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All Words Glossary Glossary of Sports Terms beginning with letter F Browse the Sports Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  face noun  (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area. She has a pretty . One's facial expression. Why the sad ? The public image. The of this company. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. The numbered dial of a clock or watch. (cricket) The front surface of a bat. (slang) The mouth. Shut your ! He's always stuffing his with chips. (slang) Makeup. I'll be out in a sec, just let me put on my . (slang, professional wrestling) The good guy; a wrestler embodying heroic or virtuous traits. The fans cheered on the as he made his comeback. Any surface; especially a front or outer one. Put a big sign on each of the building that can be seen from the road. They climbed the north of the mountain. (cards) the side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck) verb (fac, es) (transitive, of a person or animal) to position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). Face the sun. (transitive, of an object) to have its front closest to (something else). Turn the chair so it faces the table. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person). I'm going to have to this sooner or later. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction. The bunkers faced north and east, toward Germany. (intransitive) (cricket) To be the striking batsman. adjective  (slang, professional wrestling) (rfd-sense) Describing the good guy wrestler.       fade noun  (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw. verb (fad, ing) (intransitive) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. adjective (fad, er) weak, Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. (rfex)       fair ball noun  (baseball) A ball which has been hit between the first base and third base lines It's a ... ; it rolls into the corner; Jones is stretching for two; the throw -- safe!       fall noun  The act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere; from the falling of leaves during this season) autumn, Autumn. A loss of greatness or status; as, the fall of Rome. (cricket) (of a wicket) The act of a batsman being out. (In plural only: falls) A waterfall. (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown in an area to drift in a given direction verb (falls, falling, fell or (sense 7 only) (archaic) felled, fallen or (sense 7 ony) (archaic) felled) (intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground. to come down, to drop or descend The rain fell at dawn. to come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself He fell to the floor and begged for mercy. to be brought to the ground; to collapse, to be overthrown or defeated; to die Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD. to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate And so it falls to me to make this important decision. (transitive) (followed by an adjective) To become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows. She has fallen ill. Usage note: Now only used in certain set phrases and expressions (see "Derived terms" below). (transitive) (archaic) To cause something to fall (4); especially to cause a tree to fall (4) by cutting it down.       fall line noun  (geography) A line marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane; sometimes marked by a series of waterfalls on rivers that cross it. (snowboarding) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.       fan noun  A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock"s tail. verb (fan, n, ing) (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind. (intransitive) (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.       farm noun  A place where agricultural activities take place. verb  (intransitive) To work on a farm. (transitive) To grow a particular crop.       fartlek noun  An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout       fast break noun  (basketball) An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up. Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.       fault noun  A defect; something that detracts from perfection A mistake or error A weakness of character A minor offense Blame; the responsibility for a mistake (Geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity (Tennis) An illegal serve (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit. verb  (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone. (context, intransitive, geology) To fracture. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.       favorite noun  Preferred one, one with special favor The teacher's always went first. Expected or most probable to win. He's the , he'll probably be elected. adjective  Preferred. That is my flavor of ice cream, I'd eat it daily if I could.       feather noun (plural: feathers) A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift. adjective or feathered In engineering or manufacturing a feather(ed) edge is a finely bevelled edge       fence noun  A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. 1865, w:Horatio Alger, Horatio Alger, s:Paul Prescott's Charge/Chapter XVII, Paul Prescott's Charge - Chapter XVII, : There was a weak place in the separating the two inclosures A middleman for transactions of stolen goods. The place whence such a middleman operates. Skill in oral debate. The art or practice of fencing. 1599, w:William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, s:The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merry Wives of Windsor, : I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of A guard or guide on machinery. verb (fenc, ing) (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. 1856, w:George A. Smith, George A. Smith, s:Journal of Discourses/Volume3/The Leaven of the Gospel, etc., The Saints Should Divest Themselves of Old Traditions, :Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living. (transitive) To defend or guard. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. (intransitive) To engage in (the sport) fencing. 1921, w:Rafael Sabatini, Rafael Sabatini, s:Scaramouche/Book III/Chapter VI, Scaramouche, :Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to with anything but a quill. (intransitive) (italbrac, equestrian) To jump over a fence.       fencer noun  A participant in the sport of fencing       fencing noun (uncountable) The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially the style that originated in Europe. Material used to make fences. Fences used as barriers or an enclosure. Fencing was erected around the field to keep the horses in.       fetch noun  The object of fetching; the source and origin of attraction; a force, quality or propensity which is attracting eg., in a given attribute of person, place, object, principle, etc. a type of guardian angel, guardian spirit, totemic being or tutelary entity, which was held to follow each person or family and the relationship being affixed or bound at the process or ceremony of naming (and in this usage is conceptually cognate with fylgja). A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. "Every little of wit and criticism." -South. The apparation of a living person; a wraith. "The very and ghost of Mrs. Gamp." -Dickens. verb (fetches, fetching, fetched, or archaic, fetcht) To retrieve; to bear towards; to get. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. (intransitive) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.       field noun  A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural. (physics) A region affected by a particular force. magnetic field A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice. (mathematics) A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element. The set of rational numbers, <math>\mathbb{Q}</math>, is the prototypical field. (sport) An area reserved for playing a game. soccer field (geology) A region containing a particular mineral. oil field or oilfield gold field or goldfield (heraldry) The background of the shield (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value. verb  (context, transitive, sport) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it. (context, transitive, sport) To place a team in (a game). (transitive) To answer, accept or address. She will questions immediately after her presentation.       fielder noun  (cricket) A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.       field goal noun (pl. field goals) When the ball is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown) for 3 points He kicked a 33 yard just before the half (basketball) A made shot that was not a free throw He got six field goals in the first half, two from three point land.       fight noun (WikiSaurus?-link, fight) An occasion of fighting. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups. Watch your language, are you looking for a ? (context, Sports) A boxing or martial arts match. I'm going to Nick"s to watch the big tomorrow night. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife. I'll put up a to save this company. The will or ability to fight As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the went out of him. verb (fights, fighting, fought, fought or foughten) (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour. A wounded animal will like a maniac. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success. He fought for the Democrats in the last election. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.). The battle was fought just over that hill. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. My grandfather fought the Nazis in the Second World War. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract. The government pledged to corruption.       figure skating noun  A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on ice.       find noun  Anything that is found, especially by good fortune. verb (finds, finding, found, found or archaic founden) (transitive) To encounter, to discover. Project Gutenberg finds that Find is the 190th most important word in the English language. I found my car keys -- they were under the couch.'' (transitive) To point out. He kept finding faults with my work. (transitive) To decide that, to form the opinion that. I find your argument unsatisfactory. (transitive) To determine or judge. The jury finds for the defendant       fireman noun (firemen) (firefighting) A person who is skilled in the work of fighting fire. (firefighting) A fireman that is of the male sex (see usage note). (railroading) A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive. (railroading) By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not. (baseball) A relief pitcher.       first noun  (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine. (countable) something that has never happened before; a new occurrence This is a . For once he has nothing to say. (context, countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree. (context, countable, baseball) first base There was a close play at . adjective  Having no predecessor. The ordinal number corresponding to one.       first baseman noun (first basemen, sg=first baseman) (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near first base. First basemen are usually left-handed.       fixture noun  Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it a regular patron of a place or institution a lighting unit; a luminaire (sports) a scheduled match       FL abbreviation  Florida, a state of the United States of America. foreign language       flag noun  A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. (context, nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event. (context, computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place. (context, computer science) In a CLI, command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked. verb (flag, g, ing) To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc. Please a taxi down for me. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble. ''His strength flagged toward the end of the race. (context, computing): To signal (an event). The compiler flagged three errors. (context, computing): To set a program variable to true. Flag the debug option before running the program. adjective  Of or pertaining to an admiral, commodore, or general officer. Captains park in the second row, officers next to the building. =       flair noun  a natural or innate talent or aptitude; a knack distinctive style or elegance; panache or elan       flesh noun  the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. animal tissue, especially animal tissue used as food. the human body as a physical entity. the skin of a human or animal. the soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables. a yellowish pink colour; the colour of some human skin. <table><tr><td>flesh colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor=" FFC090" width="80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table> verb  to put flesh on; to fatten.       flinch verb  To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.       float noun  A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. Attach the and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces. When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a . An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant. That covered in roses is very pretty. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid. Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the so we stay within our reserves limit. (context, finance, AU, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange. 2006, You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. &mdash; w:Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, Buying shares in a float http://www.fido.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/print/Buying+shares+in+a+float?opendocument (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. No sir, your current is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out. We make a lot of interest from our nightly . (programming) Short form of floating-point number. That routine should not have used an int, it should be a . A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it. It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" . A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.       flush noun (plural: flushes) A cleansing with plenty of fluid. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. adjective  smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. Sand down the excess until it is with the surface. wealthy or well off.       flutter noun  the act of fluttering a state of agitation an abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart a small bet verb  (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly; as, flags fluttering in the wind. (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings. (transitive) To cause something to flutter.       fly ball noun  (baseball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly. (slang) A geek; beatnik.       FOIL initialism  First Outer Inner Last, the abbreviation for one algorithm for processing the multiplication of multiple binomials Example: (2x + 4) &times; (4x + 3y)       football noun  (context, UK, uncountable) A game in which two teams of eleven players each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their foot, feet. In amateur games it may be a team of five or six, or indeed any number. Each team scored three goals when they played . (context, US, fb, uncountable) A game similar to rugby football in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. Each team scored two touchdowns when they played . (context, Canada, uncountable) Canadian football. A game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. They played in the snow. (context, Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football. (context, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) Rugby League. (context, Australia, uncountable) Term occasionally used to refer to the same game as the British definition (association football), though the official name in Australia is "soccer". (countable) The ball used in any game called "football". ''The player kicked the . Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them. (context, metaphorical) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner That budget item became a political . (context, Ireland) A field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball. (slang) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.       foot fault noun  (tennis) A fault where the server's foot is placed within the court or on the wrong half of the baseline, prior to the ball being hit, resulting in a foul serve.       footwork noun  Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement. The dancer impressed the crowd with his fancy . (cricket) The movement of a batsman's feet as he prepares to hit or evade a ball       Force proper noun  A mystical power which is the object of the Jedi and Sith religions.       fore noun  The front. The was painted white. verb  (simple past of, fare) adjective (former, foremost) former, Former; occurring earlier (in some order). Of apples and oranges, I choose the fruit. When weighing the importance of wealth and happiness, do not assume the can buy the latter. forward, Forward; at or toward the front (with respect to locality); as opposed to latter. The cabin is near the bow.       forehand noun  (racket sports) a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke (disc sports) a throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger       forge noun  furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them verb to forge (forges, forged, forging) to shape a metal by heating and hammering to make a counterfeit item of; copy or imitate unlawfully, e.g. money, a signature or document to move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship)       forward pass noun  (context, rugby, and, American football) A pass in the forward direction, advancing toward the goal, generally illegal except in American football, once per play, from behind the line of scrimmage.       foul noun  (basketball) The act of making contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines. Jones hit a up over the screen. verb  (transitive) To make dirty. He's fouled her diapers. (transitive) To besmirch. He's fouled his reputation. (transitive) To clog or obstruct. The hair has fouled the drain. (transitive, nautical) To entangle. The kelp has fouled the prop. (transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage. Smith fouled him hard. (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines. Jones fouled the ball off the facing of the upper deck. (intransitive) To become clogged. ''The drain fouled. (intransitive) To become entangled. The prop fouled on the kelp. (intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul. Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines. Jones fouled for strike one. adjective  Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. Cap'n, she's all fouled up. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. The rascal spewed forth a series of pronouncements. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. He has a set of friends. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. This food is making me wretch. Ugly; homely; poor. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc. Some weather is brewing. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. Foul play is not suspected. (nautical) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out. We've got a anchor. (baseball) Outside of the base lines. Jones hit ball after foul ball.       foul tip noun  (baseball) a foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction The hit the umpire in the shoulder.       Fowler proper noun  an English occupational surname for a hunter of birds       frame noun  The structural elements of a building or other constructed object. Now that the is complete, we can start on the walls.'' The structure of a person's body. His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing . A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material. The painting was housed in a beautifully carved . A piece of photographic film containing an image. A film projector shows many frames in a single second. A context for understanding or interpretation. In this , it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted. (computing) An independent chunk of data sent over the wires of a network. (context, bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change. (context, animation) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second. verb (fram, ing) (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements. Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to add a decorative border. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary. The director frames the fishing scene very well. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation. How would you your accomplishments? The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win. (transitive) Of a presumably innocent person, to cause to appear guilty. The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to her.       free agent noun  (Sports) A professional athlete who is free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team. A person who acts freely, or without constraint to a higher power.       free throw noun  (basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition.       frogman noun (frogmen) A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear). A US Navy SEAL.       front runner noun  (idiom) The most likely winners in a contest, election, etc. w:Luiz Felipe Scolari, Scolari and w:Alan Curbishley, Curbishley were among the front runners for the vacant England job, but w:Steve McClaren?, McClaren? got the job in the end. According to the media, she is the front-runner in the forthcoming election.       fullback noun  An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays. (hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.       full nelson noun  (wrestling) A hold in which the wrestler applying the hold puts their arms under the arms of their opponent and apply's pressure to the back of their opponents head or neck.       fumble noun  (sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped verb (fumbl, ing) (context, transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie He fumbled the key into the lock (context, transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something He fumbled for his keys He fumbled his way to the light-switch (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly He fumbled through his prepared speech (context, transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc       fungo noun  (baseball) A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. The fielding coach played with the outfielders to warm them up.       futurity noun  the future the state of being in the future       Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page.

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