanes in a designated area called the crossover. 2) The motion used by skaters to negotiate curves, in which the outer foot crosses over the inner foot to help maintain balance and speed.
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| Crossover Dribble [Basketball] |
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When a ball handler dribbles the ball across his body from one hand to the other. Also called "rocking the baby."
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| Crossroader [Poker] |
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1) Thief, particularly one who moves from club to club looking for ways to cheat. 2) Rounder (A professional player who "makes the rounds" of the big poker games in the country.).
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| Crosstrees [Sailing] |
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Spreaders. Small spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.
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| Crotch Lift [Wrestling] |
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A hold in which the arms are wrapped around the opponent's upper thigh, often used to turn the opponent over for a pin.
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| Croupier [General] |
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Term mainly used when referring to roulette and sometimes baccarat dealers.
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| Crow's Nest [Horse Racing] |
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The area at the top of the grandstand where the announcer, stewards, judges, and others watch the races from a high vantage point.
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| Crowd [Horse Racing] |
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To race too close to another horse, forcing its rider to take up or change course.
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| Crowded [Golf] |
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Happens on breaks and turns when a jam occurs.
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| Crowding the Plate [Baseball] |
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When a player moves up close to the plate, either to increase his chances of walking or his ability to hit an outside pitch.
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| Crown [Golf] |
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The upper portion of the head of a wood or metal wood. It is the portion of the head most visible to the player at address.
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| Crud [Skiing] |
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Difficult snow conditions -- often crusty or icy on top, with soft mush underneath.
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| Cruise Control [Motor Sports] |
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A device that, when set by the driver, will hold the car at the chosen speed.
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| Cruising Guides [Sailing] |
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Books that describe features of particular sailing areas, such as hazards, anchorages, etc.
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| Crumple Zone [Motor Sports] |
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Portions of a vehicle's structure designed to buckle and fold in an impact, absorbing crash force rather than transmitting it to vehicle occupants.
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| Crush Panel [Motor Sports] |
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On a tube-frame Stock car, a sheet-metal panel that fills in the gaps between the firewall and the side body panels. If the crush panel gets damaged, engine heat (and frequently exhaust gas) comes into the cockpit, which can make the driver extremely ill.
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| Crush Shot [Croquet] |
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Used to jar a ball through a wicket when the ball is laying against the wicket.
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| Crw [Skydiving] |
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Canopy Relative Work, now officially known as Canopy Formations. CRW involves flying open canopies in close formation, where the pilots actually take grips on each other's parachutes.
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| Cry [Poker] |
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Complain a lot while playing.
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| Crying Call [Poker] |
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A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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| Crying Winner [Poker] |
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One who complains a lot while playing, even, and particularly, while winning, probably to convince others that he's losing when he is in fact doing the opposite. Someone with a reputation as a crying winner usually fools no one, and usually alienates most players, who wouldn't particularly mind his winning if he would only shut up.
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| Cryogenics [Golf] |
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Branch of science dealing with the freezing of an object to alter its physical properties. Used to treat club heads, cryogenics aligns the molecules in the head material for a harder, more durable product.
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| Cryptorchid [Horse Racing] |
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A "unilateral cryptorchid" is a male horse of any age that has one testicle undescended. A "bilateral cryptorchid" is a male horse of any age that has both testicles undescended. The Jockey Club defines "cryptorchid" as a male horse of any age that has both testicles undescended.
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| Cs [Baseball] |
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Times Caught Stealing
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| Cscc [Motor Sports] |
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Chicagoland Sports Car Club
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| Csm [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Continuous Shuffling Machine. A machine that mixes used cards back into the pack continuously instead of keeping them aside round after round to be shuffled all at once.
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| Cswa [Wrestling] |
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Central States Wrestling Association
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| Ctr [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Currency Transaction Report.
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| Cts [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Casino Tournament Strategy, book by Stanford Wong.
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| Ctu [Golf] |
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Ast Thermoset Technology used by Callaway Golf in the development of their line of balls.
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| Cubes [Motor Sports] |
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Cubic inches of displacement, as in, "That car has 350 cubes."
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| Cubic Capacity [Motor Sports] |
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The volume of the cylinder between the piston top dead center and bottom dead center. Expressed in cubic centimeters or cubic inches.
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| Cubic Centimeter (Cc) [Motor Sports] |
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European, metric, and competition measure of engine displacement: 1,000 cc=1 liter, which equals about 61 cubic inches.
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| Cubic Centimeters (Cc’s) [Golf] |
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The units used to measure the volume of a wood head. The measurement is generally made as a water displacement test whereby a wood head is immersed in water and the amount of water displaced is the head’s volume.
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| Cubic-Inch Displacement [Motor Sports] |
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The size of the engine measured in cubic inches. The maximum size for a NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Divisions engine is 358.000 cubic inches.
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| Cull [Poker] |
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Perform the cheating move of arranging cards prior to shuffling, in such a way that their order can be set, so that by various methods of slSeven-of-hand the cheat can give himself or his partner winning cards, and, perhaps, slightly worse cards to a mark.
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| Cumulative Odds [General] |
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An Ante-Post term denoting full accumulative odds for a double event as at starting price.
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| Cunningham [Sailing] |
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A line used to control the tension along a sail's luff in order to maintain proper sail shape.
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| Cup [Horse Racing] |
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1) Refers to the irregular occlusal surface of the tooth (the surfaces that meet when a horse closes its mouth) and is used as a visual method of determining age in a horse. 2) Trophy awarded to winning horse owners, usually in a stakes race.
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| Cup Horse [Horse Racing] |
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One qualified to engage in distance races.
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| Cuppy [Horse Racing] |
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A track surface that breaks away under a horse's hoof, due to soft pockets.
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| Cuppy (Track) [Horse Racing] |
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A dry and loose racing surface that breaks away under a horse's hooves.
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| Curare [Archery] |
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The poison used on arrows and blow pipe darts in South America.
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| Curb [Horse Racing] |
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A curb is a strained, thickened ligament found at the rear of the hock about three inches below the point of the hock.
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| Curb Weight [Motor Sports] |
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The weight of the vehicle without passengers, driver or cargo, but with all standard features, a full tank of fuel, and all the fluids necessary for proper function.
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| Curl [Curling] |
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Turn (spin) put on the stone by twisting the handle at release to make it curl, or curve. Also, the curvature of the stone's path.
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| Current [Sailing] |
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The movement of water, due to tides, river movement and circular currents caused by the motion of the earth.
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| Curtain [Bowling] |
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A blow in the last frame by the anchor man, when a spare would have won for his team.
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| Curve [Baseball] |
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Pitch that moves down, across, or down and across, depending upon the rotation of the ball.
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| Curved Shaft [Golf] |
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A shaft, usually steel or aluminum, designed for use in no-hosel putters, that features a bend or bends no more than 5” from the shaft tip. The curved shaft tends to create offset and possibly face balancing on putters with no hosels.
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| Cushion [Motor Sports] |
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When cars run on a dirt track, loose dirt is thrown up as the cars run through the corners. At some area of the corner, above the farthest outside groove that any car is running, this loose dirt builds up a sort of berm or curb separating the groove from what would be considered the gray area if it were a paved track. This is known as the cushion. Drivers do not want to go "over the cushion" because there is loose dirt on the other side which will bog the car down, and because the act of going over the cushion will cause the car to lose control and may even make a Midget or Sprint car flip.
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| Custom Car [Motor Sports] |
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An automobile that has been restyled, or an all-new body fitted on an existing chassis.
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| Cut [Poker] |
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Separate the deck into two packets, after the cards have been shuffled, usually by the player to the right of the dealer, in player-dealt games, or by the house dealer in games dealt by a house dealer, after which the former bottom half is placed atop the former top half, and then the cards are dealt.
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| Cut Away [Skydiving] |
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Release the main canopy in case of a malfunction. Needs to be done prior the deployment of the reserve canopy to avoid the risk of the two canopies getting entangled.
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| Cut Back [Football] |
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A sudden change in direction taken by a to make it more difficult for defenders to follow and tackle him.
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| Cut Card [Blackjack] |
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A solid colored card typically a piece of plastic which is given to a player by the dealer for the purpose of cutting the deck(s) after a shuffle and then is used by the dealer to mark the last hand to be dealt from the deck by placing it near the end of the deck in the shoe. When it comes out of the shoe, the dealer announces, "Last hand out of this shoe."
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| Cut Cards [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cut Checks [Poker] |
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Divide stacks of chips into equal amounts, often smaller stacks of five. This is the method pit dealers and cage persons count chips for the purpose of paying off a winning bet or changing the chips to cash, or poker dealers use to count a bet or change chips from a small to a larger denomination.
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| Cut Down [Horse Racing] |
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Horse suffering from injuries from being struck by the shoes of another horse. Or, due to a faulty stride, a horse may cut itself down.
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| Cut Down the Angle [Soccer] |
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When the goalie comes out of the goal several feet to make himself closer and larger to an attacker, leaving the attacker less net to shoot at.
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| Cut for High Card [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cut for the Deal [Poker] |
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Cut cards to see which player will be dealt the first hand.
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| Cut in [Golf] |
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To hit an approach shot precisely, usually with backspin, to a well-protected pin.
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| Cut into [Blackjack] |
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To put a stack of chips next to a smaller stack and take the excess off so that both stacks are equal. Also "bump into" or "size into".
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| Cut it Up [Poker] |
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To split the pot after a tie.
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| Cut Man [Boxing] |
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The guy in the corner whose job it is to stop the bleeding of cuts (caused by head-butts, glove laces, or a good hard punch) or staunch the flow of blood from the nose; they use q-tips dipped in coagulant and vaseline. He also reduces the swelling around the eyes (so the fighter can see) by applying cold pressure.
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| Cut Off [Soccer] |
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When a defensive player keeps his body between an attacker and the defender's goal, forcing the attacker out towards the sidelines.
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| Cut Out [Poker] |
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1) Split out. 2) Terminate a partnership.
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| Cut Rush [Croquet] |
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A shot played so that the rushed ball moves off at an angle to the direction of the stroke.
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| Cut Shot [Golf] |
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A controlled shot that results in the ball stopping almost immediately on the green without roll.
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| Cut Someone Up [Poker] |
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1) Participate, by two partners, in a whipsaw situation. 2) Cheat a player, usually by two or more thieves.
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| Cut the Cards [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cut the Deck [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cut the Game [Poker] |
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Take a portion of the pot to cover expenses.
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| Cut the Game Down [Poker] |
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Reduce the stakes, usually at the request of the players. For example, the players of a short-handed 60-120 hold 'em game may be told by the management that the game would fill up if they played 40-80, so the players may agree to cut the game down.
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| Cut the Pot [Poker] |
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Take a portion of the pot to cover expenses.
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| Cut Tokes [Blackjack] |
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To divide the tokes made by the dealers in an equitable manner.
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| Cut-Off Player [Baseball] |
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The player who cuts-off a throw from the outfield.
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| Cut-Off(s) Cards [Blackjack] |
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The cards behind the cut card in the shoe that are remaining when the dealer starts the shuffle sequence. When the cut card is out, the dealer will deal out of the cutoffs as many cards are necessary to finish the round and then he'll shuffle.
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| Cut-Over [Fencing] |
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The act of passing the blade over the opponent's point.
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| Cutoff Seat [Poker] |
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The position to the right of the button, particularly when the button plays in a given hand.
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| Cutout [Poker] |
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A card marked by scraping its back or otherwise removing some of the ink.
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| Cutout Work [Poker] |
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Markings placed on cards by scraping off part of the design on their backs.
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| Cutter [Sailing] |
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A sailboat with one mast and rigged a mainsail and two headsails. Also see sloop.
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| Cutthroat Game [Poker] |
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A, usually, high-stakes poker game, in which the prime objective of the players is to win money. Also called cutthroat game. The opposite of a social game.
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| Cutthroat Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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1) A, usually, high-stakes poker game, in which the prime objective of the players is to win money. Also called cutthroat game. The opposite of a social game. 2) Playing poker primarily for money, as opposed to social reasons.
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| Cutting [Poker] |
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Performing a cut (of the deck, prior to dealing).
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| Cutting Cards [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cutting Oil [Golf] |
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Lubricating oil used to reduce heat during the boring of steel hosels. Also called “Drilling Oil.”
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| Cutting the Cards [Poker] |
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Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.
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| Cutwater [Sailing] |
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The front edge of the boat.
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| Cv [Blackjack] |
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An abbreviation used for a software blackjack program designed by Norm Wattenberger known as Casino Verite.
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| Cvsim [Blackjack] |
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An abbreviation for a refinement of the Casino Verite software program that allows a person to simulate the play of blackjack on a computer at high speed, thus enabling one to obtain the results of millions or even billions of hands of play.
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| Cw [Blackjack] |
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An abbreviation for Cocktail Waitress.
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| Cwa [Wrestling] |
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Christian Wrestling Alliance
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| Cwf [Wrestling] |
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Championship Wrestling Federation
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| Cy Young Award [Baseball] |
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Awarded annually to the pitcher who demonstrates the most outstanding performance in the major leagues, as voted by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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| Cycle [Video Poker] |
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The statistically predicted average number of hands per royal flush (or other top jackpot). In other words, a "cycle" is simply the reciprocal of the probability of a royal on the next hand. Remember that the games are random, however, so don't expect to get exactly one royal flush per "cycle." The Poisson Distribution tells us that there is only a 63.2% probability of at least one royal in one cycle, but this balanced by the chances of two or more royals in one cycle.
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| Cylinder [Basketball] |
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An area above the basket, outlined by the projection of the rim into space, where the ball cannot be touched by any player. See goaltending.
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| Cylinder Block [Motor Sports] |
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The main part of the engine to which other parts are attached.
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| Cylinder Head [Motor Sports] |
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At the top of the engine block is the cylinder head which contains intake and exhaust valves. Air and fuel enter the cylinder head through the intake valves and spent leftovers are released after combustion through the exhaust valves.
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| Cypres [Skydiving] |
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The brand name commonly used to refer to an automatic activation device (AAD) that opens the reserve automatically if a predetermined altitude is passed at a high rate of speed.
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