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(in sport) the achievement by a country of taking the first three positions in a race of competition.
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(slang) A nickname for Detroit.
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(sports) Clipping of aggregate. (the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores) [A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.]
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(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
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(sports) A member of a team of star players.
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(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
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(figuratively, slang) A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.
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(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
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A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
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(soccer, rarely) A draw in which both teams score but it is considered a boring game to watch.
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Alternative form of bore draw [(soccer) A draw in which neither team scores, i.e. the game ends 0–0.]
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Alternative form of box score [(sports, Canada, US) A score showing the final scores of the teams in a game, as well as certain individual and team achievements.]
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(US, basketball, informal) An American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.
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(idiomatic, sports) To score the first goal or point in a competition.
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The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
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Alternative spelling of buzzer-beater [(basketball, idiomatic) A shot that wins (or in some usage, ties) a game at the last possible moment.]
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(sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
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(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
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(Britain and Canada) Alternative spelling of checking [(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.]
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(idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations.
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(sports) A person involved with others in selecting team players.
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(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
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(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
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(sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance
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(basketball) The last few minutes of play in the fourth quarter.
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(informal, sports) A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup
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(sports) A match in a cup competition
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(informal, sports) A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs.
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(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
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(softball) To defeat a team twice in the finals.
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(curling) The person who assigns teams to different sheets, sets starting times, assigns players to teams in casual play, etc.
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(sports) An athletic competition between two teams (of a club, school, nation, etc.), especially track, cross-country, swimming, and rowing.
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The very final part of something timed, especially a sports game.
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(curling) Overtime in a tied game
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(sports) The premier international team competition in women's tennis.
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(sports) The blow of the whistle by the referee or other adjudicator signifying the end of the match.
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(Scotland, slang) football
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(chiefly Britain, slang) Football / soccer.
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(US, slang) A fourth successive win.
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(sports) The period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players with substitutes.
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(ice hockey) the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.
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(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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(tennis, golf) Winning all four major championships (a grand slam) plus an Olympic gold medal.
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(sports) The winning of all available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
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(sports, by extension) Three achievements in a single game, or similar, such as three consecutive wins.
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(sports) A match which ends in defeat for a promising player or team.
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(nonstandard, video games) Alternative spelling of high score [(video games) A score that is the highest or among the highest for a particular game, often recorded in a high-score table.]
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(sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
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(video games) A score that is the highest or among the highest for a particular game, often recorded in a high-score table.
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(tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
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(usually in the plural, Britain) Point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.
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(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.
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A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.
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(sports) A player chosen as having made the most outstanding achievement during a match, and awarded a small prize.
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(transitive, sports) To mark an opposition player closely.
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A score for a sporting achievement.
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A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
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(sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.
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(sports) A rule that ends a one-sided contest prior to its natural conclusion.
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(sports) A player chosen as having made the best contribution to a team during a match, often awarded a small prize.
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(US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
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Alternative form of 9-man [A volleyball game with nine players per side and a larger than normal court.]
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(sports) The standard period of play, contrasted with any additional periods such as injury time, extra time or penalty shootout.
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(sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
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(sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
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That takes place on a sports field
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(chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.
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(sports) To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
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A formal demerit awarded to a driver for a road traffic offense. Acquiring points beyond a certain limit leads to sanctions such as a ban from driving.
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(sports, chiefly ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
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(idiomatic, soccer) to send a long pass or cross to.
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(sports) An impromptu game that is spontaneously started by a group of players.
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(sports) To allow play to continue, that the referee doesn't whistle for a foul, despite the attacking team being fouled, because they are in an advantageous position.
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(sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
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A competition score expressed in points.
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One who bets (punts) against the bank.
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(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any four of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.
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(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of all five of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in a single game.
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(dated) A set or game at tennis.
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(sports) The final score in a game.
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(sports) The act of winning a match after losing the maximum number of sets where, should you lose one more set, you would instead lose the match.
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A replacement made at the last minute, usually in a sporting context.
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The French Open, one of the four events in the Grand Slam.
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(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
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(sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
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The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
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(soccer) A draw in which both teams score, i.e. the game ends 1–1, 2–2, 3–3, etc.
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Alternative form of score draw [(soccer) A draw in which both teams score, i.e. the game ends 1–1, 2–2, 3–3, etc.]
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Someone who keeps track of the score at a sporting event or other contest.
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A line in a newspaper or other publication giving the score in a sports match
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(by extension) A list of people who have scored.
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(US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
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(sports, soccer) The second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.
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(soccer) The dismissal from the game of a player who has already been booked and would receive another yellow card, indicated by the referee by showing the player the yellow immediately followed by the red card, distinct from and less grave than a straight red card.
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(sports) A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card
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(transitive, tennis) To win a set, or by extension a match, by holding serve (winning a game as the server).
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(countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
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(US) A sports complex that includes soccer facilities.
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Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.
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Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
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(sports, role-playing games) an action that improves a player's statistics despite being of little benefit to his or her team or its chance of winning
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(dated) A match in this sport.
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(US, slang) To win somethings three times consecutively.
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(US, slang) A third successive win.
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(sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
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(sports) A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
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(sports, uncommon except in the present participle) To score more than anyone else in a particular match or competition.
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Alternative spelling of top scorer [(sports, ballgames) A person who scores most or among the best in a specified league, team or game.]
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(soccer) A period of time during the year in which soccer players may be bought or sold between professional clubs.
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(sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
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(US, Australia, New Zealand) The attainment of three important achievements, qualities, etc.
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(sports) pertaining to AAA class sports leagues
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(sports) An award representing victory in three events, especially in horse-racing.
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(ice hockey) The group of players and coaches who have won the sport's three most important championships—the Olympics, the World Championships, and Stanley Cup.
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(sports) Three games played one after another between the same teams.
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Alternative form of triple-header [(sports) Three games played one after another between the same teams.]
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(sports) A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.
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(sports, soccer) A competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.
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(sports) A reserves team.
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(Canada) An initiation level of sports competition for young children
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The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
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(sports, informal) A player of any of the Tennessee Volunteers college sports teams.
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Any of various games played by groups in a large area, such as a field or woodland.
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(sports) A point or goal that wins a competition.
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(sports) The world's best score or time for a certain event.
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(sports, by extension) A grouping of athletes or teams with similar skill level.
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