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| ace |
a serve in tennis that wins a point because the other player can not reach the ball. [1/5 definitions] |
| Alice Marble |
U.S. tennis player who won the U.S. tennis championship singles titles four times (1936, 1938-40) prior to working as a spy for U.S. intelligence (b.1913--d.1990). |
| all-star |
a player on an all-star team. [1/2 definitions] |
| Althea Gibson |
U.S. professional tennis player, who was the first African-American woman to win all the major world singles tennis titles (b.1927--d.2003). |
| ante |
in poker, an amount of money that a player must put into play before seeing his or her cards. [1/3 definitions] |
| assist |
in some sports, a play that helps another player complete a play such as a score. [1/5 definitions] |
| Babe Ruth |
U.S. professional baseball player, celebrated for his ability to hit home runs and for generating public interest in the sport of baseball; born George Herman Ruth (b.1895--d.1948). |
| backcheck |
in hockey, to check (an opposing player) in the vicinity of one's own goal. (Cf. forecheck.) |
| ball handler |
a player, esp. in basketball, whose position requires him or her to touch and control the ball, or one who handles the ball on a particular play. [2 definitions] |
| banker1 |
in games, the player responsible for the bank. [1/2 definitions] |
| baseman |
in baseball, a player covering first, second, or third base. |
| bassist |
a player of a bass instrument such as the bass viol or bass guitar. [1/2 definitions] |
| batsman |
a player who is at bat, esp. in cricket. |
| bingo |
a game in which players try to match numbers on a card with numbers read out by a caller. Each player has a card with numbered squares. The player who is the first to cover a whole row of squares is the winner. |
| blindman's buff |
a game, usu. played by children, in which one blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of several other players, who then puts on the blindfold. |
| blindside |
to hit or attack (someone, esp. a football player) from an unanticipated direction. |
| block |
the use of the body to stop the movement of another player in football and other sports. [2/9 definitions] |
| blocker |
in football, an offensive player who tries to block defensive players from tackling the ball carrier. [1/2 definitions] |
| boom box |
a portable stereo radio with built-in speakers, a carrying handle, and usu. a cassette or CD player, capable of producing loud sound. |
| breakaway |
in certain sports, of or designating a play in which one player moves rapidly down the playing area with the potential to score, as in a basketball fast break. [1/6 definitions] |
| buck4 |
an object such as a buckhorn knife that was formerly placed before a player in a poker game to indicate the responsibility to deal. |
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