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Window Card [Poker]
	The front card of the five in a draw poker hand, when the cards are squared together such that only one can be seen. Also door card.

Window Dressing [Poker]
	Putting a card in the window (opening into the cage through which the cage person conducts transitions) for deceptive purposes. For example, some players use the joker in lowball as window dressing to scare other players from betting (but it sometimes has the opposite effect

Window Net [Motor Sports]
	A tight webbing that covers most of the left-side window of a Stock car, next to the driver. It prevents the driver's head and left arm from going out of the window in a left-side impact or roll, and it keeps crash debris from flying in the window and striking the driver's head. The window net unfastens at the top so the driver can get in and out.

Windscreen [Motor Sports]
	A transparent fiberglass surface on the front of a car designed to aid air flow and deflect turbulent air from the driver.

Windsucker [Horse Racing]
	A term describing a horse who places his upper incisor teeth on a ledge, presses down and swallows air at the same time. This habit makes an annoying noise.

Windward [Sailing]
	In the direction of the wind. Opposite of leeward.

Wing [Motor Sports]
	An aerodynamic device mounted such that airflow passes over and under the device. Used to create downforce, aiding in traction and stability. Also known as an airfoil.

Wing and Wing [Sailing]
	A method of running before the wind with two sails set. Usually the mainsail on one side and a headsail on the other, or one headsail on each side.

Wing Chun [Martial Arts]
	"Beautiful springtime." A form of Chinese kung fu that centers around strong linear punches and centerline movement.

Wing Forward [Rugby]
	See flanker.

Winger [Soccer]
	Name given to the right and left outside forwards in a 4-3-3 formation, not commonly played anymore in men's soccer.

Wingman [Ice Hockey]
	Same as wing.

Wings [Motor Sports]
	Located on the nose and rear of the racecar, wings produce downforce to stick a car to the racetrack. Wings are adjustable to affect the traction and balance of the car. Wings will be changed, depending on the track type and the effects desired by the driver, but they are strictly regulated for size and position by series sanctioning bodies.

Wings or Wingers [Soccer]
	The outside forwards who play to the sides of the strikers and whose primary task is to provide them with accurate crossing passes so they can shoot at the goal; often the fastest players and best dribblers on a team.

Winner [Poker]

1) Pertaining to winner blind, and almost always followed by a number designating the size of the blind. This variation of blinding is most frequently found in draw games, but is also seen in no-limit hold 'em. Winner eight, for example, means the winner of this pot must leave $4 for the next pot, making the next hand $8-limit (in a limit game) or $8 minimum bet (in a no-limit game). Usually each winner in a winner game blinds for the same amount.

Winner Blind [Poker]

A blind game in which the winner of the last pot leaves chips representing a blind in the current pot; these chips are the same as any blind, that is, they are counted as part of the bet of the player who has that blind. In draw games, the winner of the previous pot bets last in the pre-draw betting round. This sort of blind is a dead blind, as opposed to a live blind, because whoever wins it doesn't get to keep it. Also, leave it.

Winner Kill [Poker]

Winner Leave it [Poker]

Winner on the Dark Side [Craps]
	Betting that the next roll will be the number of 3.

Winner's Circle [Horse Racing]
	The enclosure adjacent to the racing oval where a winning horse or greyhound is brought for a ceremonial win photo with the owner, trainer, and their friends.

Winner-Takes-All [Horse Racing]
	Winner receiving all the purse or stakes.

Winning Hand [Video Poker]
	A winning hand is one that you get paid for. For most video poker games the lowest winning hand is a Pair of Jacks. In Deuces Wild Video Poker, it's Three of a Kind.

Winning Margin [General]
	A wager that involves predicting the winning margin of one team over another.

Winning Numbers [Keno]
	The 20 numbers drawn in the keno game.

Winning Percentage [Football]
	The percentage of its games a team has won during a period of time, given by the following formula: Winning Percentage = (#wins + #ties/2)/(#games played)

Winning Post [Horse Racing]
	The post, usually stipulating the name of the paceway, which marks exactly where the finish line is for all races at that track.

Winning Streak [Poker]
	In the midst of winning a series of hands, or a period of time during which a player wins more than her share of hands. Also, hot streak, rush.

Winning Tickets [Poker]
	Cards that win a pot.

Winnings [Keno]
	A successful Bet, i.e.: where selected numbers match the Draw such that monies are payable according to the Pay scale.

Wins (W) [Baseball]
	Number of games that resulted in a win for a pitcher or a team.

Winston Cup [Motor Sports]
	The creme de la creme of NASCAR racing, the drivers are going for all the marbles in this race that spans the entire season as drivers accumulate points at each of 31 events. The driver that accumulates the most points, not the most wins, becomes the eventual Winston Cup winner.

Winston Million, the [Motor Sports]
	A $1 million award given to any NASCAR Winston Cup driver who wins three of four selected races -- the Daytona 500, the Winston Select 500 (Talladega), the Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte), and the Mountain Dew Southern 500 (Darlington).

Winter Rules [Golf]
	Local rules that allow a golfer to improve the lie of the ball on the fairway, primarily because of unusual conditions resulting from winter weather.

Winter Wickets [Croquet]
	Thin wire wickets used when the ground is frozen. Why the summer wickets were not left in is a question for the psychologist.

Wire [Horse Racing]
	Another term for the finish line.

Wire Cage [Keno]
	A cage used to mix keno balls. Older type game.

Wire Joint [Poker]
	A crooked card-room or gambling establishment. Also called juice joint.

Wire-to-Wire [Motor Sports]
	When a driver wins the race from the pole position.

Wired [Poker]
	1) A pair in the hole in seven card stud is a wired pair. 2) "Wired" can also describe someone who's had a few gallons of coffee trying to stay alert through an all- night poker game.

Wired Ball [Croquet]
	A ball behind the wicket or peg that cannot be hit by the strikers ball or other ball because of the obstruction.

Wired Pair [Poker]
	1) A pair in the hole. 2) In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.

Wires [Motor Sports]
	Wire wheels.

Wise Guy [General]
	A well-informed or knowledgeable handicapper or bettor.

Wissota [Motor Sports]
	A Wisconsin-based organization that sanctions regional Stock and Modified racing in the Midwest and Northwest.

Withers [Horse Racing]
	Area above the shoulder, where the neck meets the back.

Withholding [Lotto]
	The anticipated tax amount deducted from prize payments. The base withholding is a 28% deduction for the federal government on wins by US residents and 38% on wins by non-residents.

Without Cover [Horse Racing]
	To race in front of all other horses, without any protection from the wind resistance. A horse can be racing without cover if it is the leader, racing in the death seat, or racing out wide on the track.

Wiw [Wrestling]
	World Independent Wrestling

Wl [Greyhound Racing]
	Waterloo, Iowa

Wmcw [Wrestling]
	West Michigan Championship Wrestling

Wnba [General]
	Women's National Basketball Association.

Wo [Greyhound Racing]
	Wonderland

Wobbler [Horse Racing]
	A neurological disease due to compression of the spinal cord. Seen principally in 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds.

Wobbler Syndrome [Horse Racing]
	Neurological disease clinically associated with general incoordination and muscle weakness. Can be caused by an injury to the spinal cord in the area of the cervical (neck) vertebrae or is associated with malformation of the cervical vertebrae.

Wohw [Wrestling]
	World of Hurt Wrestling

Wolf Teeth [Horse Racing]
	These are extra teeth found just forward to the first upper molar. They must be extracted, as they are tender and interfere with the metal bit.

Women's Doubles [Table Tennis]
	Doubles competition between female teams.

Wonder Boy [Motor Sports]
	A name given to Jeff Gordon by some of his detractors. Frankly, he is a “wonder” having won 27 races and two NASCAR driving championships by the age of 26. Gordon will likely be a wonder no matter how long he races.

Wong / Wonging [Blackjack]

1. To back count the cards dealt at a particular table and to then join play only when the count indicates the game has swung to the player's advantage, and then to leave when the count indicates the game has turned unfavorable. 2. Playing in any favorable situation in a number of different games. It is named after blackjack author and BJ21 webmaster Stanford Wong, who popularized this method of play.

Woo [Motor Sports]
	World Of Outlaws sprint car racing series.

Wood [Golf]
	A club, which can be made of wood or metal, that has a large head and is used for shots requiring greater distance. Usually a numbered set of 5 or more starting with the driver and proceeding to the 5 wood.

Wood Shot [Badminton]
	A shot on which the frame of the racket strikes the base of the shuttle. Formerly illegal, but legalized in 1963.

Wooden Bottoms [Poker]
	Cards dealt from the bottom of the deck in amateurish, easy-to-detect fashion.

Wooden Cleek [Golf]
	Antique wooden shafted wood equivalent to modern #4 wood.

Wooden Hand [Poker]
	A hand that cannot improve or that cannot possibly win. Comes from deadwood, a term for the discards.

Wooden Mashie [Golf]
	Antique wooden shafted wood equivalent to modern #5 wood.

Woods [Poker]

The place where sneaky poker players lie in wait, usually accompanied by powerhouse hands they have sandbagged, or otherwise slow-played, to trap unwary aggressive players; often part of the phrase waiting in the weeds or lying in the weeds. For example, in a high draw game, you raised before the draw with three aces. Among the several callers, the first man took three cards and passed after the draw. Everyone else passed. You did not improve your hand, but three aces is worth a bet after the draw, so you bet. The three-card draw now raises. The others fold. You call. He shows his full house.

Woodwork [Soccer]
	Another name for the crossbar and goalposts of a soccer goal.

Woolly Bear [Poker]
	The nuts (Best possible hand); usually preceded by a.

Woolworth [Poker]

1) In lowball, a 10-5 hand. 2) In high, two pair, 10s and 5s. 3) In hold 'em, a 10 and 5 as one's first two cards. 4) Any game in which 10s and 5s are wild. 5) A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, five cards 5 to 10 with no pair, which ranks above three of a kind and below a straight. For all definitions 1 to 4, also called dime store; for definitions 2 and 3 only, sometimes also called dime stores. Comes from the F. W. Woolworth retail chain, individual stores of which were often called five-and-ten-cent stores or five-and-dime stores (and often shortened to dime stores).

Woppitzer [Poker]
	Someone with body odor or bad breath who hangs around card games (on the outside), often offering gratuitous advice and unwanted opinions, commenting on the play, and generally being obnoxious and the worst kind of kibitzer.

Work [Wrestling]
	(noun) Simply put, wrestling is a work because it is fake but it tries to lead people to believe that it is real. While a shoot is real, everything else in wrestling is a work.

Work the Broads [Poker]
	Cheat at cards, particularly three-card monte.

Worked Shoot [Wrestling]
	(noun) An angle that is made to look so incredibly realistic that people will think that it is actually a shoot. Often the people involved in a worked shoot will break character in order to make it look like whatever event just happened wasn’t part of the script. These angles are often done to appeal to the smart fans.

Worker [Wrestling]

(noun) Wrestlers are said to "work" a match and are thus called "workers". The more talented they are, the better a "worker" they are considered. As a match progresses, it is possible to separate the match into "action" and "inaction" portions. When the wrestlers are doing something that's the action, and when they're in a resthold or lying on the mat after a double-knockout or whatever, that's the inaction. The ratio of action to inaction is the workrate. A wrestler whose matches have lots of action and a minimum of resting has good workrate, and a wrestler who spends the entire match in a reverse chinlock has bad workrate.

Workhorse [Baseball]
	Phrase used to describe a pitcher who can pitch a lot of innings.

Working [Craps]
	A casino term meaning that the bets are at risk on the next roll of the dice.

Working Ball [Bowling]
	A ball with a lot of action.

Working Bets [Craps]

Bets that are "live" (i.e., can be resolved with the next roll) are said to be working. Generally, place bets, buy/lay bets, and come odds bets do not work on the come-out unless you tell the dealers to "make them work." All other bets (e.g., hardways) work unless you call them "off" (i.e., tell the dealers you do not want them to "work").,,,that are "live" (i.e., can be resolved with the next roll) are said to be working. Generally, place bets, buy/lay bets, and come odds bets do not work on the come-out unless you tell the dealers to "make them work." All other bets (e.g., Hard way) work unless you call them "off" (i.e., tell the dealers you do not want them to "work").

Working Sails [Sailing]
	The sails used on a particular sailboat in normal weather conditions.

Working Sheet [Sailing]
	The sheet that is currently taught and in use to control a sail. The opposite of the lazy sheet.

Working the Telegraph [Poker]
	Cheating by sending prearranged signals, say by finger positions similar to the "signing" used by the hearing impaired, or by certain code words and phrases embedded within seemingly ordinary conversation, of a victim's hand to the signaler's confederate.

Workrate [Wrestling]
	N. the approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a match or in a wrestler's performance.

World Bet [Craps]
	A bet that the next roll will be 2, 3, 7, 11, or 12, made in multiples of 5, with one unit on each of the numbers. ($5 world bet = $1 on2, $1 on 3, $1 on 7, and $2 on 11 or 12)

World Cup [Soccer]
	The international soccer competition held by FIFA every 4 years between the top professional teams in the world, pitting nation against nation; the most watched event in the world, attracting a television audience of over 3 billion viewers.

World Series [Baseball]
	The championship series matching the winners of the American League and the National League. The series is preceded by Divisional and League Championship series in each league. The World Series is a best-of-seven affair that takes place in October and has been held annually since 1903 (except in 1904 and 1994).

World Series of Poker Dictionary [Poker]
	A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.

World Sports Car [Motor Sports]
	Open-cockpit, two-seat prototype sports race cars.

World's Fair [Poker]
	A big hand.

Worm-Burner [Baseball]
	A ground ball with heavy topspin that rolls briskly across the field without bouncing

Wormburner [Golf]
	A ball hit with adequate distance that hugs the ground.

Worst Likely Hand [Poker]
	The worst holding you might put another player on.

Worst of it [Poker]
	Fighting the odds; usually preceded by take the or have the; a situation in which a wager has an unfavorable return. Opposite of best of it.

Wound Ball [Golf]
	Type of ball characterized by a cover over a matrix of rubber windings that cover a central core. Wound balls often have a softer feel and higher spin rate than other ball types. They may also be called three-piece balls.

Wow [Wrestling]
	Women Of Wrestling

Wp [Baseball]
	Wild Pitches

Wpct [Baseball]
	Winning Percentage

Wpw [Wrestling]
	World Professional Wrestling

Wrap Around [Bowling]
	A shot on which the 6-pin almost hits the 10-pin but spins right around it, leaving it standing.

Wrap Up [Bingo]
	Name of the last game of a "session."

Wraparound [Poker]

In Omaha, a situation in which your four down cards consist of three consecutive cards, which combine with two cards of the flop to form five consecutive cards, so that a large number of cards on the turn or river give you a straight. For example, your down cards are 6-5-4-A, and the flop is 7-8-K. You can make a straight with any of 13 cards, any 6, 5, or 4, three each of which remain, or any 9, of which four remain.

Wrc [Motor Sports]
	World Rally Car - Car designed for highest class in World Rally Championships.

Wrecked Shot [Curling]
	A shot that fails because it inadvertently strikes another stone. See also crash.

Wrench [Motor Sports]
	The one who wields the wrenches, a mechanic.

Wrestle [Wrestling]

To contend by grappling and attempting to throw or immobilize one's opponent, especially under contest rules. To contend or struggle: wrestling with budget cuts. To strive in an effort to master something: wrestle with one's conscience. To take part in (a wrestling match). To take part in a wrestling match with. To move or lift with great effort and force: wrestled the piano up the stairs. To throw (a calf or other animal) for branding. The act or a bout of wrestling. A struggle.

Wrestling [Wrestling]
	A sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling.

Wring in [Poker]
	A variant spelling of ring in (To substitute a prearranged deck for the one that is supposed to be dealt.); usually followed by a deck

Wrist Shot [Ice Hockey]
	A shot made using a strong flicking of the wrist and forearm muscles, with the stick blade kept on the ice; it is slower but more accurate than a slap shot.

Writer [Keno]
	The employee at the counter who takes your bet, produces the computer generated ticket, and pays the winners.

Wrong [Horse Racing]
	Go amiss.

Wrong Bettor [Craps]
	A player who bets that the dice will not pass.

Wry Neck [Golf]
	Scottish name for an offset or gooseneck putter.

Ws [Greyhound Racing]
	Woodlands, Kansas

Wsc [General]
	World Series Cricket.

Wsf [General]
	World Squash Federation.

Wsop [Poker]
	World Series of Poker.

Wsp [Poker]
	World Series of Poker.

Wsw [Wrestling]
	Western States Wrestling

Wt [Greyhound Racing]
	Wichita, Kansas

Wtw [Wrestling]
	World Television Wrestling

Wurlitzer [Poker]
	1) In lowball, a pair of 8s (that is, 88; comes from the number of keys on the instrument). 2) In hold 'em, 8-8 as one's two starting cards.

Wushu [Martial Arts]
	"War arts." A highly gymnastic, traditional sport-like artform characterized by several styles.

Wvwa [Wrestling]
	West Virginia Wrestling Alliance

Wwa [Wrestling]
	World Wrestling Association - Mexico

Wwc [Wrestling]
	World Wrestling Council

Wwf [General]
	World Wrestling Federation.

Wwo [Wrestling]
	World Wrestling Organization

Www [Blackjack]
	The acronym for Bally's Wild Wild West casino in Atlantic City, NJ.