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| Sports Book [General] |
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A legal sports bookmaking business.
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| Sports Car [Motor Sports] |
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An agile vehicle that is easily maneuverable, accelerates briskly, brakes positively, handles well and steers precisely. It is tightly sprung and does not wallow and heave as does a conventional passenger car and is therefore not as comfortable.
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| Sports Lottery [Lotto] |
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Games where outcomes are determined by the results of sports events. Sports lotteries are the most popular lottery games in much of the world (where they are frequently called "toto" or "football pools") but have not achieved this level of popularity in North America.
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| Sportsman [Motor Sports] |
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A type of stock car with a light body and engine modified in certain limited ways.
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| Spot [Wrestling] |
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(noun) A move or series of maneuvers. A "planned spot" is a move or series of moves that is planned out before the match. A 'blown spot' is a spot that goes wrong and a 'spot-fest' is a match that contains many spots but no proper transitions between the spots (e.g. Taka Michinoku vs. Aguila (Essa Rios) at WrestleMania XIV).
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| Spot Bowling [Bowling] |
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Using a particular target on the lane, rather than the pins themselves, as an aiming point. Many bowlers use the range finders, for example.
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| Spot Putting [Golf] |
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A player aims at a spot on the green that will allow the ball to roll into the cup, rather than directly at the hole.
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| Spots [Poker] |
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Pips. The suit symbols on a non-court card, indicating its rank.
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| Spotted [Bingo] |
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A number being lit on the bingo card without a corresponding ball being it the hole. Usually spotting occurred before the game started, but some games used the roll-over buttons to spot numbers.
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| Spotter [Poker] |
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A card 4 through 10. When one of these cards is lying face down, and you lift the lower right corner, you can see spots in the corner (as opposed to a no-spotter, which has no spots in the corner, or a liner, which is a face card). Some lowball players couple the knowledge that a card could be one of these (but that they don't know which one) with game theory to decide on whether or not to bet. (Impartial observers might say they're just playing games with themselves, but we don't make judgments; we just define terms.)
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| Spotting Index [Bingo] |
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The spotting index assembly is mounted on the back door just to the right of the spotting disk. It consists of a coil, some switches, and an arm. In it's inactive state, the arm is engaged on a tooth on the spotting ratchet, and it stops the spotting wipers from turning. When the coil is activated, the arm moved away and releases the spotting wipers.
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| Spotting Ratchet [Bingo] |
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A gear connected to the spotting wipers which the spotting index can engage to stop the spotting wiper unit from turning.
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| Spotting Wipers [Bingo] |
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The metal fingers on the spotting unit that rotate and make contact with the rivets on the spotting disk. The rivets that the wipers stop on are the first hurdle to overcome to get odds advancement, features lighting, or extra balls awarded. The mixers decide whether to ignore the spotting disc or not.
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| Sprawl [Wrestling] |
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An elementary counter to a leg shot. The wrestler throws his legs back, arching his hips into the opponent if necessary, making it harder to keep a grip on his legs.
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| Spray [Golf] |
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To hit the ball erratically off line.
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| Spread [General] |
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An abbreviated form of point spread. Odds makers need a way of making even bets possible. They assign a point advantage to a weaker team that is expected to lose by a certain number of points. If you bet on the stronger team, they need to win by more than the point advantage (covering the spread) in order for you to win. Half-point spreads are also possible and available for purchase.
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| Spread a Hand [Poker] |
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Show down; usually followed by a or the hand. "When I showed my pat 6-4, he spread a bicycle."
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| Spread Betting [General] |
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A form of betting derived from financial markets where the punter bets on a 'spread' of numbers relating to the particular event - for example, runs scored in cricket, points in Rugby Union, or the number of lengths between named horses at the end of the race. The bookmaker quotes the spread: say, regarding the number of points to be scored by one side in a Rugby game, 28-30. If you think the side will score more than 30, you 'buy' at 30; if fewer, you 'sell' at 28, and stipulate your stake per point. If you buy the spread at £1 and the team scores only 25, you lose £5 - 30 minus 25 leaves 5, which multiplied by your stake is £5; if that team scores 35, you win £5. The attraction of spread betting is that the more right you are, the more you will win - and by the same token the more wrong you are, the more you will lose. Note: you cannot have a spread bet unless you have an account with the bookmaker concerned, since you cannot stake the bet in advance as you do not know how much you might lose.
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| Spread Eagle [Freestyle Skating] |
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A trick in which the skier stretches the arms and legs out, away from the body.
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| Spread Limit [Poker] |
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Poker in which the betting limits are somewhere between single limit and no limit. Bets have a range, from a minimum to a maximum. For example, in $2-$5 seven-card stud, a player can bet at any time either $2, $3, $4, or $5. If 50-cent chips or coins are used, a player can sometimes also bet $2.50, $3.50, and so on. As in no-limit games, a raise must always at least equal the previous bet or raise (unless the player making the raise is going all in, in which case the interpretation varies from club to club). That is, if one player bets $2 and the next player raises $3, any other player to come into the pot who wishes to raise must raise at least $3; a $2 raise is not permitted at this point. Also called modified limit.
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| Spread the Hand [Poker] |
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Respond to a request to see the entire hand. If someone cannot see the winning hand, she might say to the dealer, "Spread the hand."
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| Spreader [Sailing] |
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Small spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.
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| Spring [Sailing] |
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To begin, as in "to spring a leak."
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| Spring Halt [Horse Racing] |
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Involuntary elevation of the hind legs.
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| Spring Line [Sailing] |
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Docking lines that help keep the boat from moving fore and aft while docked. The after bow spring line is attached near the bow and runs aft, where it is attached to the dock. The forward quarter spring line is attached to the quarter of the boat, and runs forward, being attached to the dock near the bow of the boat.
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| Spring Rate [Motor Sports] |
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Amount of bounce a tires sidewall has when inflated to a certain level. One factor in deciding and determining how a car will be set up on any given weekend.
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| Spring Rubber [Motor Sports] |
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A circular rubber device added to the front springs of a stock car to stiffin the spring ratio and make the car handle better. Often these are added or removed during pit stops.
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| Spring Table [Poker] |
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A card table made for cheating, with cracks that look like honest defects through which cards can be retrieved when acted upon by a spring attached to the underside of the table.
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| Spring Tide [Sailing] |
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The tide with the most variation in water level, occurring during new moons and full moons. This is the time of the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. The opposite of a neap tide.
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| Spring-Like Effect [Golf] |
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A general term given to the faces of metal woods elated to how much the face compresses and decompresses (springs back) upon ball impact. The USGA recently established standards for this effect, based upon their assumption that if a face springs more, overall ball distance may be increased, making some of today’s courses obsolete.
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| Springboard [Diving] |
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A flexible diving board that adds to the diver's own spring on takeoff. The regulation springboard must extend at least 5 feet beyond the edge of the pool and is 1 meter or 3 meters above the water.
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| Springbow [Archery] |
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A bow or crossbow set as a trap for animals.
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| Sprint [Canoeing] |
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A race determined by speed alone. All flatwater races are called sprints, regardless of distance.
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| Sprint Car [Motor Sports] |
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Two types of sprint cars exist, the first is the USAC open-wheel cars that feature a upright roll cage. The second is a similar car that has a large wing mounted to the top for stability; this is used by the World of Outlaws.
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| Sprint Race [Horse Racing] |
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A race run at less than a mile, generally with only one turn.
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| Sprinter [Horse Racing] |
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A race animal that shows a preference for short distances.
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| Spur [Poker] |
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Mark cards with one's fingernails, particularly sharp thumbnails, or some other sharp instrument.
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| Spurr [Poker] |
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Mark cards with one's fingernails, particularly sharp thumbnails, or some other sharp instrument.
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| Spwa [Wrestling] |
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Southeast Pro Wrestling Alliance
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| Spyder or Spider [Motor Sports] |
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In the early 1900s, a light two-seater car. In the 1950s the word was revived by some Italian manufacturers for an open two seater sports car.
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| Squall [Sailing] |
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A sudden intense wind storm of short duration, often accompanied by rain. Squalls often accompany an advancing cold front.
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| Square [Rowing] |
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To turn the oar's blade so it's perpendicular to the surface of the water. The blade is squared at the end of recovery, in preparation for the catch.
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| Square Bets [Roulette] |
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One wager that bets four numbers at the same time. Also known as a Corner Bet or a Quarter Bet. Pays off at 8-1.
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| Square Deal [Poker] |
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An honest deal, as indicated by a deck containing no trimmed or shaved cards. The term has passed into general usage.
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| Square Deck [Poker] |
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An honest deck, that is, one containing no trimmed or shaved cards, as observable when it is arranged into a squared deck.
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| Square Gaiting [Horse Racing] |
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Another term describing the gait of a trotter. When trotting or square gaiting, a horse stretches its left front and right rear legs forward almost simultaneously and then follows suit with its right front and left rear legs.
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| Square Game [Poker] |
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An honest game, as indicated by its being played with a deck containing no trimmed or shaved or otherwise marked cards.
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| Square Knot [Sailing] |
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Reef knot. A simple knot that can slip. Often used on sailboats when reefing.
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| Square Parachute [Skydiving] |
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An aerofoil shaped ram-air parachute, which is actually rectangular with aspect ratio's from less that 2 up to more than 3.5. The parachute is termed a 'semi rigid wing'. It is held in a wing shape by the air rushing in the front, keeping it pressurized. Squares work not by providing drag to slow the descent but by providing lift as they fly at about a 3:1 glide angle. They therefore must fly quite fast! and speeds up to 35 mph in a straight line depending on the Canopy and the weight of the Skydiver are possible. They can be flown into the ground at in excess of 60 mph if one wants to, (which one obviously doesn't). The most common configurations are 7 and 9 Cells and they can be made of porous material or non-porous Zero Porosity material.
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| Square Pass [Soccer] |
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A pass made by a player to a teammate running alongside him.
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| Square Rigged [Sailing] |
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A sailboat having square sails hung across the mast.
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| Square Sail [Sailing] |
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A square sail hung from a yard on the mast. Best used when sailing down wind.
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| Square Stance [Golf] |
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A stance in which the feet are lined up parallel to the ball's expected line of flight.
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| Square the Table [Poker] |
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A request to the dealer to make sure that all the players sit in their proper positions, that is, with no one off-center and crowding someone else (likely the player making the request).
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| Square Up [Basketball] |
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To take a position looking at the basket, with the line between the shoulders forming a right angle with a line drawn to the center of the basket, preparatory to taking a shot.
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| Square Up the Table [Poker] |
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Ensure that all the players sit in their proper positions, that is, with all centered and equally spaced.
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| Squared Deck [Poker] |
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A deck arranged in a neat pile, with no edges protruding, usually prior to cutting or dealing.
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| Squares [Roulette] |
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A game or player that is on the level or honest.
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| Squaring Up [Basketball] |
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When a player's shoulders are facing the basket as he releases the ball for a shot; considered the best shooting position.
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| Squash [Wrestling] |
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N. a totally passive job where one wrestler completely dominates another. v.t. to win a squash match.
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| Squat [Weight Lifting] |
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To bend the legs at the knees while lowering the body toward the floor.
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| Squeeze [Poker] |
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1) In a draw game, look at one's cards slowly; so called because players start with their cards tightly squared together, such that they can see only the first card, and then slowly squeeze them apart, that is, separate them, causing each card to reveal itself, slowly, one at a time, as if the viewer wishes to surprise himself with the cards; this is often done agonizingly slowly, frequently when it is the squeezer's turn to act, as if the player deliberately wants to annoy the others, while he pretends to be innocent of any knowledge of what effect his slowness is having. Sometimes called sweat. "Hey, don't squeeze the spots off of `em; we're paying time here." 2) Whipsaw (To raise before, and after, a caller who gets caught in the middle.).
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| Squeeze Bet [Poker] |
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1) squeeze play. (The situation in which a player is whipsawed. (To raise before, and after, a caller who gets caught in the middle.).) 2) A bet to extract additional chips from a player not likely to win a pot, or, in high-low split, not likely to share in a split.
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| Squeeze in [Poker] |
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Squeeze ( In a draw game, look at one's cards slowly; so called because players start with their cards tightly squared together, such that they can see only the first card, and then slowly squeeze them apart, that is, separate them, causing each card to reveal itself, slowly, one at a time, as if the viewer wishes to surprise himself with the cards.).
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| Squeeze Out [Poker] |
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1) Squeeze (In a draw game, look at one's cards slowly; so called because players start with their cards tightly squared together, such that they can see only the first card, and then slowly squeeze them apart, that is, separate them, causing each card to reveal itself, slowly, one at a time, as if the viewer wishes to surprise himself with the cards.). 2) Force a player out of a pot by the size or intensity of betting or raising.
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| Squeeze Play [Baseball] |
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A bunt with a runner on third base designed to advance the runner home. The runner on third waits to ensure that the batter has successfully laid down the bunt before advancing towards home.
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| Squeezers [Poker] |
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Special cards with suit and rank printed at the corners, so these can be seen by just barely squeezing back the corners. (This is the ordinary card format now, but many years ago, cards had no markings in their corners.)
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| Sresni [Archery] |
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A Russian arrow with a broad, shovel shaped head.
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| Srp [Motor Sports] |
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Spokane Raceway Park
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| Ss [Greyhound Racing] |
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Shoreline Star
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| Ssb [Sailing] |
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Single sideband radio. A type of radio used on a boat to transmit for long distances.
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| Ssw [Wrestling] |
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Southern States Wrestling
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| St [Greyhound Racing] |
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St. Croix, Wisconsin
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| Stab [Skydiving] |
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A hard toggle turn that can quickly reverse the canopy direction, slinging the parachutist out from directly under the canopy.
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| Stability [Sailing] |
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Ability of a boat to keep from heeling or rolling excessively, and the ability to quickly return upright after heeling.
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| Stability Sail [Sailing] |
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A vertical pole on which flags can be raised.
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| Stabilizer [Skydiving] |
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The vertical strips of cloth depending from the end cells of the canopy. Stabilizers improve the canopy's ability to fly straight ahead and enhance efficiency by reducing tip vortices.
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| Stable [Wrestling] |
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A group of wrestlers that join together to form a group.
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| Stable Entry [Horse Racing] |
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Two or more horses in same race whose owners share financial interests.
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| Stableford [Golf] |
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A scoring system based on points rather than strokes. Eight points are awarded for a double eagle, 5 for an eagle, and 2 for a birdie. A point is subtracted for a bogey and 3 points are subtracted for a double bogey or worse. The player who accumulates the most points wins the round.
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| Stables [Horse Racing] |
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Areas, enclosures or places on a Paceway used for the accommodation of horses competing at a meeting. Stables may also refer to the areas on a trainer's property or other property where their horses are accommodated.
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| Stack [Poker] |
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1) The amount of money you have in front of you on the poker table (i.e., stack of chips). Often used in the plural. 2) A stack can also refer to a particular number of chips. Most chip racks take stacks of 20 chips. Many players like to keep their chips in stacks of particular numbers of chips.
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| Stack Off [Poker] |
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In no limit, bet all your chips; move all in.
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| Stack Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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In no-limit, play in such a way that you get all your chips into the pot nearly every hand, that is go all in (stack off) whenever possible.
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| Stack the Deck [Poker] |
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Arrange the deck by some slSeven-of-hand maneuver, as done by a cheat, and described under stack.
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| Stack-Off [Poker] |
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All of your chips. "Did he bet?" "Yep, that was a stack-off."
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| Stacked [Freestyle Skating] |
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The body position in which the knees are directly over the ski bindings, the back is straight, and the skier's weight is centered over the skis.
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| Stacked Deck [Poker] |
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A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage.
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| Stacked Up [Horse Racing] |
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The opposite to strung out. In a field which is stacked up, the distances between the leader, rear horse and all other runners will be quite small.
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| Staff [Martial Arts] |
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See "bo."
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| Stage Displays [Bingo] |
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Most large bingo clubs use electronic displays to show information to the customers - from the current called number and ticket sales to prize money and advertisements.
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| Staged [Motor Sports] |
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[1] When cars are lined up in starting position prior to going onto the speedway for the race.
[2] A driver is staged when the front wheels of the car are right on the starting line and the small yellow light below the prestaged light on his or her side of the Christmas Tree is glowing. Once a driver is staged, the calibrated countdown (see Christmas Tree) may begin at any time. (Drag racing)
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| Stagger [Motor Sports] |
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The difference in size between the tires on the left and right sides of a car. Because of a tire's makeup, slight variations in circumference result. Stagger between right-side and left-side tires may range from less than a half inch to more than an inch. Stagger applies to only bias-ply tires and not to radials.
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| Stagger (Closed Wheel) [Motor Sports] |
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The amount of flex in the side wall of a tire in racing. Race teams can use the stagger of the tire to stiffen the spring ratio of the car by adding air to the tire and thereby change how the car handles.
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| Stagger (Open Wheel) [Motor Sports] |
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On ovals, teams may use a different size tire (or stagger) on the outside wheel to improve the car's handling ability.
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| Staggered Start [Skiing] |
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A type of cross country race in which the skiers start at set intervals and the result is based on elapsed time, not on the order in which the skiers cross the finish line.
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| Staging Lanes [Motor Sports] |
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In drag racing, area of race facility which leads to the racing surface, where cars are lined up and/or paired before making a run.
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| Stake [Horse Racing] |
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A race (usually a feature race) for which owner must pay up a fee to run a horse. The fees can be for nominating, maintaining eligibility, entering and starting, to which the track adds more money to make up the total purse. Some stakes races ar e by invitation and require no payment or fee.
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| Stake Player [Poker] |
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A player given house chips to play for the purpose of starting a game that would otherwise be short, or to keep a game that is becoming short from breaking up. A stake player keeps half his profits (after returning to the house the amount given him when he was first put in), usually at the end of a shift, but absorbs none of the losses. When he receives his share of the profits, this is the split-out.
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| Stake Race [Horse Racing] |
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A race for which owners nominate race animals and pay fees to be added to the purse.
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| Staked Trees [Golf] |
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Usually a free drop is allowed from staked trees to avoid damage to them. Check the local rules.
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| Stakes [Poker] |
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The size of a game, with respect to its betting increments or limits (or lack thereof). In a $2-limit game, for example, the stakes are just that, $2. In a no-limit game, the stakes are unlimited. In anything in between, the stakes are usually described by the minimum and maximum bets, sometimes by the amount required for a buy-in.
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| Stakes Horse [Horse Racing] |
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A horse whose level of competition includes mostly stakes races.
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| Stakes Producer [Horse Racing] |
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A mare that has produced at least one foal that finished first in a stakes race.
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| Stakes Race [Greyhound Racing] |
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A race for a championship or for a purse larger than those offered for ordinary feature races.
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| Stakes-Placed [Horse Racing] |
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Finishing first, second or third in a stakes race.
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| Stalemate [Wrestling] |
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Two contestants are interlocked in a position other thana pinning situation, and neither wrestler is able to improve his position.The referee starts the wrestlers again in the center of the circle.
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| Stalk [Croquet] |
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Approaching the ball along the line it is to be sent, in order to insure proper aim.
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| Stall [Sailing] |
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(1) To stop moving. (2) Air is sail to stall when it becomes detached from the surface it is flowing along. Usually air travels smoothly along both sides of a sail, but if the sail is not properly trimmed, the air can leave one of the sides of the sail and begin to stall. Stalled sails are not operating efficiently.
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| Stall Walker [Horse Racing] |
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Horse that moves about its stall constantly and frets rather than rests.
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| Stalling [Wrestling] |
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Stalling is when a wrestler does not wrestle aggressively; continuously avoids contact with his opponent; plays the edge of the mat; delays the match; prevents his opponent from returning to inbounds area; is not attempting to secure a takedown. A wrestler will be warned one time and is penalized on each successive stalling infraction.
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| Stallion [Horse Racing] |
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A male horse, generally retired from racing, that stands at stud and is used for breeding purposes.
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| Stallion Season [Horse Racing] |
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The right to breed one mare to a particular stallion during one breeding season.
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| Stallion Share [Horse Racing] |
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A lifetime breeding right to a stallion; one mare per season per share.
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| Stamped Cards [Poker] |
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Cards marked on their backs during printing and sold to thieves for cheating purposes.
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| Stance [Wrestling] |
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Footwork used when in neutral position or when both wrestlers are facing each other, neither in control. A good stance involves feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, back straight, elbows in, hands out in front, and head up.
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| Stanchion [Sailing] |
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A post near the edge of the deck used to support life lines.
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| Stand [Poker] |
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In a draw game, at the time for the draw (card replacement), draw no cards. "How many do you want?" "I'll stand."
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| Stand / Stay [Blackjack] |
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The decision not to draw any further cards, or hits. For example, a person dealt two tens would normally stand and refuse another card. The dealer will proceed to the next player.
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| Stand on Vessel [Sailing] |
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The vessel that is required to maintain its course and speed when boats are approaching each other according to the navigation rules. Also known as the privileged vessel.
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| Stand Pat [Poker] |
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To decline an opportunity to draw cards.
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| Stand Up [Poker] |
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Have a hand win, when one or more other hands are trying to, in draw, draw out on it, or, in stud or hold 'em, catch winning cards against it. "How do you like my chances?" "I had two little pair against three one-card draws, and the hand stood up.".
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| Stand-Off [Poker] |
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1) A tie, in which the players divide the pot equally. 2) To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off"
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| Standard Deck [Poker] |
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The 52-card deck, consisting of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) of 13 cards each (A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K).
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