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(chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
v
(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
v
(transitive) To ostracize.
n
Alternative spelling of body check [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, check.]
v
(intransitive) To play such an opening.
v
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To check in (to a hotel).
v
(transitive) To reserve or book all of something, for example by purchasing all the tickets.
adj
(Britain, sports) Warranting a booking (a yellow card).
v
(US, idiomatic) To change plans at the last minute based on newly revealed information.
v
(US, gambling) To retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling.
v
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
n
(sports) The completion of a show jumping course without knocking down any of the obstacles.
n
A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision.
n
The mark in a test required to achieve a pass.
v
(transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
v
(professional wrestling, slang) To release a wrestler from their contract.
v
To make a pass of this kind.
v
(intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
v
(transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
v
(intransitive, sports) To start play.
v
(idiomatic) To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.
n
A thought experiment involving a game between two players, one of whom purports to be able to predict the future. The first player has to try to maximize winnings by choosing one of two boxes of money; however, the amount won also depends on whether a prediction made about the choice by the other player proves to be true.
adj
(idiomatic) So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.
v
(athletics) To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-mark (no distance), by failing to make a valid ground mark from an attempt, and fouling/faulting out of competition.
v
(ice hockey, skating, transitive) To skate better than.
v
(transitive, intransitive, gambling) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
n
(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
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(obsolete, dice games) The game of passage.
n
Alternative form of pass-out [A ticket (or similar) allowing a person to leave (a theatre etc) and subsequently re-enter]
n
An act of patting somebody's clothes to check for concealed weapons, etc.
v
(slang, archaic, gambling) To bet an excessive amount of money.
v
(transitive, sports) To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.
v
(idiomatic, sports) To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.
n
(Britain) In the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week.
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To engage in the practice – usually by coaching decision – of scoring more points than needed in a one-sided contest.
v
(transitive, separable, idiomatic) To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
n
Alternative spelling of spell-off [In a spelling bee, an instance when two or more spellers go through several rounds without any being disqualified.]
n
(UK, historical games) Alternative form of stack-upon-the-kill. [(UK, historical games) A dogpile game played in Cheshire and other areas of Britain.]
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(intransitive, video games) To sidestep; to move sideways without turning (a core mechanic of most first-person shooters).
v
(intransitive) To run out of money in a gambling establishment.
v
To make a gesture of group affiliation (especially with a gang) from a distance.
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(intransitive) To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
n
Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.
n
A puzzle of this kind: "You are given two indistinguishable envelopes, each containing money; one contains twice as much as the other. You may pick one envelope and keep the money it contains. Having chosen an envelope at will, but before inspecting it, you are given the chance to switch envelopes. Should you switch?" Because you stand to gain twice as much money if you switch while risking only a loss of half of what you currently have, it is possible to argue (fallaciously) that it is beneficial to switch.
n
Alternative spelling of walk-on [A student athlete who wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.]
adj
Alternative spelling of want-away [(of a professional sportsperson, usually an association footballer) who wants to move to another club]
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