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| Stripe [Horse Racing] |
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A white marking running down a horse's face, starting under an imaginary line connecting the tops of the eyes.
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| Stripped Deck [Poker] |
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A deck with certain cards removed for special games, such as for Asian stud, a form of five-card stud played with a 32-card stripped deck, from which all cards 2 through 6 have been removed. In some European countries, and Australia, poker is sometimes played with a stripped deck from which the deuces and treys have been removed.
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| Stripped Pack [Poker] |
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A deck with certain cards removed for special games, such as for Asian stud, a form of five-card stud played with a 32-card stripped deck, from which all cards 2 through 6 have been removed. In some European countries, and Australia, poker is sometimes played with a stripped deck from which the deuces and treys have been removed.
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| Stripper Deck [Poker] |
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A deck marked by shaving the edges of some cards such that a thief can tell by feel the values of certain cards. Examples are belly strippers, end strippers, high belly strippers, humps, low belly strippers, side strippers.
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| Strippers [Poker] |
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(Always used in the plural) A deck marked by shaving the edges of some cards such that a thief can tell by feel the values of certain cards. Examples are belly strippers, end strippers, high belly strippers, humps, low belly strippers, side strippers.
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| Stripping [Blackjack] |
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The dealer's shuffling action whereby he holds a pack of cards in one hand and with the other he picks up ("strips") a small number of cards from the top and places them on the table, successively, one on top of the other until a new pack is formed but with the order of cards grossly reversed. The smaller the number of cards he picks ("strips") from the original pack, the stronger the reversal. Of course, the perfect reversal would be achieved by picking up ("stripping") the cards one by one, but that is not desirable by the casino since it eliminates the action's randomness.
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| Stroke [Motor Sports] |
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The up-and-down distance the piston travels within the cylinder. On a traditional internal combustion engine, the piston makes four strokes during the combustion cycle, only one of which is a power stroke. On the power stroke, the piston is near the top of the cylinder, and it has compressed the air and fuel mixture. The spark plug ignites the mixture, and the force of the explosion pushes the piston down into the cylinder, producing the force that turns the crankshaft. The piston returns to the top of the cylinder to expel the exhaust gases on the second, or exhaust, stroke. It slides down to the bottom of the cylinder during the intake stroke, when the valves open to let in air and fuel. The piston rises to the top of the cylinder on the compression stroke to begin the cycle anew. This process repeats hundreds or thousands of times a minute, resulting in the number of crankshaft revolutions per minute at which the crankshaft is rotating.
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| Stroke and Distance [Golf] |
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A penalty in which the golfer is penalized a stroke and has to play the shot again, thus is also penalized the distance the first ball was hit.
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| Stroke Counter [Table Tennis] |
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An official who counts return strokes when the expedite system is in effect.
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| Stroke it [Motor Sports] |
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To drive below maximum speed, usually to conserve the car when it has a safe lead near the end of a race.
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| Stroke Play [Golf] |
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Competition based on the number of strokes taken for a stipulated round, or a predetermined number of stipulated rounds, with the low score winning.
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| Stroking [Motor Sports] |
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[1] Driving conservatively so as to preserve the equipment and stay out of accidents.
[2] Changing the piston stroke of an engine in order to increase or decrease its displacement, effectively making it a larger or smaller engine. This is done by changing the crankshaft with one that has the rod journals farther from or closer to the crank's rotation axis.
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| Strong [Poker] |
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1) Quite dishonest. "I just looked in at the lowball game. Jim's going really strong." This means that Jim is using some very dishonest cheating methods. 2) When pertaining to the rate at which chips are raked from a game heavily. "What? You take $2 out of every pot, even if no one plays? That's pretty strong."
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| Strong Hand [Poker] |
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A hand that has a great likelihood of winning a pot; the nuts.
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| Strong Loft [Golf] |
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The loft of any club, particularly an iron, that is less than the standard specification for that club. Stronger lofted clubs tend to hit the ball lower and longer than standard lofts, but may sacrifice some control.
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| Strong Side [Basketball] |
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The side of the court on which the ball is located. Opposite of weak side.
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| Strong Work [Poker] |
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Marked cards whose markings are obvious and easily seen even by the untrained eye.
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| Stronger Than Nuts [Poker] |
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Describing a game so very crooked that the live ones would find it harder to beat than the shell game. The nuts here refer to those used in the shell game (which, like the three-card monte found on the street, is known as the game the suckers never win at), not the unbeatable poker hand.
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| Stronger Than the Nuts [Poker] |
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Describing a game so very crooked that the live ones would find it harder to beat than the shell game. The nuts here refer to those used in the shell game (which, like the three-card monte found on the street, is known as the game the suckers never win at), not the unbeatable poker hand.
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| Stronomic™ [Golf] |
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Proprietary face insert material from Odyssey™ Golf that helped to first popularize face insert putter designs.
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| Structure [Poker] |
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1) The makeup of a game, with respect to the size of antes, the betting limits, opening requirements, blinds, forced bets, and so on. 2) With respect to a tournament, the amount of money in tournament chips players start with, the rules for re-buys and add-ons, and the manner in which the blinds increase.
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| Structured [Poker] |
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Used to apply to a certain betting structure in "flop" games such as hold'em. The typical definition of a structured game is a fixed amount for bets and raises before the flop and on the flop, and then twice that amount on the turn and river. Example: a $2-$4 structured hold'em game - bets and raises of $2 before the flop and on the flop; $4 bets and raises on the turn and river.
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| Structured Limit [Poker] |
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Describing the betting structure of a limit game (as opposed to no limit), as, for example, a structured limit hold 'em game, in which bets are at one level before and on the flop, and twice that level on the turn and river, such as $15-$30 hold 'em. The term structured limit is usually used for stud and hold 'em games, while double limit is used for draw games.
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| Struggle [Poker] |
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Stand pat. In a draw game, "I'll struggle," said at the time for the draw, means "I'll take no cards."
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| Strum Box [Sailing] |
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A strainer in the bilge so that the bilge pump doesn't get clogged.
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| Strung Out [Horse Racing] |
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A field of horses in a race in which the distances between the leader, the rear horse and the other runners is quite great. Such a field would be referred to as being well strung out.
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| Strut [Powerboating] |
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Any brace or support, but most commonly the support for the propeller shaft's rear bearing.
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| Stu. [Poker] |
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Two cards, please. (Heard in a draw game at the time of the draw.) Also, "Stew."
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| Stub [Poker] |
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The un-dealt portion of the cards, sometimes also called the deck, stock, or talon.
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| Stuck [Poker] |
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Slang for losing, often a substantial amount of money. Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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| Stud [Poker] |
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1) Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed. 2) Usually short for seven card stud.
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| Stud Book [Horse Racing] |
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Registry and genealogical record of Thoroughbreds, maintained by the Jockey Club of the country in question. Use lower case when describing a generic stud book, all words, including "The," are capitalized when describing "The American Stud Book."
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| Stud Player [Poker] |
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1) Someone who plays stud poker (usually exclusively, or in preference to other forms of poker). 2) In lowball, someone who regularly turns part of his hand face up (generally to coax another player into or out of a pot.
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| Stud Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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A form of poker in which one or more cards are dealt to each player face down, followed by one up card, with a betting round, more up cards, with a betting round after each, and then, in seven-card stud, a final down card, and a final betting round. The forms are five-card stud and seven-card stud, and sometimes six-card stud. In home games, you can find other variants.
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| Stud-Horse Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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Supposedly an early form of stud poker, but, in fact, a game that no one really knows how to play. A portion of the California Constitution (Section 330) legislates against certain games of chance by name, including roulette, blackjack, something called lansquenet, and, notably, stud-horse poker. Even though attorneys-general of the state had no idea what the game was, they used that apparent ban for a long time to prevent the playing of any form of poker that was not draw. Some historians think stud-horse poker was a variant of three-card monte, that is, a sucker game in which the sucker had no chance. Eventually the government quit prosecuting clubs in which hold 'em was played, because judges ruled it was not stud. Once the "door was opened," other games were permitted, including stud, and even games like super pan 9, California aces, and 21st Century Blackjack that clearly bear little resemblance to poker. And nobody knows yet what stud-horse poker is.
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| Studio Design [Golf] |
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Rademarked name given to a line of milled putters made by Scotty Cameron for Titleist.
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| Study [Poker] |
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1) Regard your cards intently while trying to make up your mind what to do next. 2) Regard an opponent intently in an attempt to divine what cards the opponent has.
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| Stuff [Basketball] |
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See dunk.
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| Stuffing Box [Sailing] |
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A fitting around the propeller shaft to keep the bearing lubricated and to keep water out of the boat.
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| Stumbled [Golf] |
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Stumbled but does not fall.
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| Stymie [Golf] |
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Originally, the situation in match play in which an opponent's ball lies in the line of a player's putt. Formerly, the shot had to be played, but now the blocking ball may be lifted, so the term usually refers to a tree or other object that lies between the ball and the flagstick.
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| Subak [Martial Arts] |
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A native Korean fighting system that enjoyed its widest popularity during the reign of King Uijong (A.D. 1147 - 1170).
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| Subcompact [Motor Sports] |
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The car size class one step up from the minicar.
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| Subeki, Ku [Archery] |
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To test draw a bow without an arrow nocked, Japan.
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| Subflex [Golf] |
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N the True temper stiff Dynamic Gold series, for example, each individual flex. S200, S300 & S400 are all subflexes of stiff, for example.
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| Subframe [Motor Sports] |
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Used in construction of unibody vehicles when a full front-to-rear frame is not used.
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| Submission [Equestrian Sports] |
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Unresisting obedience to the rider.
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| Subscription [Horse Racing] |
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Fee paid by owner to nominate a horse for a stakes race or to maintain eligibility for a stakes race.
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| Substitute [Basketball] |
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A player who comes into the game to replace a player on the court.
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| Substitute Race [Horse Racing] |
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An alternate race used to replace a regularly scheduled race that does not fill or is canceled.
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| Substitution [Poker] |
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In stud, played in a home game, an extra card that a player can "buy" after all the cards that constitute a hand have been dealt. This card is generally a replacement for one of the player's existing cards, usually with an up card being replaced by an up card, and a down card being replaced by a down card, and often with the player having to pay for the card, that is, put extra chips in the pot, such chips not constituting a bet, because that "bet" does not have to be matched by other players. "We're playing five-card stud, high-low, with a twist." Also called discard, optional card, pitch, replacement, twist.
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| Substitution Poker Dictionary [Poker] |
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Stud poker played with a twist (an extra card that a player can "buy" after all the cards that constitute a hand have been dealt.).
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| Subvented Lease [Motor Sports] |
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A special lease, subsidized by an auto manufacturer, that features a low money factor rate or high residual value, making the monthly payments extremely attractive. Automakers increasingly are using subvented-lease specials instead of rebates to boost sales of particular models.
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| Subway Dealer [Poker] |
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Bottom dealer (A cheat who deals cards from the bottom of the deck. Also sometimes called b-dealer, or cellar dealer.).
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| Succeeding Spot [Football] |
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Where the next play would start if no penalty was called.
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| Successive Parries [Fencing] |
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Two or more parries made in succession to defend against compound attacks.
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| Suck [Poker] |
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Draw cards. "How many cards do you want?" "I'll suck two."
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| Suck Out [Poker] |
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To win a hand by virtue of hitting a very weak draw, often with poor pot odds.
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| Sucker [Poker] |
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Live one; a rich loser; any loser or poor player.
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| Sucker Bet [Roulette] |
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Can only be made on the American Wheel and is a single wager that 0, 00, 1, 2, or 3 will hit next. The single worst bet in roulette, and is thus synonymous with Sucker Bet because it gives the casino a 7.89% edge over the player. Same as Five-Number Bet.
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| Suckling [Horse Racing] |
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A foal in its first year of life, while it is still nursing.
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| Suction [Poker] |
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In a big bet game, a small bet on a good hand to entice players to make an easy call, or better, to raise (so the suction bettor can re-raise).
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| Suction Bet [Poker] |
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In a big bet game, a small bet on a good hand to entice players to make an easy call, or better, to raise (so the suction bettor can re-raise).
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| Sudden Death [Soccer] |
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A type of overtime where the first goal scored by a team ends the game and gives that team the victory; most overtime in soccer is not sudden death.
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| Sudden-Death Overtime [Ice Hockey] |
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An overtime period that ends as soon as one team scores a goal, determining the winner and terminating the game.
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| Sudo [Martial Arts] |
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Knife hand.
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| Sugar Snow [Freestyle Skating] |
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Soft snow with a sugar-like consistency.
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| Suicide King [Poker] |
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King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
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| Suicide Squeeze [Baseball] |
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A hit-&-run bunt with a runner on third base. The runner breaks for home as the pitch is delivered and the batter attempts to lay down a bunt.
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| Suicide Squeeze Play [Baseball] |
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A play in which a runner on third breaks toward home on the pitch and the batter’s responsibility is to bunt the ball allowing the runner to score.
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| Suit [Video Poker] |
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In a poker deck, each card that is not a wild card is in one of the four suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts or Spades.
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| Suit Mark [Poker] |
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The single spade, heart, club, or diamond beneath the index. (Some say that the suit mark is part of the index)
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| Suit System [Poker] |
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A method of marking the backs of cards by indicating their suits.
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| Suited [Poker] |
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Two or more cards all the same suit.
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| Suited Connectors [Poker] |
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In hold 'em, two cards in sequence and in the same suit, usually with reference to hole cards.
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| Suki [Martial Arts] |
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"Opening." A gap in an opponent's defense or technique.
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| Sulk [Horse Racing] |
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When a horse refuses to extend himself.
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| Sulky [Horse Racing] |
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Also known as the cart or gig, the sulky is the contraption attached to the harness which carries the driver and which the horse pulls. A modern sulky has two bicycle tyres and weighs around 25kg.
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| Summer Rules [Golf] |
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Ordinary play according the Rules of Golf
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| Summertime Hand [Poker] |
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A better-than-average hand, one likely to win the pot, but one that is not quite a strong hand.
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| Sumo [Martial Arts] |
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A basic Japanese form of grappling in which the participants are of gigantic proportions. Victory is either achieved by forcing the opponent out of the ring, or by forcing him to touch the floor within the ring with any part of his body above the knee.
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| Sunday Afternoon Rally [Motor Sports] |
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One day rallies, usually run by a local car club. These may be run on public access roads.
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| Sunning a Deck [Poker] |
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A form of cheating, a method of marking certain cards by leaving them in the sun for a period of time, which causes their backs either to lighten or darken
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| Sunroof [Motor Sports] |
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A window-type opening in the roof of the vehicle that can tilt or slide open.
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| Sup [Baseball] |
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Run Support per Nine Innings
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| Super Bowl [Football] |
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The championship game of the NFL, played between the champions of the AFC and NFC at a neutral site each January; it is the culmination of the NFL playoffs.
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| Super Giant Slalom [Skiing] |
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The newest of the Alpine skiing disciplines, this event combines downhill speed with the precise turns of giant slalom. Each skier makes one run down the course and the winner is determined by electronic timing. Commonly known as "super G."
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| Super Heinz [General] |
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7 selections, 120 bets - 21 doubles, 35 trebles, 35 four-timers, 21 five-timers, 7 six-timers, 1 accumulator.
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| Super Satellite [Poker] |
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A special tournament whose prize is usually a buy-in for a larger tournament. One-table satellites usually have just one winner; sometimes second place is awarded a free entry to another tournament. In larger satellite tournaments, the winner may get entry to the larger tournament, round-trip airfare plus accommodations (if the satellite takes place in a city other than that of the larger tournament), plus some percentage of the excess cash accumulated in buy-ins and re-buys. Second, third, and sometimes other places also can win a percentage of this cash. A satellite tournament with a large number of entrants, awarding entry or entries to major tournaments, is called a super satellite.
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| Super Staff [Baseball] |
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The '92 Irish staff ranks as one of the most talented and deepest in team history: 6-7, 245-pound Pat Leahy ('90-'92, 25-7, 3.67, 192 Ks), lefties Chris Michalak ('90-'93, 34-13, 12 saves, 3.21, 263 Ks) and Tom Price ('91-'94, 40-8, 5 SV, 2.70, 276 Ks), and big-game performers David Sinnes ('90-'93, 32-8, 6 SV, 2.91, 315 Ks) and Al Walania ('90-'93, 30-12, 8 SV, 236 Ks). That fivesome combined for a 161-48 record, 31 saves, a 3.19 career ERA and 1,282 Ks in 1,627 IP (7.09 per 9 IP).
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| Super Staff, no. 2 [Baseball] |
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The Irish produced another strong staff in '98, with the 4.02 ERA ranking 12th in the nation. The '98 staff included four pitchers with noteworthy careers: first-round draft pick Brad Lidge ('96-'98, 13-5, SV, 4.86, 143 Ks), lefty Tim Kalita ('97-'99, 11-1, 4.00, 214 Ks), four-year regular Alex Shilliday ('96-'99, 25-17, 4.41, 265 Ks) and three-time All-American Aaron Heilman ('98- , 28-7, 12 SV, 2.80, 314 Ks). That foursome's combined career totals: 77-30, 17 SV, 3.92 ERA and 936 Ks in 913.2 IP (9.22 per 9 IP). THREE-SPORT ATHLETE - Kevin Hardy is one of the most versatile athletes in recent Notre Dame history. As a sophomore ('64-'65), he became the first Notre Dame athlete in 19 years to monogram in three sports the same year. A two-time football All-American ('66, `67), Hardy lettered on the '64-'65 basketball team and led the '67 baseball team with a .398 batting average. 3,000 GAMES - Notre Dame baseball has amassed 3,047 games in 108 varsity seasons, reaching the 3,000-game milestone in the opener of a March 25, 2000, doubleheader versus Villanova (photo above) at Richie Ashburn Field in downtown Philadelphia (Aaron Heilman tossed a one-hitter in the 4-0 win).
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| Super Tex [Motor Sports] |
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The legendary A.J. Foyt.
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| Super-Bluff [Poker] |
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A successful bluff against the holder of a strong hand. For example, I have a pat 7-4 in no-limit lowball. You and I both have a lot of chips. Someone opens for $4, I raise $40, and you come in cold behind me. The first player does not call. After the draw, I bet $80. With only a momentary hesitation, you raise $200. I think you must have been slow-playing a monster, and fold for the raise. You chuckle, and show a flash of paint in your hand as you muck it. You have just run a super-bluff.
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| Super-Steel [Golf] |
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A term given to any number of alloys of steel that are stronger and often lighter than the 17-4 type of steel used commonly in metal woods.
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| Superbowl [General] |
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Winners of the AFC and NFC meet to determine the NFL Champion.
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| Supercharged, Supercharger [Motor Sports] |
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Serves the same function as a turbocharger but avoids lag time because it runs off an engine-driven pump. Both turbochargers and superchargers are used to produce more power without increasing engine displacement, but neither are particularly fuel efficient and both can require costly maintenance as vehicles age.
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| Supercharger [Motor Sports] |
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An air compressor fitted to an internal combustion engine to force the fuel-air mixture into the cylinders at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere. Boosts the power of the engine.
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| Superfecta [Golf] |
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A wagering term describing the first four greyhounds crossing the finish line in a race.
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| Superficial Flexor Tendon [Horse Racing] |
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Present in all four legs, but injuries most commonly affect the front legs. Located on the back (posterior) of the front leg between the knee and the foot and between the hock and the foot on the rear leg. The function is to flex the digit (pastern) and knee (carpus) and to extend the elbow on the front leg and extend the hock on the rear leg. Functions in tandem with the deep flexor tendon.
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| Superior Check Ligament [Horse Racing] |
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Fibrous band of tissue that originates above the knee and attaches to the superficial flexor tendon. Primary function is support of this tendon. Accessory ligament of the superficial flexor tendon.
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| Supermodified [Motor Sports] |
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An extreme form of Modifieds, easily distinguished from them by the fact that Supermodifieds are open-cockpit. Supermods (as the name is often shortened to) feature grossly offset chassis and engines, and often use an open formula with few restrictions.
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| Superspeedway [Motor Sports] |
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A racetrack of a mile or more in distance. Road courses are included. Racers refer to three types of oval tracks. Short tracks are under a mile, intermediate tracks are at least a mile but under two miles, and speedways are two miles and longer. The NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division currently races on fourteen intermediate tracks, four speedways (California Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Michigan Speedway, and Talladega Superspeedway), and one road course (Watkins Glen International).
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| Supination [Fencing] |
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A position in which the knuckles of the sword hand are down and the fingernails up.
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| Supplementary Payments [Motor Sports] |
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The agreement or policy that an agency will pay defense costs, premiums, and interests.
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| Supporting Points [Wrestling] |
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The parts of the wrestler's body that are supportingmost of his weight. These may include the feet, knees, side of thighs, buttocks,and sometimes hands.
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| Supremacy [Greyhound Racing] |
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A bet that relates to the performance of one participant compared to another.
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| Sure Thing [General] |
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A horse which an investor (punter) or tipster believes is unbeatable in a race.
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| Surebrite Wheel [Golf] |
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Ype of wheel used on a bench grinder or similar setup used to return a club’s finish to satin. Typically used on metal wood soleplates or satin-finished irons to restore their finish to near-new. See also “Scotchbrite Wheel.”
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| Surf [Sailing] |
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(1) The breaking waves and resulting foam near a shore. (2) The sport of riding breaking waves on a board.
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| Surface Arch [Synchro Swimming] |
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A position in which the lower back is arched, with the hips, shoulders and head on a vertical line. the legs together and at the surface.
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| Surface Plate [Motor Sports] |
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A large flat metal surface used as a dimensionally stable and level platform for the construction or alignment of a chassis.
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| Surlyn [Golf] |
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Material from which most golf balls are made of.
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| Surlyn™ [Golf] |
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A thermoplastic resin (ionomer) cover, invented by DuPont in the late 1970’s, Surlyn™ is a very common material in durable cover balls.
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| Surrender [Blackjack] |
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Surrender is the only option of not playing a hand after receiving your first two cards. When you exercise the option of surrender, the dealer will pick up your cards, and you will lose one half of your bet. This is done before the dealer plays out his hand. Shooting Star Casino is the only casino in Minnesota to offer surrender. The surrender option offered at Shooting Star Casino is called "late surrender", which means you may surrender only after the dealer has checked for Blackjack. Also Late Surrender and Early Surrender.
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| Survey [Sailing] |
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An inspection of a boat to determine its condition.
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| Surveyor [Sailing] |
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A person who is qualified to inspect a boat in order to determine its condition.
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| Survival Mode [Poker] |
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In a tournament, just trying to hang on till the limits go up, or avoid being busted before someone else, for the sake of making it to the final table or be among those who receive a payout. This is a no aggressive strategy some use to try to be among the winners of a tournament
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| Suspend (Or Suspension) [Horse Racing] |
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Punishment for infraction of rules. Offender denied privileges of racetrack for specified period of time. If permanently suspended: Ruled Off.
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