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| ace |
in tennis, a winning serve that is out of the opponent's reach. [1/7 definitions] |
| Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
| bowl1 |
a football game played at the end of the season by winning teams. [1/5 definitions] |
| checkmate |
in the game of chess, a winning maneuver in which the opponent's king piece is brought under direct attack and from which escape is not possible. [1/3 definitions] |
| clean up |
(informal) of a sports team, to be very successful in scoring or winning. [1/4 definitions] |
| competitively |
in games, matches, or contests with other players or participants who share a goal of winning an award or title. [1/2 definitions] |
| croupier |
an attendant in a betting game such as roulette who collects on losing bets and pays on winning ones. |
| drawing |
the choosing of the winning ticket in a raffle, lottery, or contest. [1/3 definitions] |
| fight |
to use weapons, physical action, mental strength, or words for the purpose of winning an argument, gaining power, or defending yourself. [1/3 definitions] |
| first |
the winning place in a race or contest. [1/8 definitions] |
| gain |
to win or get by winning. [1/7 definitions] |
| game point |
the winning point in a game such as tennis. [1/2 definitions] |
| gold medal |
the award for winning first place in an Olympic or other competition, with silver and bronze medals going to second and third place winners. |
| grand slam |
the winning of all major sporting contests in a particular sport, esp. a professional one such as golf, in one season. [1/4 definitions] |
| handicap |
in sports and esp. horse racing, to attempt to predict the winner of (a contest), or to assign odds to (the contestants) as to their chances of winning or losing. [1/6 definitions] |
| honorable mention |
recognition for one whose work or part in a competition was noteworthy, but not award-winning. |
| ingratiating |
having a charming or winning quality. [1/2 definitions] |
| little slam |
in bridge, the winning of twelve of the thirteen tricks of a deal. (Cf. grand slam.) |
| long shot |
in betting, a choice that has very little chance of winning, such as a horse in a race. [1/3 definitions] |
| lottery |
a game of chance in which people buy or are given tickets with numbers on them and the winning number is chosen at random. |
| mah-jongg |
a Chinese game played with small tiles that are drawn in turn until one of usu. four players has gotten the winning combination of tiles. |
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