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| Locker [Sailing] |
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Any storage place on a boat. See also chain locker, hanging locker, and wet locker.
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| Locksmith [Poker] |
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One who plays only the nuts (usually used in a derisive sense).
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| Locktite Shaft Holder [Golf] |
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Type of shaft holder, made of aluminum or steel, used to tightly secure a club in a vise, usually for steel reshaft procedures. It holds a shaft very securely, but may damage the shaft due to the high pressure at which it is designed to work. Not for use with graphite shafts.
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| Lockup Converter [Motor Sports] |
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A automatic transmission with a mechanical clutch that bypasses the fluid coupling of the torque converter. A lockup converter is more efficient because there is no wasted energy in the transmission fluid of the torque converter. Most automatic transmissions have a lockup converter for the highest ratio(usually 4th or 5th gear).
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| Loft [Golf] |
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The elevation of the ball in the air. Also means the angle at which the club face is set from the vertical and is used to lift the ball into the air. It is measured precisely as the angle between the face and a line parallel to the shaft.
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| Lofter [Golf] |
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An obsolete highly-lofted club that was the predecessor of the Niblick.
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| Lofting [Bowling] |
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The act of throwing the ball onto the lane instead of rolling it.
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| Log [Sailing] |
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(1) A device used to measure the distance traveled through the water. The distance read from a log can be affected by currents, leeway and other factors, so those distances are sometimes corrected to a distance made good. Logs can be electronic devices or paddle wheels mounted through the hull of the boat or trailed behind it on a line. (2) A written record of a boat's condition, usually including items such as boat position, boat speed, wind speed and direction, course, and other information.
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| Log Book [Skydiving] |
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Like pilots or sailors, skydivers log their activity and achievements in order to document their experience.
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| Logbook [Sailing] |
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A book in which the boat's log is kept. Each entry usually contains the time and date of the entry, weather conditions, boat speed and course, position and other information and observations.
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| Logs [Bowling] |
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Heavy pins that are often used for practice, since they generally require more precise hits to achieve good scores.
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| Loipe [Skiing] |
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See set tracks.
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| Lol [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Laughing Out Loud.
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| Lollapalooza [Poker] |
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1) A freak hand, often five specific, but random, cards, allowed to win once a night; generally the punch line in an elaborate shaggy dog poker story. Sometimes lalapalooza, lalapalooze, lallapalooza, or looloo. 2) The nuts.
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| Lollypop [Baseball] |
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Slow, descending pitch, easy to hit, usually unintentional.
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| London Lowball [Poker] |
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A form of lowball stud poker, played in England, in which the ace is low, but straights and flushes count against the player as in deuce-to-seven lowball, so the best hand is 6-4-3-2-ace.
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| Long and Strong [Craps] |
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When the stickman asks you to throw hard enough to hit the backboard.
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| Long Call [Poker] |
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Calling with mediocre cards, usually in an attempt to catch someone bluffing. "He thought the guy was bluffing and so he made a long call with a pair of deuces."
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| Long Corner [Field Hockey] |
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If a defending player unintentionally kicks the ball over the back line, it is put in play on the back line about 5 meters from the corner flag, and the attacking team is given possession.
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| Long Game [Golf] |
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That part of the game of golf involving shots in which distance is important.
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| Long Irons [Golf] |
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The irons with less loft, which tend to hit the ball farther.
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| Long Nose [Golf] |
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The shape of a wooden club made in the 19th century. Long nose clubs typically are longer than 4” when measured from heel to toe.
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| Long Odds [Poker] |
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The odds for an event that has a relatively small chance of occurring.
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| Long Pedal [Motor Sports] |
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Commonly refers to a car's gas pedal because of the design. Also used to describe a brake pedal when brakes wear out because the driver has to push the pedal harder and further to slow down.
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| Long Pips Rubber [Table Tennis] |
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A rubber sheet covered with long, cyclindrical projections (pips) that allow the player to put a lot of unpredictable spin on the ball.
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| Long Run [Roulette] |
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The extended amount of time during any given session (or through multiple sessions) when number frequency starts to asymptotically approach that which is predicted by probability theory. Also called Long-Term.
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| Long Shot [General] |
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See outsider. An outsider is often referred to as being a long shot, because of the fact it is returning high odds and is therefore deemed to have little chance of winning the race.
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| Long Splice [Sailing] |
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A method of splicing two lines of identical thickness by unwrapping strands and braiding the lines back together. Long splices have the advantage of being able to fit through blocks and other devices, but are not as strong as other methods of joining lines.
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| Long Studs [Poker] |
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Stud poker involving more than five cards; a term used primarily in England
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| Long Track [Speed Skating] |
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A type of competition in which two skaters at a time race on a 400-meter track, against the clock rather than one another.
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| Long-Term Market [Greyhound Racing] |
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An event where the final outcome is not known until at least 14 days after its start.
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| Longbow [Archery] |
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A self bow, usually the height of the user, preferably made of yew and made famous by the English at Cresy, Poiters and Agincourt.
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| Longitude [Sailing] |
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Imaginary lines drawn through the north and south poles on the globe used to measure distance east and west. Greenwich England is designated as 0° with other distances being measured in degrees east and west of Greenwich. For example the center of California, USA is approximatly 120° west and the center of Australia is around 135° east. Also see latitude.
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| Longline [Tennis] |
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A stroke played straight down the court, either along or adjacent to one of the sidelines.
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| Longshot [Poker] |
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1) A hand that has only a poor chance of winning; one that has to defy the odds to win. 2) A bet that has only a poor chance of winning.
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| Look [Poker] |
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Call, especially the final bet or raise before the showdown; often followed by at. If someone bets at you and you say, "I'll look," that means, "I'll call you." "I'll look at you" means the same. In most card rooms, saying "I'll look" is not equivalent to saying "I call." The latter is usually binding, that is, if you say "I call" when it is your turn to act, you must put chips in the pot, even if the other player shows his cards before you have a chance to physically get them in. (It's usually a good idea, however, unless you know the other player very well, to wait until the chips are actually in the pot before showing your cards, even in establishments in which verbal declarations are binding. Saves arguments later.) "I'll look" is generally a phrase said accompanying the actual act of placing the calling chips in the pot, and is generally not binding (although it could be interpreted that way: another reason to be careful of what you say in turn). In this sense, see [the or your bet] is also frequently used.
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| Look at One [Poker] |
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In lowball, a proposition sometimes offered when one player draws one card and the other two. The player drawing the two cards will look at one of his cards (only) and bet if the other player will raise blind, or sometimes even if the other player doesn't offer to do anything at all beyond look at his own cards.
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| Look at Two [Poker] |
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1) In lowball, look at two cards (usually the first two dealt), with the implication of then killing (over blinding) the pot, "I'll look at two" often means "I'll look at my first two cards and if I like them I'll kill the pot." 2) Describing a lowball game in which players are allowed to over blind after seeing their first two cards. "We're playing look at two." "This game is look at two."
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| Look Someone Up [Poker] |
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Call a bet, usually with a hand that can beat only a bluff.
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| Looking Down Someone's Throat [Poker] |
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Being in a situation in which you know you have a hand your opponent cannot possibly beat. This implies that the other player has good cards showing on the board (in seven-card stud), at which you are presumably looking, and still you know you will win
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| Looking Out the Window [Poker] |
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Describing a player who is not paying attention to the game or the action, often used in a situation in which you would very much appreciate if the player would take a great interest in the current hand. "Wouldn't ya know it? I get dealt a pat wheel and everybody's looking out the window
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| Lookout [Sailing] |
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A person designated to watch for other vessels and hazards.
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| Looks to Pass [Motor Sports] |
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A driver ponders a pass. The driver will actually move over, look at the possible passing area and make a decision to go or not.
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| Looloo [Poker] |
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Lollapalooza (A freak hand, often five specific, but random, cards, allowed to win once a night; generally the punch line in an elaborate shaggy dog poker story.)
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| Loom [Rowing] |
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The section of the oar between the blade and the handle.
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| Loop [Table Tennis] |
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A shot hit with a long, upward motion, from as low as the knees to as high as the forehead, grazing the ball and putting heavy topspin on it. It's often used to set up a kill, since the opponent's return is likely to be high.
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| Loop Kill [Table Tennis] |
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A loop hit very hard, with a flat trajectory.
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| Looper [Bowling] |
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A very slow, wide hook.
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| Loose [Poker] |
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Playing liberally; not tight. In high draw, usually implies drawing to all the little pairs, all the four-straights and four-flushes, and many of the two-card draws to other than trips, and often calling many bets and raises to do so. In lowball, implies taking all the one-card draws to rough hands (that is hands that frequently lose even when they are made perfectly), and most of the two-card draws. In hold 'em, playing almost any two-card starting combination, and playing through to the river on almost anything that has a prayer of winning. In seven-card stud, the same with almost any three-card starting combination, and staying in until the situation is hopeless. You often hear the rhyming phrase loose as a goose or loosey-goosey
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| Loose Ball [Basketball] |
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The ball when it is in play but not in the possession of either team; e.g., when it is rolling along the floor or coming off the backboard after a missed shot.
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| Loose Footed [Sailing] |
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A sail whose foot (bottom) is not attached to a boom or other rigid object. The opposite of club footed.
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| Loose Game [Poker] |
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A game with a lot of players in most pots.
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| Loose Hit [Bowling] |
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A hit low in the pocket, more on the 3-pin for a righthander and the 2-pin for a leftie, than on the head pin. Also known as a low hit.
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| Loose Horse [Horse Racing] |
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A horse that continues running after losing rider. This is also used as a slang term to refer to a person of inconsistent mannerisms.
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| Loose Impediment [Golf] |
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Any natural object that is not fixed in place, growing, or adhering to the ball. Among loose impediments are pebbles, leaves, twigs, branches, insects, etc.
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| Loose Impediments [Golf] |
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Any natural object that is not fixed or growing. This can include loose stones, twigs, branches, molehills, dung, worms and insects
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| Loose Player [Poker] |
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One who plays loose (Playing liberally; not tight.).
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| Loose Puck [Ice Hockey] |
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The puck when it is not being controlled by either team.
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| Loose Rein [Horse Racing] |
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A horse on a loose rein is one which is allowed to run freely, without any pressure from the driver to speed up or slow down.
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| Loose Stuff [Motor Sports] |
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Area above the racing line that contains chucks of rubber, stones and other materials that can harm the car or tires and cause a driver to lose control.
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| Loose-Ball Foul [Basketball] |
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A foul committed while neither team has possession of the ball, as while going for a rebound.
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| Loosehead [Rugby] |
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The No. 1 prop in a scrum. See also prop; tighthead.
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| Loosey [Poker] |
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A loose player (Playing liberally; not tight.).
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| Loosey-Goosey [Poker] |
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1) A loose player (Playing liberally; not tight.). 2) Playing in a loose fashion.
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| Loran [Sailing] |
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An electronic instrument using radio waves from various stations to find one's position. The LORAN system is being replaced by the GPS system and will be obsolete in a few years. Many LORAN stations have already stopped providing service.
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| Lorythmic Swingweight Scale [Golf] |
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A type of swingweight scale that measures swingweight at a point 14” down from the butt end of the club and displays those measurements in letter/number designations (D-1, D-2, etc.)
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| Lose One's Head [Luge] |
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To have the head snap back because of high g-forces in a curve.
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| Loser [Poker] |
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1) A losing player. 2) A player losing. (There is a distinction. Definition 2 may be just a temporary situation, while 1 implies permanency.) "I'm loser today." (The implication here is that, yes, today I'm losing, but that will change.) 3) A losing session. "I booked a loser my last three plays." 4) A hand that cannot (or probably cannot) win in a particular situation. "I can't call; I know this straight is a loser
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| Loss [Motor Sports] |
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The amount sought through an insurer's claim.
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| Losses (L) [Baseball] |
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Number of games a particular pitcher's performance resulted in a loss.
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| Lost Ball [Golf] |
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A ball is considered lost if: 1) It cannot be found within five minutes after the search begins; 2) The player declares it lost before the search has lasted five minutes; 3) A ball is found within the five-minute period, but the player cannot identify it as his.
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| Lost Wax Investment Casting [Golf] |
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The investment casting process used to produce irons, putters, and metal woods that initially involves making a master model of the club head. A mold is then made from this master. Wax is injected into these molds forming a duplicate of the club head. A ceramic material is then used to coat the waxes. The ceramic is heated after hardening causing the wax to be removed. Metal is then poured into the now empty ceramic pieces to form the actual investment cast club head.
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| Lot Number [Weight Lifting] |
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The number assigned to a competitor during the draw.
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| Lotologist [Lotto] |
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One who studies or collects lottery items.
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| Lotology [Lotto] |
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The study, research or collection of any items connected with the Lottery, and most commonly used to describe the collection of Scratch Cards.
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| Lottery [Basketball] |
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The process that determines the order of selection, among the non-playoff teams, in the first round of the draft.
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| Lotto [Lotto] |
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A game where players select a group of numbers from a large set and are awarded prizes based on how many match a second set chosen by a random drawing. In a typical lotto game, a player might be asked to select six numbers from a set of 49. At a predetermined time six numbers are randomly selected by the lottery. The player wins a major prize if all six of their numbers match those chosen in the random drawing. The player wins smaller prizes for matching three, four, or five of the drawn numbers.
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| Lounge [Keno] |
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The area where keno players can sit to mark their tickets and watch the game. Normally rows of connected seats with a small desk top with a cup holder. Always stocked with blanks, crayons, instructions, etc.
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| Louver [Motor Sports] |
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A slatted air intake or air outlet. Slats used to capture and control the air flow.
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| Love [Tennis] |
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Zero in tennis language, e.g. love-thirty = 0-30.
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| Love Tap [Bowling] |
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A very light on one pin from another that just barely knocks it down.
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| Low [Poker] |
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1) Describing lowball. "They're playing low." 2) In a high-low split game, holding the hand that wins the low half of the pot; descriptive of the low hand; sometimes preceded by go or going. 3) In a stud game, having the lowest card or combination of cards showing on the board; of importance because sometimes on the first round, the holder of the low card must initiate the betting. 4) Holding the worst hand at the showdown in a high game. 5) Holding the best hand at the showdown in a low game. In a number of games, the worst hand wins all or some of the pot. Draw lowball and razz are just two examples of games played for low. Omaha and seven card stud have popular high-low split variants, in which the low hand gets half the pot. There are two common ways to evaluate low hands. In deuce to seven games, the best low hand is just the worst high hand. The best possible low is 75432, provided there is no flush. In ace to five games, straights and flushes don't count, and aces are lower than 2's. So the best possible low is A2345, a wheel.
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| Low Balance Point (Lbp) [Golf] |
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A shaft that has a high percentage of its weight toward the tip. Such shafts are designed to assist in positioning more mass toward or behind the hitting area of the club. LBP shafts will tend to create clubs with higher than normal swingweights.
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| Low Ball and Total [Golf] |
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A team bet in which, on each hole, the best ball of each team wins a point and the lowest total score by partners wins another point.
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| Low Belly Strippers [Poker] |
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A deck marked by shaving the sides of some cards (making the middles narrower than the ends) 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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| Low Bet [Roulette] |
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A wager that one of the low numbers (1-18) will win the next spin.
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| Low Chicago [Poker] |
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This game plays the same as Seven Card Stud with the exception that the lowest spade in the hole gets half the pot. This adds some interesting variation to the game, because if you are dealt the deuce of spades in your first two down cards then you have guaranteed half the pot. Even if you start betting and raising like a maniac, chances are people won't fold because they will hope to get the other half of the pot. You might want to hold on until fourth street before you start betting heavily so that it isn't totally obvious that you have the ace.
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| Low Drag Setup [Motor Sports] |
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Adjusting a car's aerodynamic features to minimize drag which also reduces downforce. This setup achieves better performance on straightaways and reduced cornering ability.
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| Low Hole Card Wild [Poker] |
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A form of seven-card stud, found only in home games, in which the lowest card each player has in the hole (that is, face down) and all others of the same rank in that player's hand are wild
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| Low Invitation [Fencing] |
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Allowing an attack by dropping the sword arm.
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| Low Line [Fencing] |
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Any line below the midway point of the fencer's trunk or below the guard.
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| Low Mambo [Poker] |
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Mambo stud (A combination between stud and a widow game, in which players use three cards in their hands plus one community card, played high-low. Each player is dealt one down card and one up card, followed by a round of betting, one more up card, one more round of betting, and then a community card, with a final round of betting. Players use any combination of three of their four cards for high hand and any three for low. hand rankings differ from "ordinary poker." The highest ranking low hand, A -2 -3, is called a Low Mambo, and the highest ranking high hand, Q - K - A suited, is called a High Mambo. The remaining high hands rank this way: straight flush, three of a kind, straight, flush, one pair, highest card rank. There is a qualifier for low: to win the low half, a hand must be 6-high or better. One worse than a Low Mambo is A-2-4, and so on. If there is no low, the entire pot goes to the high hand.).
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| Low Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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1) Lowball (A form of five-card draw poker in which the lowest hand wins. The two most popular forms of the game are ace-to-five and deuce-to-seven.). 2) Razz (Seven-card stud lowball.).
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| Low Post [Basketball] |
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An area in the frontcourt, near the basket and on one side or the other of the free throw lane, where the center or a power forward is often positioned. See also double post; high post.
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| Low Profile Head [Golf] |
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An iron or wood head that is smaller from topline to soleline than typical.
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| Low Roller [Poker] |
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One who plays for small stakes. Opposite to high roller.
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| Low Spade [Poker] |
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1) A side bet in which two or more players (usually in a draw or lowball game) agree that whoever has the lowest card in the spade suit on the next hand (or, if no one has a spade that hand, on the following hand or hands) wins something, usually a prearranged bet, or a free drink bought by the loser or losers. 2) To play for the low spade. "I'll low spade you for the drinks" means that if, for example, I get the seven of spades on the next hand and you get no spades or a spade higher than the seven, you're supposed to buy me a drink, if you agree to the proposition. Sometimes called just spade.
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| Low Spin Ball [Golf] |
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Any of a variety of balls designed for less spin. Reduced spin generally yields more distance. Low spin balls may feel harder and are preferred by players in search of maximum distance.
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| Low Tide [Sailing] |
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The point of a tide when the water is the lowest. The opposite of high tide.
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| Low-Stakes [Poker] |
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Pertaining to a game played for smaller amounts than the other games in a particular establishment.
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| Lowball (Or Draw Lowball) [Poker] |
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1) A form of five-card draw poker in which the lowest hand wins. The two most popular forms of the game are ace-to-five and deuce-to-seven. 2) A wheel; usually preceded by a. "I've got a lowball."
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| Lowball Draw [Poker] |
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Lowball (A form of five-card draw poker in which the lowest hand wins. The two most popular forms of the game are ace-to-five and deuce-to-seven.).
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| Lowball God [Poker] |
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A mythical deity to whom lowball players supposedly pray for good hands, and who presumably protects those in his good graces; used humorously. Also, god of lowball
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| Lower Percentage Shot [Basketball] |
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A shot that is less likely to go in the basket, such as one thrown by a player who is off balance or outside his shooting range.
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| Lpg [Sailing] |
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Liquid petroleum gas or propane. Propane is a common fuel used for cooking and heating. CNG (natural gas) is considered safer because propane is heavy than air and will sink into the bilge if it leaks, creating the potential for an explosion. Propane is more easily available throughout the world than CNG however, so it is used for most boats outside of North America.
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| Lpga [Golf] |
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The Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
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| Lr [Greyhound Racing] |
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Lakes Region
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| Ls [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Late Surrender.
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| Lscc [Motor Sports] |
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Lakeshore Sports Car Club
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| Lt [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Lake Tahoe.
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| Lta [General] |
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Loan Tennis Association
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| Lua [Martial Arts] |
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"Bone breaking." The native martial art of Hawaii, now extinct, which was similar to Japanese jujutsu.
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| Lubber Line [Sailing] |
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A mark on a compass used to read the heading of a boat.
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| Luck [Poker] |
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An factor that people think is partly or the only reason for winning, and that winners know is the main determinant for winning only in the short run.
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| Lucky [Poker] |
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Possessing luck. "I'd rather be lucky than good any day
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| Lucky 15 [General] |
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A Lucky 15 consists of 15 bets involving 4 selections in different events, i.e. 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles, and 1 fourfold. As a consolation if you only have one winner it will be paid at double the odds. If you get all four winners, a 10% bonus will be added to your returns.
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| Lucky 31 [General] |
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A Lucky 31 consists of 31 bets involving 5 selections in different events, i.e. 5 singles, 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds plus 1 five-fold. . As a consolation if you only have one winner it will be paid at double the odds. If you get all five winners, a 20% bonus will be added to your returns. If you get four winners, a 5% bonus will be added to your returns.
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| Lucky 63 [General] |
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A Lucky 63 consists of 63 bets involving 6 selections in different events, i.e. 6 singles, 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-folds, 6 five-folds and 1 six-fold. As a consolation if you only have one winner it will be paid at double the odds. If you get all six winners, a 25% bonus will be added to your returns.
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| Lucky Dip [Lotto] |
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A set of randomly generated numbers by the lottery computer, for entry into the National Lottery.
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| Lucky Draw [Poker] |
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Catching one or more cards that complete a hand against the odds.
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| Lucky Hit [Poker] |
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Lucky draw (Catching one or more cards that complete a hand against the odds.).
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