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| Suspension [Horse Racing] |
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A driver or trainer who is deemed, by the stewards, to have broken one or more of the rules of harness racing, may receive a suspension as punishment. A suspension means a driver cannot participate in any race and a trainer may not train for a set period of time. The length of time a trainer or driver is suspended is decided by the Stewards in relation to the severity of their offence. For instance, a driver with a previously unblemished record would receive a lighter penalty than another who had previously offended. A horse can also be placed under suspension, in which case it would be debarred from racing.
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| Suspension & Wheel Energy Management System (Swems) [Motor Sports] |
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Wheel-restraint system using multiple restraints attached at multiple points to a car’s chassis and suspension designed to minimize the possibilities of wheel assemblies becoming detached during high-speed accidents. The restraints are made of FIA-approved Zylon. This material, with its high-tensile properties and its wound construction (opposed to woven), has a breaking strength of 5 tons. The Indy Racing League introduced SWEMS in May 1999.
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| Suspension Lines [Skydiving] |
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The lines from the risers to the canopy. They are normally in four groups, labeled from front to back as A, B, C and D. They can be further divided into right and left or front and back riser groups, and by type of material.
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| Suspensory Ligament [Horse Racing] |
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Originates at the back of the knee (front leg) and the back of the top part of the cannon bone (hind leg), attaching to the sesamoid bones. The lower portion of the ligament attaches the lower part of the sesamoid bones to the pastern bones. Its function is to support the fetlock. The lower ligaments that attaches the sesamoid bone to the pastern bones are the distal sesamoidean ligaments.
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| Suspensory Ligament Strain [Horse Racing] |
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The suspensory ligament is a broad ligament that lies behind the cannon bone and splits into two branches a few inches above the fetlock joint, attaches to the outside of the sesamoids and ends in front of the pastern as part of the extensor tendon. It supports the fetlock joint. When it is injured, it becomes thickened and inflamed and loses its shape. Often a fractured splint bone will be found to be the cause of the injury.
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| Sutemi [Martial Arts] |
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Sacrifice.
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| Sutemi Waza [Martial Arts] |
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"Sacrifice techniques," in which the defender apparently yields to the attacker's pressure and then uses the attacker's momentum to execute a throw.
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| Svengali Deck [Poker] |
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A machine-made deck that contains marked cards, shaved cards, cards made up of pieces of other cards for certain effects, etc. Such decks are sold at magic supply outlets, supposedly for entertainment, and are indeed used by magicians to perform tricks, but they are also used by thieves to introduce into card games. Svengali was a character in George Du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby, an evil hypnotist who enslaved the title character, a young woman
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| Svo [Baseball] |
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Save Opportunities
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| Svop [Baseball] |
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Save Opportunities
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| Sw [Blackjack] |
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1. The acronym for Steve Wynn, casino owner. 2. The acronym for Stanford Wong, author. 3. Software, in a computer context.
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| Swa [Wrestling] |
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Southwest Wrestling Alliance
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| Swab [Sailing] |
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(1) A mop made from rope. (2) To use such a mop.
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| Swabbing [Horse Racing] |
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The taking of blood and/or urine samples from a horse for analysis by a testing laboratory. The stewards may direct any horse to be swabbed before or after it has raced, irrespective of where it finishes in the race. The samples are tested by the laboratory for any irregularities or prohibited substances or drugs. A positive swab is one which has been found to contain a prohibited substance.
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| Swaging [Golf] |
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A method, used in shaft manufacture, in which the tip of the shaft is elongated in order to make it a specific smaller diameter.
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| Swale [Golf] |
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A moderately contoured depression or dip in terrain.
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| Swallow [Sailing] |
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The place between the sheave (roller) and housing of a block, through which the line is run.
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| Swamp [Sailing] |
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To fill with water.
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| Swap Paint [Motor Sports] |
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To make contact with another car. Also "rub".
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| Swapping Paint [Motor Sports] |
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Making light contact with another car. Also known as rubbing or trading paint.
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| Sway Bar [Motor Sports] |
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Sometimes called an ,, antiroll bar." Bar used to resist or counteract the rolling force of the car body through the turns.
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| Swayback [Horse Racing] |
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Horse with a prominent concave shape of the backbone, usually just behind the withers (saddle area). Scoliosis.
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| Sweat [Poker] |
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1) Take a long time to look at your cards, often by squeezing; often followed by a or the hand or cards. "Will you hurry up? We're paying time!" "Hold on, this is an important pot; I gotta sweat these cards." 2) Kibitz (Watch someone play, or stand and watch a game, often from the rail.). "Aren't ya ready to leave yet?" "Hold on, I wanna sweat this game a few more minutes." 3) Win by careful play, avoiding taking risks.
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| Sweat Out [Poker] |
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Sweat (Take a long time to look at your cards, often by squeezing; often followed by a or the hand or cards. "Will you hurry up? We're paying time!" "Hold on, this is an important pot; I gotta sweat these cards."). "Will you hurry up? We're paying time!" "Hold on, this is an important pot; I gotta sweat out this hand."
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| Sweater [Poker] |
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Kibitzer; sometimes in particular someone who, in a tournament, stands on the rail and closely follows the play of one particular player, perhaps because of having a financial interest in, or being married to, the significant other of, or a friend of, that player
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| Sweating Up [Horse Racing] |
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A horse which is sweating up has a lather of frothy looking sweat all over its body. This sweat may develop on a nervous, fractious or fired-up horse before it races, or on a horse that has experienced a hard run during a race, or one that is just plain hot.
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| Swedish Fall [Gymnastics] |
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A drop straight to the ground in which the hands shoot out an instant before landing.
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| Sweep [Poker] |
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Scoop (Win all of the pot in a high-low poker game that does not have a declare by having both the highest and the lowest hand.)
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| Sweep Check [Ice Hockey] |
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A check made by a player with one hand on the stick, and one knee so low it is practically on the ice, with the shaft and blade of the stick flat on the ice to take the puck away from an opponent.
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| Sweeper [Poker] |
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1) A hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot. 2) The player holding the hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot. 3) The player who declares both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare. Also called scooper.
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| Sweepers [Horse Racing] |
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Those horses which were racing at the rear of the field but are moved out to race wide on the track by their drivers in order to get a clear run down the home straight towards the finish line.
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| Sweeping Hand [Poker] |
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A hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot.
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| Sweepstakes [General] |
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Type of betting whereby each horse in a race is drawn out of a hat by a particular person (who pays a set amount of money for the privilege of buying a horse). The people which chose the winner and placegetters will receive a percentage of the total money pool.
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| Sweet Spot [Golf] |
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The position on the club face at which maximum energy and feel will be transferred.
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| Sweeten [Poker] |
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Add money (sometimes just in the form of antes) to a pot.
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| Sweeten the Pot [Poker] |
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1) Raise. "Let's sweeten the pot a little" means "I'm going to raise," and, in a no-limit game, generally portends a large raise.2) Ante again after an unopened deal in any game with opening requirements, as jacks or better. This phrase is more commonly heard in home games than in card rooms.
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| Swell [Sailing] |
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Large smooth waves that do not crest. Swells are formed by wind action over a long distance.
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| Swerve [Wrestling] |
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(noun) Something incorporated into an angle or storyline that is designed to throw off the "smart" fans.
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| Swervin' Irvan [Motor Sports] |
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Nickname awarded to Winston Cup driver Ernie Irvan after what could be called "agressive driving," capped off by a multi-car pile up at Talladega.
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| Swf [Wrestling] |
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Slammers Wrestling Federation
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| Swim Platform [Sailing] |
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A platform, usually on the transom, allowing swimmers to easily climb back onto a boat.
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| Swim-Off [Water Polo] |
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The method of starting a period. Players take up positions on their own goal lines. A referee then blows the whistle, tosses the ball into the center of the pool, and the players race for it. Also called a sprint.
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| Swing [Poker] |
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1) Declare both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare. 2) Win both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare. (Just because you declare both ways does not necessarily mean you'll win both ways.) 3) Win all of the pot in a high-low poker game that does not have a declare, by having the best hand for one way and no one has qualifiers for the other way. For example, in high-low seven-stud, 8 for low, if you have a full house, and no one has an 8-low or better, you swung the pot. This usage is not common. For meanings 1, 2, and 3, more commonly called scoop. 4) Steal, or go south. "He was swinging with house chips, so they quit staking him." 5) Swing shift. "When do you work?" "I'm on swing."
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| Swing a Compass [Sailing] |
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The act of checking compass readings against known headings in order to determine the compass error.
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| Swing Axle [Motor Sports] |
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Type of independent rear suspension using half shafts that have universal joints only at their inboard ends on both sides of the differential. This causes a camber angle change of the wheel with up-and-down wheel movements.
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| Swing Computer [Golf] |
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Device used in club fitting to accurately define swing characteristics such as swing path, swing speed, tempo, face angle, etc. Typically used indoors only, swing computers may cost several thousand dollars and will graphically display a golfer’s swing, aiding in the fitting process.
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| Swing Hand [Poker] |
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A hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot.
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| Swing Man [Basketball] |
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A player who can be used at two positions, usually guard and forward.
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| Swing Shift [Poker] |
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One of the three shifts in a 24-hour card room or casino, the shift between day and graveyard. Swing shift usually starts anywhere between 6 pm and 8 p.m. and ends eight hours later.
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| Swing to the Hill [Skiing] |
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Also known as stop swinging, or hockey-stops, this is a sudden parallel turnout of the fall-line to a position across the fall-line, which brings the skier to a complete stop. Ice hockey players (i.e. Americans/Canadians) will be more familiar with the term 'hockey stop' -- but how much ice hockey is played here in Australia?
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| Swinger [Poker] |
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1) A hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot. 2) The player holding the hand that wins both ways in any high-low pot. 3) The player who declares both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare.
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| Swinging Bridge [Sailing] |
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A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.
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| Swinging Circle, Swinging Room [Sailing] |
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The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.
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| Swingweight [Golf] |
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A club’s weight distribution around a fixed fulcrum point. The fulcrum point is typically 14” from the butt of the club. Swingweight is commonly referred to as the relationship between the weight of the grip end of the club and head end. It is measured in alpha-numeric units such as D-1, D-2, and so on with higher letter-number units indicating more weight in the head relative to the grip.
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| Swingweight Scale [Golf] |
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A measuring scale specific to golf clubs that utilizes a balance system to determine the swingweight and possibly the total weight of a golf club.
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| Swipe [Horse Racing] |
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A groom.
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| Swish [Basketball] |
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To make a shot that goes in without touching the rim or backboard.
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| Swiss Cheese Ball [Bowling] |
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A ball with many holes in it, used to determine the proper fit for a bowler so a custom ball can be drilled.
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| Switch [Poker] |
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Substitute dishonest cards for honest ones, as, for example, bring in a marked or stacked deck. Also, bring in a deck.
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| Switch Man [Poker] |
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A person who introduces a dishonest deck into a game, surreptitiously replacing an honest deck.
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| Switch-Hitter [Baseball] |
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Player who is able to bat left-handed or right-handed. A switch-hitter will bat from the opposite side in which the pitchers throws.
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| Switchback [Motor Sports] |
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A hairpin turn; British.
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| Swivel [Sailing] |
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A rotating fitting used to keep a line from tangling.
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| Swoop [Skydiving] |
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To approach very aggressively, then brake quickly for a soft approach. Can be used to refer to flight in freefall or under canopy.
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| Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter [Horse Racing] |
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A contraction of the diaphragm in synchrony with the heart beat after strenuous exercise. Affected horses have a noticeable twitch or spasm in the flank area which may cause an audible sound, hence the term "thumps." Most commonly seen in electrolyte-depleted/exhausted horses. The condition resolves spontaneously with rest.
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| Synovial Fluid [Horse Racing] |
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Lubricating fluid contained within a joint, tendon sheath or bursa.
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| Synovial Joint [Horse Racing] |
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A movable joint that consists of articulating bone ends covered by articular cartilage held together with a joint capsule and ligaments and containing synovial fluid in the joint cavity.
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| Synovial Sheath [Horse Racing] |
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The inner lining of a tendon sheath that produces synovial fluid. Allows ease of motion for the tendons as they cross joints.
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| Synovitis [Horse Racing] |
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Inflammation of a synovial structure, typically a synovial sheath.
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| Synthetic Oil [Motor Sports] |
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Engine lubricant not derived from raw petroleum. It has superior engine-protection properties but costs as much as five times more than petroleum oil.
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| System [General] |
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A wager or series of wagers usually based on statistics or mathematical probability and which determine the selections.
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| Sökö [Poker] |
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A variant of five-card stud, played mainly in Scandinavian countries, in which a four-straight ranks higher than one pair, and a four-flush ranks higher than a four-straight and just under two pair. The game is usually played pot limit.
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