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| Ringer [Poker] |
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A player who purports to be a beginner, but in actuality is an expert. Such a player is sometimes brought into an established private game by one of the regulars for the purpose of taking off some of the money, which the ringer will later split with the regular.
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| Ringing Ten-Burner [Bowling] |
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An apparently good hit on the pocket that fails to knock the 10-pin down.
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| Rings [Curling] |
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The concentric circles inside the house.
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| Rink [Ice Hockey] |
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The playing area for hockey, an ice surface in the shape of a rectangle with round corners, 200 feet long and usually 85 feet wide in North America but 100 feet wide in international play.
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| Ripcord [Skydiving] |
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The deployment system on all reserves and most student parachutes. The ripcord is a piece of cable with a handle at one end and a pin at the other. When pulled, the pin comes out of the closing loop holding the container shut, and the spring-loaded pilote chute is released.
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| Riposte [Fencing] |
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An offensive action made immediately after a parry of the opponent's attack.
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| Ripped [Poker] |
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Pertaining to a deck that was cut, then (dishonestly) replaced in the same order.
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| Riser [Archery] |
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The bow's handle.
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| Riser Turn [Skydiving] |
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A rapid turn initiated by pulling down on a group of lines, not just the rear steering line. A front riser turn is commonly used by experts to deform the normal canopy flight characteristic during a turn in order to build up more forward speed than normal, allowing the pilot to perform a turf-surf.
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| Risers [Skydiving] |
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The webbing that connects the harness to the suspension lines. At the bottom of the risers will be a mechanism for attaching and releasing the risers and harness, usually in the form of a three-ring release. On the rear risers are the brakes/steering lines. The suspension lines attach to the top of the risers with connector links, also known as rapid links.
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| Risk [Motor Sports] |
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Any chance of loss or damage.
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| Risk of Ruin [Blackjack] |
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Describes the likelihood of losing all of one's bankroll.
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| River [Poker] |
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The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
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| River Card [Poker] |
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1) The seventh card in seven-card stud; seventh street. 2) The fifth community card in hold 'em; fifth street
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| River Gambler [Poker] |
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Originally a gambler who plied his trade on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, usually playing poker and often cheating, and later extended to mean any card thief.
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| River Gambling [Poker] |
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Gambling that took place on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, in the mid-1800s, usually at poker and faro, and often involving cheating.
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| River Left [Canoeing] |
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Similar to "stage left"; the left side of a river from the paddler's point of view.
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| Riverboat Gambler [Poker] |
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Originally a gambler who plied his trade on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, usually playing poker and often cheating, and later extended to mean any card thief.
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| Rizlo [Poker] |
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In high poker, 2-4-6-8-10 of assorted suits. This is a random "garbage hand" having no value.
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| Rm [Greyhound Racing] |
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Rocky Mountain
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| Rna [Horse Racing] |
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"Reserve not achieved." See reserve.
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| Rng [Bingo] |
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Random Number Generator; the machine used to pick the numbers for a game of bingo. Most are electronic.
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| Rng Game [Keno] |
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When a computer program is used to randomly select numbers for a keno game.
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| Roach [Sailing] |
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A curve out from the aft edge (leech) of a sail. Battens are sometimes used to help support and stiffen the roach.
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| Road Course [Motor Sports] |
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A race track with multiple left and right hand turns. Generally refers to permanent, purpose-built racing facilities. Can also refer to temporary street courses built on big city streets which were popularized in the 1980's.
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| Road Hole [Golf] |
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The 17th hole at St. Andrews. Reputed to be the most difficult hole in the world.
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| Road Rash [Cycling] |
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Skin abrasion caused by a fall.
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| Roads and Tracks [Equestrian Sports] |
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Two phases of the cross-country portion of the three-day event, consisting of riding at a measured pace on the flat.
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| Roadster [Motor Sports] |
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A description of a two-seater open car of sporty appearance with side curtains, instead of roll-up windows.
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| Roan [Horse Racing] |
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A horse color where the majority of the coat of the horse is a mixture of red and white hairs or brown and white hairs. The mane, tail and legs may be black, chestnut or roan unless white markings are present. Starting with foals of 1993, the color classifications gray and roan were combined as "roan or gray." See gray.
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| Roarer [Horse Racing] |
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This is a horse with paralyzed vocal chords. The condition causes a fluttering noise when the horse inhales and a grunt when the horse makes a quick move. It interferes with the horse's ability to race, especially in distance races.
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| Roaring [Horse Racing] |
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Deep, prolonged cough, generally when a horse is galloping.
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| Roaring (Laryngeal Hemiplegia) [Horse Racing] |
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A whistling sound made by a horse during inhalation while exercising. It is caused by a partial or total paralysis of the nerves controlling the muscles which elevate the arytenoid cartilages which thereby open the larynx. In severe cases, a surgical procedure known as "tie-back surgery" (laryngoplasty) is performed, in which a suture is inserted through the cartilage to hold it out of the airway permanently. Paralysis almost exclusively occurs on the left side, most frequently in horses over 16 hands high.
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| Roaring Fourties [Sailing] |
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A region between 40° south and 50° south where westerly winds circle the earth unobstructed by land.
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| Robin Hood [Archery] |
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The feat of driving the tip of an arrow into the end of another arrow that's already in the target. Named, of course, for Robin Hood's legendary accomplishment.
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| Robin Hood Cheat [Poker] |
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A thief who cheats for one or more other players, with no benefit to himself, sometimes robbing other thieves and returning their ill-gotten gains to the victims, but sometimes for the purpose of taking attention away from himself.
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| Rochettes [Archery] |
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Fire arrows thrown by balistas, 14th century.
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| Rock [Video Poker] |
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A player who plays very tight, not very creatively. He raises only with the best hands.
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| Rock Crusher [Poker] |
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The nuts (Best hand); usually preceded by a.
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| Rock Garden [Poker] |
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Describing a game full of rocks, that is, a tight game with little action. "Don't bother with the 20-40; it's all rocked up" means don't get into that game because it's very tight and no one is giving any money away.
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| Rocked Up [Poker] |
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Describing a game full of rocks, that is, a tight game with little action. "Don't bother with the 20-40; it's all rocked up" means don't get into that game because it's very tight and no one is giving any money away.
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| Rocker [Speed Skating] |
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A measure of the amount of a curve in the portion of a skate blade that touches the ice. Speed skating blades have little rocker, which makes them faster but less maneuverable. Hockey skates have a great deal of rocker, allowing greater maneuverability.
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| Rocker Arm [Motor Sports] |
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A pivoted lever that transmits the action of the pushrod to the valve stem. (Pushrod upward action is converted to downward push on the valve stem. )
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| Rocker Panel [Motor Sports] |
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The body panel that runs beneath a vehicle's doors.
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| Rockered Blades [Ice Hockey] |
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Used by professional ice hockey skaters; the gentle curve in a very sharp blade of an ice skate produced by rounding the toe and heel of the blade to make it easier for hockey players to turn quickly.
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| Rocket [Poker] |
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Ace; usually used in the plural. Often part of the phrase pocket rockets.
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| Rocket Split [Synchro Swimming] |
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A move combining a thrust to the vertical position and a rapid leg split, followed by a return to maximum height in the vertical position.
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| Rockets [Poker] |
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A pair of aces in the hole.
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| Rockwell Hardness [Golf] |
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One possible scale used to determine the hardness of golf iron heads. Typically 1030 stainless steel has a Rockwell Hardness of B80, 18-8 steel rates B90, 431 tests at C18, while 17-4 has a hardness of C35 and cobalt is hardest at C45. See chart of metal ratings
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| Rocky [Poker] |
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Tight. "Boy is this a rocky game!" "Watch out for Old Mike; he's the rockiest player in the joint."
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| Rocky. [Poker] |
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Name for a tight player.
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| Rode [Sailing] |
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Anchor rode. A line or chain attached to the anchor.
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| Rogue [Horse Racing] |
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An ill-tempered horse.
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| Roleplay(Rp)(Flash) [Wrestling] |
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Anything that is said in character, usually in the form of an interview or a promo.
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| Roll [Basketball] |
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Starting with the back to the basket, to make a quick turning motion around a defender, followed by a break to the basket. See also pick and roll.
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| Roll Back [Equestrian Sports] |
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A tight turn performed between two fences.
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| Roll Bar [Motor Sports] |
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Large, sturdy bars designed to protect a driver's head if the car rolls over. Very functional in race cars but used more for style in production cars. Most production and race cars use anti-roll (or sway) bars as part of the suspension to prevent the excessive rolling in corners.
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| Roll Cage [Motor Sports] |
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A network of metal bars which forms an enclosure around the driver, protecting him/her against impacts from any direction (even if the car rolls or flips). In modern tube-frame racing cars, the roll cage is an integral part of the frame, and contributes to the chassis' rigidity in addition to protecting the driver.
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| Roll Face™ Putter [Golf] |
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Patented by Teardrop™ Golf, Roll Face™ putters feature a uniformly curving face from top to sole. Such a face, according to the company, promotes a smoother roll of the ball on the green.
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| Roll Out [Football] |
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When a quarterback runs parallel to the line, looking for a receiver.
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| Roll Stroke [Croquet] |
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A croquet shot used to add distance to the striker's ball as well as the croqueted ball, by striking down on the ball rather than a level shot.
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| Roll the Deck [Poker] |
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Slip discards on top of the pack, a cheating move.
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| Roll your Own [Poker] |
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Expose one's cards in the manner described under roll-your-own.
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| Roll-your-Own [Poker] |
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Any of various stud games (such as Anaconda), in which players turn their face-down cards up, one at a time, after having prearranged them in the manner in which they wish the cards to appear, generally with a betting round following each exposure.
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| Rollback [Motor Sports] |
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A flatbed truck equipped with a winch, used to retrieve cars that have been so badly wrecked that they can't be towed.
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| Rollcage [Motor Sports] |
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A protective steel cage to prevent driver injury during a rollover.
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| Rolled Up [Poker] |
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In Seven-Card Stud, three of a kind on third street (the first three cards).
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| Roller Furling [Sailing] |
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A method of storing a sail usually by rolling the jib around the headstay or the mainsail around the boom or on the mast.
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| Roller Reefing [Sailing] |
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A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.
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| Rolling Hitch [Sailing] |
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A knot used to attach a line to a spar or similar object.
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| Rolling Start [Motor Sports] |
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The race begins after the pace car leaves the track while the cars are moving. Formula One opts for a standing start where the cars start from a standstill.
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| Rollover [Motor Sports] |
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The type of vehicle impact in which the car or truck rolls over on its side, onto its roof, or turns over completely. The biggest cause of injury in a rollover is ejection of the occupant or any part of the occupant. Rollover is a greater risk in any sport-utility vehicle - because of its high center of gravity - than in a minivan, pickup truck or passenger car. Rollover can occur immediately upon impact or in the seconds after an impact, which makes it more difficult to protect occupants with traditional airbags. Inflatable tubular restraints and similar designs that stay inflated longer than traditional airbags will be more effective in rollover situations.
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| Romp [Horse Racing] |
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Running (or winning) with utmost ease.
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| Roodles [Poker] |
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In private or home games, a hand or round in which the stakes are temporarily increased, usually after a "big" hand is shown down. For example, in a $5-limit game, if aces full or better appears in a showdown, the next hand or the entire next round might be played at $10-limit. Also rangdoodles, or wangdoodles.
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| Roodles Hand [Poker] |
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The showdown hand that occasions a round or hand of roodles.
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| Roof [Bobsledding] |
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The top part of a curve, where ice overhangs the run.
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| Roof Flap(s) [Motor Sports] |
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How they work - When the car is running on all four wheels and in a relatively straight line, the air pressure inside the car is constant. When it turns sideways, the pressure variant increases dramatically and the vehicle starts to obey the laws of physics. The flaps are designed to spring open when the pressure reaches a certain point, thereby venting the pressure and keeping the cars on the ground. NASCAR made the flaps mandatory and each car is required to carry a set of them at all times. When the pressure is vented, it also serves as sort of an invisible parachute, slowing the car enough so that any impact with the wall is lessened dramatically. As the flaps deploy, the car settles down on its wheels, once again subject to gravity. Developed by Jack Roush.
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| Roof Flaps [Motor Sports] |
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A set of trap doors in the roof of a Winston Cup or BGN car (ARCA also requires them at some tracks). The roofs of these cars, since they are usually shaped somewhat in profile like an airplane wing, tend to generate lift when the car gets sideways, and on a superspeedway, this lift can be strong enough to actually fly the car off the track surface. The roof flaps are designed to open under these circumstances and kill the lift, both by venting air pressure inside the cockpit, and by breaking up the airflow over the top of the roof
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| Rookie [Basketball] |
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A player in his first NBA season.
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| Rookie Stripes [Motor Sports] |
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The black-and-white stripes on the back of a new driver's car, much like a Student Driver sign, so that approaching drivers are fairly warned.
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| Rooster Tail [Motor Sports] |
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The spray trailing cars in wet conditions similar to the effect boats create across water.
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| Rope [Sailing] |
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Traditionally a line must be over 1 inch in size to be called a rope.
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| Roquet [Croquet] |
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When the strikers ball hits another ball, followed by a croquet shot and a continuation shot.
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| Ror [Blackjack] |
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1. The acronym for Risk Of Ruin. 2. The acronym for Rate Of Return.
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| Roster [Ice Hockey] |
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A list of the players on a team.
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| Rotating Bet [Poker] |
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A betting scheme in which each round of betting starts with the next player clockwise. Typically, the player to the left of the dealer starts the first betting round, the player to his left starts the second round, and so on.
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| Rotating Mass [Motor Sports] |
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Somewhat misleading term for the combined angular momentum/inertia of all of a car's rotating propulsion parts such as the crankshaft, flywheel, and driveshaft.
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| Rotation [Badminton] |
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A system of playing doubles, used only by experts, in which the partners keep circling counterclockwise. Its chief advantage is that it virtually eliminates the backhand.
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| Rotation Game [Poker] |
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A game or tournament format in which several different games are played in rotation, usually either half an hour of each or one round of each. Examples include H.O.R.S.E and H.O.S.E.
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| Rotfl [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for Rolling On The Floor Laughing.
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| Rouge [Golf] |
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Ompound used in conjunction with a stitched buffing wheel to polish marks from a stainless head. Available in white and red (finer) compounds, rouge is typically used to create a high luster on a club head.
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| Rough [Poker] |
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A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type. Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card. A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough. Rough is the opposite of smooth.
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| Rough it Up [Poker] |
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Change the tempo or temperament of a game by increasing the stakes beyond what are customary.
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| Rough Trip [Golf] |
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Was impeded, bumped, or shut off more than once during race.
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| Roughie [General] |
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A competitor at long odds not given as high a chance of winning as other competitors. Large underdog.
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| Roughing [Ice Hockey] |
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A minor penalty which occurs when a fight between players is more of a pushing and shoving match; a less severe penalty than fighting.
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| Roulette Rules of Play [Roulette] |
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The betting layout starts with numbers 0 and 00 at the top, then extends from numbers 1 through 36 at the far end of the table. This area is referred to as the "inside" betting area. Inside bets consist of the following: single number bets, including the 0, 00 and 1 through 36, are made by placing your chip in the center of the number you select. If that number wins you'll receive 35 to 1 for every chip you have bet. Actually, you can pick up a total of 36 chips which includes your original bet. Additional combinations in this "inside" betting area are: one chip on a 6 number bet (pays 5 to 1); one chip on any four connecting numbers (pays 8 to 1); one chip on any connecting group of three numbers (111); one chip place between two connecting numbers (17 to1). The "outside" betting area consists of odd or even bets which pay even money. Red or black also pays even odds. A bet on 1 to 18, or 19 to 36, pays even money. You will get 2 to1 odds if you select the winning number within the first, second or third dozen numbers. The same 2 to 1 odds are given for selecting any of the numbers in the three vertical columns of 12 numbers, located on one end of the betting surface.
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| Round [Motor Sports] |
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Slang term for a way of making chassis adjustments utilizing the race car's springs. A wrench is inserted in a jack bolt attached to the springs, and is used to tighten or loosen the amount of play in the spring. This in turn can loosen or tighten up the handling of a race car.
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| Round Grip [Golf] |
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A grip that tapers uniformly the entire distance along its length and has no discernible ribs. Most low handicappers prefer round grips.
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| Round of ... [Poker] |
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In a draw poker game, one round of a particular opening requirement, as a round of jacks, one round in which jacks or better is dealt. A round of queens, would be one round of queens or better, and so on.
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| Round of Betting [Poker] |
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1) One opportunity to bet from each active player. If there are no raises, there is only one round of betting. If there are raises, there is more than one round of betting. 2) One sequence of equalization of bets, that is, the period in which all bets and raises are accounted for; the point from the start of betting until all players have put the same amount into the pot (with the exception of anyone going all in, running out of chips before completing the betting). In draw games, there are two rounds (unless everyone but one bettor folds for a bet on the first round) of betting: one before the draw, and one after. In stud games, there is usually one betting round after the dealing of each up-card, plus a final round on the last card. Sometimes shortened to round.
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| Round of Wedge [Motor Sports] |
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Also see "Wedge". Changing the wedge by adding or removing a "Round of Wedge" can correct a "Loose" or "Tight" condition and improve the racecars handling on the racetrack. This is accomplished during a pit stop by placing a wrench thru the rear window and turning a bolt, attached to the top of the rear springs, in or out. One of many factors determining how a car will handle on a race track.
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| Round Parachute [Skydiving] |
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The classic parachute. Cannot really be flared and give fairly hard landings. Works by providing drag to slow the descent of the Skydiver.
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| Round Robin [General] |
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A form of parlay betting in which we wager various combining team wagers. A 3-team robin is team 1 to 2, 1 to 3, and 2 to 3. 4-team robin is team 1 to 2, 1 to 3, 1 to 4, 2 to 3, 2 to 4, and 3 to 4. 5-team, etc.
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| Round Table Game [Poker] |
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Any game, particularly poker, in which gamblers wager among themselves (as opposed to betting against the house or any other banker).
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| Round the Clock [General] |
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Three selections or more - a stake on each "ATC" stakes on the other two rotating clockwise, e.g., ABC, BCA, CAB. Also known as "ABC," "Box Up" or "Roller."
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| Round Worms (Ascarids) [Horse Racing] |
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These are long, white, round worms that live in the intestine of the horse. They cause colic and interfere with the digestion of food.
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| Roundabout [General] |
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3 selections, 3 bets - as Rounder except doubles are to double stakes.
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| Rounder [General] |
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3 selections, 3 bets - £1 win A, if cash £1 double BC; £1 win B, if cash £1 double AC, £1 win C, if cash £1 double AB.
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| Rounding [Blackjack] |
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A practice which reduces every "precise" index number to just an integer (Rounded indices, or indexes). When Rounding, all the index numbers are rounded to the nearest integer, following the mathematical rules which apply when rounding numbers. Examples: -1.50 becomes -2, -1.49 becomes -1, -0.50 becomes 0, +0.49 becomes 0, +0.50 becomes +1, +1.49 becomes +1, +1.50 becomes +2. Of course, an index number which has been calculated to be "precisely" an integer, does not change: +3.000000 remains as +3. Also Flooring, Truncating.
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| Roundoff [Gymnastics] |
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A move similar to the cartwheel, with a half twist and the legs moving together.
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| Rounds [Poker] |
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A deck of cards marked on their backs, for easy detection, by feel, by a cheater.
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| Roundy Round [Motor Sports] |
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A slang term in NASCAR used to describe an oval track.
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| Route [Horse Racing] |
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Broadly, a race distance of longer than 1- miles.
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| Route Race [Horse Racing] |
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A race run at a mile or longer, generally around two turns.
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| Router [Horse Racing] |
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A race horse that performs well at longer distances.
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| Routine [Gymnastics] |
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A combination of moves and stunts displaying a full range of skills on the apparatus.
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| Rover Ball [Croquet] |
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The rover is a ball that has passed through all the wickets but has not yet pegged out.
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| Row [Sailing] |
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A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backwards, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat. They then pull the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forward.
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| Rowboat [Sailing] |
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A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghys are rowboats.
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| Rowlock [Rowing] |
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Another name for the oarlock.
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| Royal [Poker] |
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Royal flush. "I've got a royal."
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| Royal Brass Brazilians [Poker] |
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The nuts; usually preceded by the. This hand is considered by some to be slightly better than the Royal Brazilians or the Brass Brazilians.
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| Royal Flush [Poker] |
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The best possible poker hand, consisting of the 10 through the Ace, all the same suit.
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| Royal Straight Flush [Poker] |
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An ace high straight flush is a royal straight flush, or a royal flush, or just a royal. Some traditionalists dislike the phrase "royal flush" (preferring "ace high straight flush"), but no one dislikes the hand. It's the most powerful hand in casino poker.
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