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| Pin Deck [Bowling] |
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The area of the lane on which the pins stand.
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| Pin Firing [Horse Racing] |
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Thermocautery used to increase blood flow to the leg to promote healing.
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| Pin Placement [Golf] |
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The location of the hole on a putting green. During a tournament, pin placement generally changes from one day to the next.
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| Pin Position [Golf] |
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The position of a hole on a putting green on any given day.
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| Pin Work [Poker] |
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Cards marked (by a cheater) with scratches on their backs, such that their ranks can be determined by feel.
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| Pin Worms [Horse Racing] |
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These are small thread-like worms that are found to live in the rectum of the horse. They cause the horse to rub his tail and to stamp his hind legs.
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| Pin-High [Golf] |
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A ball even with the pin but off to one side. Same as "hole high"
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| Pinch [Sailing] |
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Steering a sailboat too close to the eye of the wind, causing the sails to luff.
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| Pinch Flat [Cycling] |
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A flat tire caused by hitting an obstacle very hard, so that the inner tube is pinched against the rim.
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| Pinch Hitter [Baseball] |
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A hitter who substitutes in the line-up for a starting player. The original batter can’t return to the game, so the pinch hitter or a third person takes over the defensive position as well.
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| Pinch Runner [Baseball] |
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A player entering the game to run for someone already on base.
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| Pinched [Motor Sports] |
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When a racecar on the outside cuts-off a car on the inside while going down into the turn, causing the car on the inside to slow down, to avoid an accident, and fall in behind.
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| Pinched Back [Golf] |
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Squeezed back by other dogs and could not make progress.
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| Pinching [Roulette] |
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Illegally removing chips from a bet after an unfavorable decision.
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| Pindicator [Bowling] |
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A display board that shows the bowler which pins remain standing after the first ball.
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| Pineapple [Poker] |
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Any of a number of variants of hold'em in which each player gets three cards and must discard one at some point (usually before or after pre-flop betting, after the flop, or after the second round of betting).
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| Pineapple Tip [Fencing] |
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A serrated epee point used prior to electric judging.
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| Pinehurst [Golf] |
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A variation of play in which a partner plays the other partner's drive. One ball is then selected to finish the hole
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| Ping-Pong [Table Tennis] |
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A trademarked name for table tennis, originally registered by Parker Brothers in 1901.
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| Pinhooker [Horse Racing] |
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A person who buys a racehorse with the specific intention of re-selling it at a profit.
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| Pinhooker; Pinhook [Horse Racing] |
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To buy a horse at auction fo r the purpose of reselling him later.
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| Pinion [Motor Sports] |
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A small diameter gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a much larger gear wheel or a toothed rod (rack). Used in rack-and-pinion steering and for speed reduction with an increase in power.
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| Pink Eye [Poker] |
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Infrared (pink- or red-tinted) contact lenses worn by a thief to see the markings on luminous readers, cards marked with special luminous ink that can be seen only in infrared light. Sometimes called readers.
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| Pinochle [Poker] |
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In hold 'em, Jd and Qs as the down cards. Comes from the game of pinochle.
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| Pinsetter [Golf] |
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The official who is responsible for pin placement.
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| Pintle [Sailing] |
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A pin used to attach a stern mounted rudder. The hole that the pin fits is known as a gudgeon.
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| Pioneer Ball [Croquet] |
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In a three- or four- ball break, the ball that is sent forward to the wicket after the one the striker is going for.
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| Pip [Poker] |
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One of the suit spots (spade, heart, diamond, club) on the face of a card. Each face card has four pips: one at each end, outside the border, under the K, Q, or J representing the card's rank and one more at each end, within the border, next to each head. Each ace has three pips, one in the center and one under the A at each end. Each card, 2-10, has two more pips than the number that represents its rank, the rank total in the central area, plus one more pip under the number at each end. (Some say that the smaller symbol beneath the number or letter designating the rank of the card is not a pip, but is part of the index, which is that number or letter plus the smaller suit symbol beneath it. In that reckoning, each face card has two pips, each ace has one, and each card, 2-10, has as many pips as the number that represents its rank.) Also called spot.
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| Pipe [Ice Hockey] |
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A goal post.
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| Pipe Opener [Horse Racing] |
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Exercise at a moderate speed. Also a breeze.
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| Pipe Salesman [Poker] |
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An honest player in a public card room game, usually someone knowledgeable, whose presence deters thieves from plying their pernicious trades.
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| Piping [Poker] |
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A cheating method in which a player on the rail (that is, in close proximity to a game) signals a thief in the game the holdings of a player whose cards the one doing the piping can see.
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| Pips [Table Tennis] |
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Small cylinders that protrude from a rubber sheet.
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| Pips Out [Table Tennis] |
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Descriptive of a rubber sheet attached to the paddle so that the side with pips will contact the ball, as on a hardbat. The opposite of inverted rubber.
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| Pirouette [Gymnastics] |
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To change direction with a twist in the handstand position. Also used as a noun.
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| Piste [Skiing] |
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An area of either machine or skier packed snow, generally to be found at ski resorts. A groomed piste is solely machine-packed snow.
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| Pistol Grip [Fencing] |
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A modern, orthopaedic grip, shaped vaguely like a small pistol; varieties are known by names such as Belgian, German, Russian, and Visconti.
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| Piston [Motor Sports] |
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A partly hollow, cylindrical metal engine part that is closed at one end and fits into the engine cylinder. Connected to the crankshaft via the connecting rod and usually fitted with rings to seal it in the cylinder.
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| Piston Knees [Freestyle Skating] |
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Very rapid absorption/extension.
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| Pit [Blackjack] |
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The area in the casino surrounded by table games. While it is often confined to one specific type of game, it can include any of the table games. It is the area where casino personnel track the games and the players, among other duties and is where employees such as pit bosses and floor men can be found. Casino patrons are not allowed access to the pit.
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| Pit Board [Motor Sports] |
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A board used by crews inform drivers of lap times, lap until pit and other various information. The board is used along with team radios to keep in constant communication.
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| Pit Boss [Blackjack] |
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Casino staff member who checks and monitors all of the casino play within his/her designated pit area.
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| Pit Box [Motor Sports] |
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A rectangle painted on the pit lane that shows exactly the area where servicing is permitted for each team
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| Pit Crew [Motor Sports] |
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The backbone of any successful race team. The Crew services and repairs a team's car during the race day. Only six crewmembers are allowed over the wall at any given time during a pit stop.
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| Pit Critter [Blackjack] |
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A colloquialism which usually refers to a pit boss or a floor man.
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| Pit Lane [Motor Sports] |
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A road that takes cars from the course into the pits and back out again. Also "pit road."
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| Pit Lizard [Motor Sports] |
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Nickname for a racing groupie.
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| Pit Road [Motor Sports] |
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A section of every race track where all the pit stops take place. Each team chooses a pit position in the order of their qualifying rank. Many sanctioning bodies set a predetermined speed limit on each tracks' pit road and any driver caught breaking this speed limit will be assessed a stop and go penalty.
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| Pit Row [Motor Sports] |
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The area designated for teams to set up temporary garages during races accessible to ("pit out") and from ("pit in") the track. Each team is allotted one pit area (or space) per car. Drivers pit so crews can refuel, change tires and make any other repairs or adjustments. Simply called the pits most often.
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| Pit Stall [Motor Sports] |
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The area along pit road that is designated for a particular team's use during pit stops. Each car stops in the team's stall before being serviced.
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| Pit Stop [Motor Sports] |
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When a driver stops his car for service, i.e. tire change, re-fuel, repairs, etc crew members jump over the wall to address his car's needs as speedily as possible. A typical pit stop today in NASCAR takes an average of 17 seconds.
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| Pitch [Rugby] |
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The rugby field is a maximum of 100 meters long, from try-line to try-line, and 70 meters wide. At each end of the field is an in-goal area, no more than 22 meters long. The field is marked by a half-way line, two 10-meter lines and two 22-meter lines, and by two dotted hash marks, each 5 meters from the sideline and extending from goal-line to goal-line. There is a set of goal posts on each try-line.
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| Pitch and Putt [Golf] |
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A short golf course designed primarily for approaching and putting.
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| Pitch and Run [Golf] |
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The same as a pitch shot but hit with a lower-numbered club to reduce loft and backspin. This allows the ball to run after it lands on the putting green.
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| Pitch Game [Blackjack] |
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Expression referring to any single deck or double deck game. Because the cards in these games are usually dealt face down, the dealer doesn't place them down on behalf of the players as he does in shoe games but, rather, throws them, i.e. pitches them to the players.
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| Pitch Poled [Sailing] |
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When a boat's stern is thrown over its bow.
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| Pitch-Out [Football] |
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A lateral tossed from a quarterback to a running back.
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| Pitcher [Golf] |
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Former name for a 7 or 8 iron.
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| Pitcher/Batter Match-Ups [Baseball] |
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The following conditions must be met before a player is added to the list: a) There must be greater than 10 plate appearances between the batter and the pitcher; and b) Batters must have a .300 average against a pitcher to be considered a "Hits Best Against" candidate, and pitchers must limit hitters to under .250 to be listed under "Pitches Best Vs." Thus, not all hitters will have five pitchers that qualify and not all pitchers will have five batters who qualify.
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| Pitching Rotation [Baseball] |
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The order in which the starting pitchers take turns starting games, usually with three or four days rest between starts.
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| Pitching Wedge [Golf] |
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An iron with a heavy flange, designed primarily for hitting pitch shots.
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| Pitchout [Baseball] |
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When a pitch is thrown wide of the strike zone on purpose. A catcher will signal for a pitchout if they think that a runner is trying to steal.
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| Pits [Motor Sports] |
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An area adjacent to the track surface (often in the infield ) where cars are serviced:
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| Pits, Pit Lane [Motor Sports] |
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Area adjacent to track where cars stop during races or practice for repairs, fueling, etc.
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| Pivot [Basketball] |
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The area near the basket, generally where the center operates, or the act of changing directions, by keeping one foot planted on the ground while stepping in one or more directions with the other foot.
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| Pivot Ball [Croquet] |
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The middle ball in a four-ball break.
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| Pivot Foot [Basketball] |
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The foot that must remain on the floor while the player has the ball. If a player gets control of the ball with both feet on the floor, either foot can become the pivot foot. If the player catches the ball while in the air, the first foot that hits the floor is the pivot foot. Once the pivot foot has been established, the player can take any number of steps with the other foot, provided the pivot foot remains in the same spot. Moving the pivot foot, except to leave the floor for a pass or a shot, is traveling.
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| Pivot Percentage [Baseball] |
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The number of double plays turned by a second baseman as the pivot man, divided by the number of opportunities.
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| Pivot Point [Blackjack] |
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The point in an unbalanced count where the player advantage remains the same no matter how many cards remain to be dealt.
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| Pixel [Golf] |
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Individual “dot” of material utilized to comprise a club’s face insert. Patented by the Pixl Golf Company for use in its wedges and putters as of the year 2000.
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| Pizikse [Archery] |
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A bow, Point Barrow.
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| Pkof Throw/Runner [Baseball] |
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The number of pickoff throws made by a pitcher divided by the number of runners on first base.
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| Pl [Greyhound Racing] |
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Plainfield, Connecticut
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| Place [Horse Racing] |
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A horse runs a place if it finishes in the first three in fields of eight or more horses. If there are only six or seven runners the horse must finish first or second to place.
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| Place Bet [General] |
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A bet on the selection being placed, i.e. coming second or third (or fourth depending on the number of participants). UK bookies usually offer each way rather than place bets.
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| Place Bet (To Lose) [Craps] |
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A bet on either the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 as individual numbers or in any combination. The wager is that they will repeat before a seven is thrown. The casino requires you to lay slightly more than the correct odds, giving the house an edge of 3.03% on 4/10, 2.5% on 5/9, and 1.82% on 6/8. 4/10 pays 9: 5. 5/9 pays 7: 5. 6/8 pays 7:6.
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| Place Bet (To Win) [Craps] |
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A bet on either the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 as individual numbers or in any combination. The wager is that they will repeat before a seven is thrown. The casino requires you to lay slightly more than the correct odds, giving the house an edge of 3.03% on 4/10, 2.5% on 5/9, and 1.82% on 6/8. 4/10 pays 9: 5. 5/9 pays 7: 5. 6/8 pays 7:6.
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| Place Getter [General] |
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Typically the competitors finishing first, second and third in an event. In some events the number of places paid may vary.
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| Place Kick [Rugby] |
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A kick made with the ball resting on the ground, in an indention in the ground, on a small pile of sand, or on a kicking tee. A place kick is used for kickoffs, penalty kicks, and conversion kicks.
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| Place Pool [Horse Racing] |
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The total amount bet in any race on horses to place. Statutory deductions are removed according to law.
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| Place Tickets [Poker] |
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1) The second-best hand in a showdown. Comes from the horse racing term place, plus tickets, a slangy name for the cards that make up a hand. 2) A form of draw poker, found only in home games, in which the second-best hand wins.
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| Placed [General] |
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Refers to a selection coming second, third or fourth in an event. The positions which are considered to be placed depends on the size of the field (e.g. in a race with only 5-7 participants, only second and third count as placed). The odds for bets on selections being placed is usually calculated as a fraction of the odds to win (e.g. in the race referred to above, second and third get odds at a quarter of the winning price)
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| Placement [Golf] |
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Accuracy in the targeting of a shot.
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| Placing Judge [Horse Racing] |
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The racing official in charge of the official placing or order of finish of race animals during and after the running of a race through the viewing of the race, especially at the finish, and the viewing of the photofinish strip with the stewards/racing judges.
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| Placing Judges [Horse Racing] |
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Officials who determine the order in which horses reach the finish line.
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| Plain [Poker] |
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Describing cards with numbers, that is, all but the face cards.
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| Planche [Gymnastics] |
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A skill performed on the still rings in which the body is held in a straight position parallel to the floor above the rings.
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| Plane [Powerboating] |
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Shorthand for hydroplane, as a verb.
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| Planing [Powerboating] |
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Descriptive of a hull that is designed to rise farther out of the water as boat speed increases. Such a hull is typically shaped like a V, as seen in cross-section from the front or rear.
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| Planing Hull [Sailing] |
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A hull design that is capable of planing.
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| Planing Speed [Sailing] |
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The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.
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| Planking [Sailing] |
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Wood strips used to cover the deck or hull of a wooden vessel.
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| Plantar [Horse Racing] |
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Pertaining to the sole of the foot or back of the hind limb from the hock down.
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| Plantar Ligament [Horse Racing] |
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The large ligament that is below and behind the hock joint.
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| Plaque' [Fencing] |
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A point attack that lands flat.
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| Plastron [Fencing] |
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1) A half jacket worn under the fencing jacket to give the sword arm extra protection. 2) a padded over-jacket worn by a fencing coach.
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| Plate [Poker] |
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A device for marking cards by trimming their edges. (This produces of various sorts.)
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| Plate Appearance [Baseball] |
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The aggregate of a player's at-bats, walks, sacrifice hits (bunts and flies) and hit by pitches.
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| Plate Appearances [Baseball] |
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At Bats plus Total Walks plus Hit By Pitcher plus Sacrifice Hits plus Sacrifice Flies plus Times Reached on Defensive Interference.
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| Plate Appearances (Pa) [Baseball] |
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Number of plate appearances versus the pitcher. Formula: (AB + SF + SH + BB + Catchers Interference + HBP)
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| Plate Engine [Motor Sports] |
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An engine designed to be run with a restrictor plate.
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| Plate(s) [Horse Racing] |
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1) A prize for a winner. Usually less valuable than a cup. 2) Generic term for lightweight (usually) aluminum horseshoes used during a race.
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| Plater [General] |
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Horse which usually runs in selling races
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| Plates [Horse Racing] |
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Shoes horses wear in races. Racing plates.
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| Platform [Weight Lifting] |
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The competition area, 4 meters square and 50 to 150 millimeters high, where the competitors attempt their lifts. The platform may be made of any solid material such as wood or plastic, and may be covered with a non-slippery material.
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| Platter [Horse Racing] |
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Claiming horse. Also a farrier.
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| Play [Poker] |
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1) A bluff. "He got caught making a play. 2) Playing a hand in a nonstandard manner, not necessarily a bluff. 3) An attempt, often spectacular or by a large or desperation bet, to win a pot. "When everyone passed, he made a play for the pot." 4) A playing session. 5) Participate in a poker game. "Deal me in; I'll play." 6) Participate in a pot. "How much does it cost? I'll play."7) To play a hand in poker means to make the hand past the initial round of betting. 8) In seven card stud, this usually means calling the bring-in. 9) In hold'em, this means calling the big blind.
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| Play All [Blackjack] |
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Term for staying in a game through all the negative as well as the positive expectation situations. The term is mainly used for multi-deck games. The opposite of Wonging.
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| Play Back [Poker] |
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To raise or re-raise an opponent's bet.
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| Play Behind [Poker] |
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1) The situation in which a player has called for chips, say from a chip person, and has not yet received those chips, but can have action on that amount of money in case he gets involved in a pot. A player might say before receiving his cards, "Dealer, I'm playing $100 behind." 2) Agree to call any bet, as if the player had an unlimited stack. If the bet is more than his chips, he buys more as needed. This is not normally permitted in a table stakes game, but is sometimes found in private games.
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| Play Behind a Log [Poker] |
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Describing a situation in which a player is far ahead of a game and thus playing only premium hands.
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| Play Blind [Poker] |
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Bet or raise without looking at one's cards.
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| Play by the Book [Poker] |
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"The book" is a mythical set of instructions supposedly containing the poker wisdom of the ages. A player speaks of "playing by the book," by which he means he is playing a hand the way he thinks it is supposed to be played; such players usually think "playing by the book" is equivalent to playing tight. Actually, there is no book.
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| Play Catchup [Poker] |
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When losing, bet recklessly, often desperately, in the hope of getting of even. "How's he doing?" "Stuck, and chasing."
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| Play Clock [Football] |
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A clock displayed above each end zone that limits the time teams may take between plays to 40 seconds (30 in college); the ball must be snapped before the clock runs down to 0.
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| Play Fast [Poker] |
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1) Play recklessly; gamble excessively; speed. 2) Play aggressively, betting and raising as often as possible, and, in a no-limit game, as much as permitted.
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| Play Maximum Credits [Video Poker] |
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Each Video Poker Machine has a Play Maximum Credits button. This is the button you push to deal a new hand and bet the maximum. If you don't play maximum credits, you don't qualify for the big jackpots. On most 25-cent video poker machines, the maximum credits you can play is five. Always play maximum credits. If you are playing a machine with a lousy payout, then play the minimum.
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| Play Off [Golf] |
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To play further holes or another round in order to determine the winner of a tie match.
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| Play Off the Blind [Poker] |
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1) In a winner blind game, a player wanting to leave just after winning a pot usually gets dealt one more hand so that he can exercise the option to have last action on the hand. That is, the winner of the previous pot is supposed to be dealt a hand. To play this one more hand is to play off the blind. 2) Similarly, in a traveling blind game, a player wanting to leave the table (for a break, for example) might wait until she has taken both (or all three, in a three-blind traveling blind game) blinds before leaving. To do this is also to play off the blind
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| Play on [Soccer] |
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A term used by referees to indicate that no foul or stoppage is to be called; used by referees when applying the Advantage Rule.
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| Play Over [Poker] |
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Play in a player's seat while that player is absent from the table for an extended period of time. A player playing over someone plays his own chips, as opposed to one picking up a hand for someone. When someone plays over someone else, he must get up when the owner of the seat returns. He also moves immediately into the next available open seat if one opens up while he's still playing over.
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| Play Pat [Poker] |
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In a draw game, decline to draw cards when it is time to draw, that is, indicate a pat hand.
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| Play the Board [Poker] |
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In hold 'em, use all of the board (community) cards to determine one's best hand. When this happens, if no active player can use one or both of his or her dealt cards to form a better hand than that of the five board cards, the pot is split among all active players.
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| Play the Nuts [Poker] |
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Play only hands that are almost guaranteed to win.
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| Play Through [Golf] |
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To pass a group of golfers who are playing ahead. Golf etiquette dictates that a slow group should allow a faster-playing group to play through.
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| Play Through the Blind [Poker] |
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In a traveling blind game, a player wanting to leave the table (for a break, for example) might wait until she has taken both (or all three, in a three-blind traveling blind game) blinds before leaving. To do this is also to play through the blind
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