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Sports

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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floater

Sports; Bowling

A ball that has no lift or turn so it goes where the lane takes it.

outside

Sports; Bowling

A corner or near corner position on the playing lanes.

flying elbow

Sports; Bowling

See Chicken Wing.

over

Sports; Bowling

Professional bowlers consider 200 per game about average or par. The number of pins above 200 is the number of pins that are "over". So a score of 230 is 30 over.

follow-through

Sports; Bowling

The bowlers motion after they release the ball.

over-turn

Sports; Bowling

When too much spin is put on the ball and not enough finger lift. The result is the ball does not have the proper action. When releasing a bowling ball the thumb should come out ...