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| Horsing [Poker] |
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Passing a small amount of money to another player after winning a pot.
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| Hosel [Golf] |
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The hollow part of the head of an iron, into which the shaft is fitted.
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| Hosel Adapter [Golf] |
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Eneric term applied to any type of bushing or replacement hosel for a wood or an iron. The hosel adapter reduces the size of the hosel opening so that a smaller diameter shaft can be installed. Special hosel adapters can also take the place of the Thermoplastic hosel of Ping drivers when reshafting them.
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| Hosel Boring [Golf] |
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The process of enlarging a hosel bore (wood, iron or putter) through drilling.
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| Hosel Rivet [Golf] |
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Aluminum or steel rivet (pin) used in certain models of irons (most notably Hogans, First Flights and older MacGregors) to help secure the shaft in place. A hole was drilled through the hosel and shaft and the rivet pounded into place
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| Hosin Sul [Martial Arts] |
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Self-defense techniques.
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| Hot [Wrestling] |
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(adjective) Usually used to describe the overall manner of the audience at a live event. If the crowd is vocal, excited, and into the action, it is said to be a "hot" crowd. On the other hand, if the audience is disinterested or lethargic, it is said to be a "dead" crowd. Often a crowd will start off "hot" but be "killed" by a series of dull matches.House show - (noun) Any non-televised event.
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| Hot and Cold Systems [Roulette] |
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Classification of systems that wager on the side that won previously. Another name for a streak method of betting.
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| Hot Babe [Poker] |
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An attractive, well-dressed female in or near a casino. The term is a trademark of rec.gambling.
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| Hot Deck [Blackjack] |
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Playing situation with a high count value, very favorable to player.
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| Hot Dog Skiing [Freestyle Skating] |
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The original name for freestyle skiing.
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| Hot Dog Stand [Motor Sports] |
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When the driver hits everything out on the track except the hot dog stand.
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| Hot Game [General] |
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A game that draws a significant amount of action on one side by knowledgeable handicappers.
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| Hot Hand [Craps] |
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A shooter who is continually making points and numbers while rolling the dice is said to have a hot hand.
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| Hot Lap [Motor Sports] |
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A car(s) is running at or near racing speed on the course.
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| Hot One [Poker] |
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To burn (To set aside a card which has been inadvertently revealed.). When the person dealing the cards (usually in a player-dealt game) takes the burn card off the deck prior to dealing the draw cards, he might say, "There's the hot one."
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| Hot Pits [Motor Sports] |
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A car(s) is/are on the track. Only crew members and racing officials are allowed into the pits for safety reasons.
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| Hot Rod [Motor Sports] |
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A production auto that has been modified by the owner for outstanding speed and acceleration through extensive changes to the engine, chassis, and body.
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| Hot Roll [Craps] |
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A roll in which the dice are continually passing and are held by the shooter for a long period of time.
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| Hot Seat [Poker] |
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A seat or position at the table that has recently had a run of good hands.
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| Hot Table [Roulette] |
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A table where the players have been winning.
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| Hot Tip [General] |
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Insider information that the bookmaker cannot divulge.
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| Hot Walker [Horse Racing] |
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A stablehand who walks a horse while it cools out after a race or workout.
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| Hot-Lapping [Motor Sports] |
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Taking practice laps before the race begins.
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| Hotchkiss-Type Driveline [Motor Sports] |
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An open or exposed driveshaft assembly. The type of rear suspension in which the springs absorb the rear-end torque.
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| Hotshoe [Motor Sports] |
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Quickest and winningest driver at a particular track.
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| Hotwalker [Horse Racing] |
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Person who walks horses to cool them out after workout or races.
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| House [Curling] |
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The scoring area, which is marked by a circle, 12 feet in diameter, that contains three smaller concentric circles.
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| House Ball [Bowling] |
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A ball provided by the bowling center, as opposed to the bowler's own ball.
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| House Chips [Poker] |
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Chips being played for the establishment, that, is those belonging to a dealer while he is working, to a shill, or perhaps a stake or proposition player, as opposed to live chips.
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| House Cut [Poker] |
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Generic term for how the house profits from hosting the game.
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| House Dealer [Poker] |
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A house employee who deals the cards, sells chips, settles arguments, makes minor rulings in case of irregularities, and generally runs the game.
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| House Edge [Baccarat] |
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The casino's advantage over the player. In baccarat the best bet is always on the banker and the fewer the decks the better the banker bet. Eight decks baccarat has a house edge of 1.06% / 1.24% (banker bet / player bet). One deck baccarat has a house edge of 1.01% / 1.29%. These differences in percentage do not seem large, but they do have a considerable impact on play in real life. Dealt and played using "standard" rules, a winning Banker bet is charged a 5% commission. If ties pay 8:1 the casino's advantage is 14.11% on ties. If ties pay 9:1 the casino's advantage is 4.8% on ties. In some casinos, ties are permitted to be bet on.
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| House Percentage [Keno] |
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Also known as PC (percent to casino). The percent of all wagers the house can expect to win, over a period of time. Can vary widely, but normally is about 30%.
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| House Person [Roulette] |
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[1] A dealer who is unusually concerned with the casino's profits. [2] A dealer who identifies with the casinos. [3] A dealer who enjoys watching players lose.
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| House Player [Poker] |
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1) A shill (A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going.) 2) A stake player (A player given house chips to play for the purpose of starting a game that would otherwise be short, or to keep a game that is becoming short from breaking up. A stake player keeps half his profits (after returning to the house the amount given him when he was first put in), usually at the end of a shift, but absorbs none of the losses. When he receives his share of the profits, this is the split-out. ). 3) Sometimes a proposition player (An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike shills "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.).
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| House Rule [Poker] |
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Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
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| House Rules [Poker] |
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The rules by which a house runs its games, usually including establishing of betting limits, number of raises, what causes a hand to become dead, how to handle violations of playing conventions, and so on.
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| Houseman [Poker] |
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1) A card room employee, often working on the floor; floor man. 2) House dealer. Players often address the dealer as houseman. "What's it cost me, houseman?"
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| Hoyle [Poker] |
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Edmond. (1672-1769). English barrister and codifier of rules of games, author, in 1742, of A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, which set down the rules of the game. Subsequent editions of the book contained treatments of quadrille, piquet, and backgammon. Hoyle wrote other books about games, and earned a reputation as an expert on rules. Over the years, the phrase "according to Hoyle" came to be synonymous with "by the highest authority." Although Hoyle never wrote a word about poker--in fact, the game was probably not played in his time--his name has nonetheless come to be associated with the rules of poker. Since Hoyle's death, several rules books on card games in general have had his name in their titles.
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| Hr [Baseball] |
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Home Runs Allowed
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| Hsing I [Martial Arts] |
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"Form of mind." An internal system of kung fu emphasizing linear movement.
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| Hull [Sailing] |
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The main structural body of the boat, not including the deck, keel, mast, or cabin. The part that keeps the water out of the boat.
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| Hull Speed [Sailing] |
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Also displacement speed. The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull. This speed is about 1.34 times the square root of the length of a boat at its waterline. Since most monohull sailboats cannot exceed their hull speed, longer boats are faster.
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| Human Card Rack [Poker] |
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Someone who gets a lot of good hands; usually used facetiously or humorously.
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| Hump Shaft™ [Golf] |
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Developed by Apollo Golf to move the balance point of the shaft toward the tip. This shaft is identified by a noticeably enlarged area directly above the hosel, extending approximately 5” up the shaft. The shaft is available in both steel and graphite.
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| Humps [Poker] |
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A deck marked by shaving the long edges of some cards such that they are wider towards their middles, so that a thief can tell by feel the values of certain cards, usually certain high or low cards, such as the aces.
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| Hunches and Superstitions [Video Poker] |
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Playing hunches or adopting superstitions won't hurt you at Video Poker unless they cause you to play a hand that doesn't have the best Average Payback. If you don't play the hand with the best Average Payback, you are giving money to the Casino. As an example of a harmless superstition, some players like to hit the Play One Credit button several times instead of pushing Play Maximum Credits.
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| Hung [Poker] |
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Awaiting someone's action. "Where's it hung?" is asked when it seems the player whose action is next is either dreaming and aware it's her turn or the player is taking her time making a decision.
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| Hung Gar [Martial Arts] |
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A major style of southern Chinese kung fu characterized by very hard, strong techniques and stable horse stances.
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| Hung Out to Dry [Motor Sports] |
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When a racecar driver looses positions, after attempting to make a pass outside of a line of racecars in the draft, and other teams won't allow the racecar back in the draft. Mostly seen on superspeedways.
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| Hunt [Horse Racing] |
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Amateur racing, mainly on grass and over jumps.
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| Hunt Seat [Equestrian Sports] |
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A category of horsemanship for English riders, based on riding across country and jumping, as in foxhunting.
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| Hunting Stock [Equestrian Sports] |
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A broad band worn around a dressage rider's neck as a substitute for a necktie or choker.
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| Hurdle [Diving] |
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The last portion of the diver's approach, on which he or she springs off one foot toward the end of the board and lands on both feet.
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| Hurdle Race [Horse Racing] |
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Contested over obstacles. A jumping race over lower fences than steeplechase races.
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| Hurricane [Sailing] |
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A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher in the northern hemisphere. Hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.
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| Hustle [Poker] |
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1) To make your living playing cards. 2) To take unfair advantage of others, particularly of newcomers.
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| Hustler [Poker] |
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1) Someone who makes his living playing cards. 2) A player who takes unfair advantage of others, particularly of newcomers. 3) Thief; this usage is rare.
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| Hustling [Poker] |
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1) To make your living playing cards. 2) To take unfair advantage of others, particularly of newcomers.
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| Hwa [Wrestling] |
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Heartland Wrestling Association
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| Hwa Chuan [Martial Arts] |
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"Flowery hand system." A northern Chinese style of kung fu.
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| Hwarang [Martial Arts] |
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A band of Korean warriors who, much like the Japanese samurai, adhered to strict philosophical and moral codes.
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| Hwarang do [Martial Arts] |
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"Way of the flower of manhood." A native Korean philosophical code similar to Japanese bushido and possessing a structured series of physical techniques that were advocated by warriors known as the hwarang.
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| Hwf [Wrestling] |
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Hardcore Wrestling Federation
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| Hyaluronic Acid [Horse Racing] |
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A normal component of joint fluid. Also can be a man-made intra-articular medication used to relieve joint inflammation.
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| Hybrid [Golf] |
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Any one of a number of golf clubs that maintain characteristics of both a wood and an iron. Such clubs are often used in place of long irons in a player’s set.
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| Hybrid Figure [Synchro Swimming] |
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A combination of various body positions and transitions with parts of figures.
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| Hydraulic [Motor Sports] |
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[1] A mechanical operation based on incompressibility of liquids, generally oil and sometimes water, and their ability to offer resistance when being forced into a small cylinder or through an orifice, thereby transmitting an increase in applied force. Hydraulic brakes and clutches use this principle.
[2] When a cylinder fills with too much fuel, thus prohibiting compression by the cylinder and causing a mechanical malfunction, usually an explosive one.
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| Hydraulic Valve Lifter [Motor Sports] |
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Valve lifter using hydraulic oil pressure to operate and capable of maintaining zero clearance between metal parts. Thus, valve noise and wear are considerably reduced as are the periodic valve adjustments.
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| Hydrodynamic [Sailing] |
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A shape designed to move efficiently through the water.
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| Hydrofoil [Sailing] |
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A boat that has foils under its hull onto which it rises to plane across the water surface at high speed. See displacement and planing hulls.
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| Hydroplane [Powerboating] |
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A powerboat designed so that the prow and much of the hull lift out of the water at high speeds, decreasing drag and therefore increasing speed. As a verb, to skim along the surface of the water.
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| Hyoto [Archery] |
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The sound of an arrow, Japan.
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| Hypoid Gears [Motor Sports] |
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A type of differential final drive using a spiral bevel gear on the drive shaft, allowing it to be located below the center of the ring gear on the axle. This makes possible a lower floor in the car.
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| Hyung [Martial Arts] |
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"Pattern," "form," or "mold." A series of prearranged offensive and defensive movements executed against imaginary attacking opponents. Also known as katas or poomse.
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