List of words used in games:
Different types of sports are played in different countries of the world. Cricket in India is not just a sport but a faith. Cricket is the most played sport not only in India but in Asia and has fans all over the world. Although nowadays every big and small match is being broadcast on television, but it is necessary to know the words used in sports, so today you will get information about the words used in sports in this article. Often these words have been asked in many exams, so this vocabulary is also very important for students, so let's know the words used in sports vocabulary games.
List of words used in sports:-
| Boxing | Auxiliary Point System, Babbit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On, Knock, Seconds Out, Slam, Upper Cut, Weight In, Win by Knock-out. |
| Bridge | Auction, bid, wrinkle, cut, declarer, doubletone, dummy, finesse, grand slam, little slam, notrumps, over-trick, revoke, rubber, rough, shuffle, suit, vulnerable. |
| Shooting | Bag, Bulls Eye, Marksmanship, Mazl, Plug. |
| Badminton | Angled Drive Serve, Backhand Low Serve, Word, Deuce, Double Drop, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Lay, Lob, Love All, Net Shots, Rally, Rush, Smash. |
| Basketball | Ball, Basket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot. |
| Chess | Bishop, Capture, Casting, Check Mate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Under Promoting. |
| Swimming | Breaststroke, crawl. |
| Table tennis | Anti loop, backspin, chop, loop, penhold grip, push, spin, twisted. |
| Tennis | Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Half Volley, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley. |
| Volleyball | S, baseline, blocking, dabbling, foot fault, heave, holding, jump set, lob pass, lob all, point, quick smash, spike, serve, scouting, tactical ball, windmill serve, volley. |
| Wrestling | Half Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Hold, Rebouts, Caesar. |
| Cricket | Sledging, Ball Out, Free Hit, Second, Ashes, Banana, Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Duck, Follow On, Gardening, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Helicopter Shot, Hit Wicket, L.B. W., Leg Break, Leg By, Maiden Hour, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Over, Mandatory Over, Pitch, Popping Crease, Rubber, Run Down, Run Out, Sixer, Silly Point, Square Leg, Store Walling, Straight Drive, Stumped, Yorker, Wicket, Pull, Late Cut, Flick, Snick, Third Man, UDRS, Duckworth Lewis System. |
| Croquet | Hootus, mallet, peg out. |
| Drafts | Huff. |
| Golf | West-ball foursome, bogey, bunker, caddy, dommy, fairway, foreball, foursome, grid holes, lynx, niblick, par, put, rough, stymied tee, threesome. |
| Football | Advantage clause, blind side, center forward, corner kick, direct free kick, dribble, goal kick, hat-trick, marking, off side, penalty kick, red card, throw in, ping. |
| Gymnastics | A-Bars, Aerial, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flares, Giants, Inlocate, Kip, Planch, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuosity, Wrap. |
| Hockey | Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Carry, Center forward, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal line, Halfway line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red card, Roll-in, Scoop, Short corner, Square Pass, Stick, Striking Circle, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marking. |
| Horse race | Jockey, Punt, Steeplechase, Thoroughbred. |
| Judo | Ashi-waza, Chui, Dan, Doji, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaishiwaza, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-otoshi, Uchi-komwi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko. |
| Karate | Age Juki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugen, Daichi, Ancho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki, Gian, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Senbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza- Ari, Yoko-geri, Zen-no. |
| Polo | Bunker, detour, mallet. |
| Sailing | Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Pedal, Regatta. |
| Rugby | Track, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try. |
| Baseball | Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home, Infield, Outfield, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Strike. |
| Billiards | Bulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-Off, Jigger, Long Genie, Putt, Scratch, Screw Back, Short Genie, Spot Stroke. |
| Skiing | Tobogganing. |
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Sports Vocabulary FAQs:
The term 'Butterfly stroke' is used in the sport of swimming. It is a dominant swimming stroke, requiring the swimmer to operate the arms and legs in order to move forward in a centimetre, or number of meters.
The term 'Chinaman' is used in the game of cricket. This is a special type of bowling technique, in which the bowler turns his arm to suit the abilities of players who play the game in the 'Chinese' style.
The word 'patigan' is used in the game of tennis. It is a technique used by players during a tennis match to serve the ball (tennis ball) over the net.
The term breast stroke is related to swimming, the sport of "breast-stroke" underwater.
The term 'bull's eye' is used in the sport of rifle suiting. The center of a shooting or archery target is a bull's eye. The term originated from the shooting competitions of the 1880s in England.