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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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slider
Sports; Curling

A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.

spinner
Sports; Curling

A stone traveling with a rapid rotation. Stones thrown in this manner will curl only a small amount, if at all.

die!
Sports; Curling

A call given by the skip for the sweepers to stop sweeping a rock; a rock that dies is a rock that stops moving.

falling
Sports; Curling

As the stone is sliding down the sheet, it curls negatively, i.e., the opposite direction than it's supposed to.

blanking an end
Sports; Curling

Deliberately creating a blank end for the purposes of retaining the last rock advantage for the next end of play.

drawmaster
Sports; Curling

Person who assigns teams to different sheets, sets starting times, assigns players to teams in casual play, etc.

nose
Sports; Curling

The point on a rock closest to the shooter. A "nose hit" would be hitting the rock at this point, avoiding a roll.

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