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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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die

Sports; Squash

When a ball does not bounce. This can happen if the ball is hit very easily or it has hit the nick.

down

Sports; Squash

When a service hits the board or tin or the ball fails to reach the front wall. It can also refer to when the ball hits a player before it has bounced more than once on the floor.

drop shot

Sports; Squash

This is a shot that is hit in a very easy manner so that it hits just above the Tin and drops close to the front wall.

duration

Sports; Squash

There is no set time for a game to be played in. There is a 90 second break between games.

fault

Sports; Squash

When a serve is not a legal serve. See Rules of the Games for details.

ace

Sports; Squash

When the player serving the ball is able to make such a good serve that the player trying to return the serve can't. Usually the player trying to return the serve can't even touch ...

alley

Sports; Squash

This is the area, not marked, along the side-walls.