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SPORTS TERMS Can you use these terms outside the context of the sport to which they refer?
to throw a curve to throw a fast one to strike out a hole in one to reach homeplate to knock-out, a "knock-out" a "toss-up" to score to set the pace to win by a nose king of the turf "That's a ringer." dead ringer to hit below the belt a hop, a skip and a jump to hit the wall Monday-morning quarterback to fumble to catch on the rebound to kick-off "ace in the hole" to hit the jackpot to make a pass to putt a rookie a jock time out to be blitzed what is your racket? match-up to touch homebase to get to first base to touch all bases to crap-out to jockey disc jockey to play ball to throw punches not "playing with a full deck" "playing with more than a full deck" (one) strike against you to touchdown handicap to field goal to tee off to foul-out to ace (an exam) out-of-bounds "a slam dunk" "a jump ball" situation "full tilt" "to serve up" "offsides" to knock for a loop to dribble to cue up not by "a long shot" stalemate checkmate to be "off and running" to be neck and neck to be bumped to punt wipe out playing the field 2 points What an 8-Ball? to be behind the 8-ball pitch one to me a photofinish an also-ran across the board a front-runner
a dark horse hedge your bet
run roughshod See Nathan Bierma's "Horse-Inspired Vocabulary"
CLAS224 Word Elements. Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)
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