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    This document provides a glossary of terms related to basketball, volleyball, boxing, and general sports lingo starting with the letter B. It includes over 150 terms from basketball lingo like "backcourt violation" and "buzzer beater" to volleyball terms such as "bump pass" and "butter" to boxing jargon like "bare-knuckle boxing" and "below the belt." The glossary acts as a reference for common slang, lingo, and terminology used in these sports.

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    This document provides a glossary of terms related to basketball, volleyball, boxing, and general sports lingo starting with the letter B. It includes over 150 terms from basketball lingo like "backcourt violation" and "buzzer beater" to volleyball terms such as "bump pass" and "butter" to boxing jargon like "bare-knuckle boxing" and "below the belt." The glossary acts as a reference for common slang, lingo, and terminology used in these sports.

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    This document provides a glossary of terms related to basketball, volleyball, boxing, and general sports lingo starting with the letter B. It includes over 150 terms from basketball lingo like "backcourt violation" and "buzzer beater" to volleyball terms such as "bump pass" and "butter" to boxing jargon like "bare-knuckle boxing" and "below the belt." The glossary acts as a reference for common slang, lingo, and terminology used in these sports.

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    Sports Lingo

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    This document provides a glossary of terms related to basketball, volleyball, boxing, and general sports lingo starting with the letter B. It includes over 150 terms from basketball lingo like "backcourt violation" and "buzzer beater" to volleyball terms such as "bump pass" and "butter" to boxing jargon like "bare-knuckle boxing" and "below the belt." The glossary acts as a reference for common slang, lingo, and terminology used in these sports.

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    Glossary of Basketball Lingo, Slang & Terms

    This is a list of common basketball lingo and jargon terms.


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    15 footer
    2 Pointer
    24-Second Violation
    3-Second Violation
    5-Second Violation
    8-Second Violation
    A.
    Active Around The Rim
    Air Ball
    All Ball
    All Day
    Alley Oop
    And One
    Assist
    B.
    Backboard
    Backcourt
    Backcourt Violation
    Backdoor Cut
    Ball Fake
    Ball Handler
    Ball Hog
    Ball Screen
    Bank Shot
    Baseball Pass
    Beat The Defender
    Bench Points
    Big Man
    Block Out
    Bounce Pass
    Box Out
    Breaking Ankles
    Brick
    Bricklayer
    Bucket
    Bury
    Buzzer Beater
    C.
    Carrying
    Charge
    Charity Stripe
    Chest Pass
    Clear Out
    Clear-Path Foul
    Coast-To-Coast
    Controlling The Boards
    Court Vision
    Crash The Boards
    Creating His Own Shot
    Crossover
    D.
    Dagger
    Dead Ball Foul
    Defensive Rebound
    Deny The Ball
    Dime
    Dish
    Double Bonus
    Double Dribble
    Double-Double
    Downtown
    Draw In The Defense
    Dribble
    Dribbling
    Dunk
    E.
    Elbow
    Empty The Bench
    F.
    Fadeaway
    Fast Break
    Field Goal
    Fifteen Footer
    Finger Roll
    Flagrant Foul
    Floater
    Flop
    Foul Trouble
    Four-Point Play
    Franchise Player
    Free Throw
    Free Throw Lane
    Free Throw Line
    Front Court
    G.
    Get Back
    Give And Go
    Granny Shot
    Green Light
    Goaltending
    Gunner
    H.
    Hack
    Hack-A-Shaq
    Handles
    Hang Time
    Held Ball
    High Percentage Shot
    Hops
    I.
    Illegal Screen
    In The Paint
    Inbounds
    Intentional Foul
    In-N-Out
    J.
    Jump Ball
    Jump Hook
    Jump Shot
    K.
    Key
    Kick It Out
    L.
    Lane
    Layup
    Lock Him Up
    Loose Ball
    Low Percentage Shot
    Low Post
    M.
    Man-To-Man Defense
    Mid-Range Jump Shot
    Motion Offense
    N.
    Nothing But Net
    O.
    Offensive Foul
    Offensive Rebound
    Outlet Pass
    Over-And-Back Violation
    Over The Back
    Overhead Pass
    P.
    Paint
    Perimeter
    Pick And Roll
    Pivot Foot
    Point Guard (PG)
    Points In The Paint
    Points Per Game (PPG)
    Post Up
    Posterize
    Press
    Pure Shooter
    Push The Ball
    Put Back
    Q.
    Quadruple-Double
    R.
    Rebound
    Rebounds Per Game (RPG)
    Rejected
    Restricted Area
    Rock
    Running The Point
    S.
    Screen
    Shot Clock
    Shot Clock Violation
    Sixth Man
    Small Ball
    Square Up
    Stuff
    Swingman
    Swish
    T.
    Take It To The Hole
    Three-Point Field Goal
    Three Point Play
    Three-Second Violation
    Traffic
    Traveling
    Trifecta
    Triple-Double
    Two Pointer
    U.
    Up And Down
    Up And Under
    Use The Glass
    V.
    Vertical
    W.
    Windmill Dunk
    X.
    Y.
    Z.
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    Glossary of Volleyball Lingo, Slang & Terms
    This is a list of common volleyball lingo and jargon terms.

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    A.Volleyball Lingo, Jargon & Slang Terms


    Ace
    Antenna
    Approach
    Attack Block

    B.
    Back Row Attack
    Beer
    Bump Pass
    Butter

    C.
    Campfire
    Chicken Wing
    Cobra
    Cut Shot

    D.
    Deep Dish
    Dig
    Dink
    Double Block
    Double Contact
    Double Hit
    Dump

    E.
    End-Line

    F.
    Flare
    Flipper
    Float Serve
    Four-Two
    Free Ball

    G.
    H.
    Held Ball

    I.
    J.
    Joust
    Jump Serve
    Jungle Ball
    Jump Float

    K.
    Kill
    Kong

    Volleyball Lingo, Jargon & Slang Terms


    L.
    Let Serve
    Libero
    M.
    Match Point
    Mishit (Mis-Hit)

    N.
    O.
    Overkill

    P.
    Party Ball
    Pokey

    Q.
    Quick Set

    R.
    Roll Shot
    Roof

    S.
    Seam
    Set
    Service Error
    Shank
    Side Out
    Six Pack
    Six-Two
    Sky Ball
    Spatch
    Spike
    Sprawl
    Stuff

    T.
    U.
    Underhand Serve

    Volleyball Lingo, Jargon & Slang Terms


    V.
    W.
    Wipe

    X.
    Y.
    Yummy

    Z.

    Glossary Of Boxing Lingo, Slang & Terms


    This is a list of common boxing lingo and jargon terms.

    A.
    Alphabet Soup

    B.
    Bare-Knuckle Boxing
    Barnburner
    Below The Belt
    Bob And Weave

    C.
    Card
    Club Fighter
    Count
    Counterpunch
    Covering Up
    Cross
    Cutman

    D.
    Down For The Count

    E.
    Enswell

    F.
    Fight Card

    G.
    Glass Jaw
    Go The Distance
    Go To The Body

    H.
    Handwraps
    Hook

    I.
    Inside Fighter

    J.
    Jab
    Journeyman

    K.
    K.O.
    Knockout

    L.
    M.
    Mouse

    N.
    Neutral Corner

    O.
    On The Ropes
    Orthodox

    P.
    Peek-A-Boo
    Pound For Pound
    Purse

    Q.
    R.
    Rabbit Punch
    Ringside

    S.
    Southpaw
    Sucker Punch

    T.
    U.
    Undercard
    Undisputed Champion
    Uppercut

    V.
    W.
    Weigh-In
    Welterweight

    X.
    Y.
    Z.
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    Sports Lingo Beginning With B


    B Gap
    Back-Heel Kick
    Back Nine
    Back Row Attack
    Back Shoulder Fade
    Backboard
    Backchecking
    Backcourt
    Backcourt Violation
    Backdoor Cut
    Backfield
    Backhand
    Backhand Pass
    Backhand Shot
    Bagel
    Balk
    Ball Control
    Ball Fake
    Ball Handler
    Ball Hog
    Ball Screen
    Bank Shot
    Bar Down
    Bare-Knuckle Boxing
    Barehand It
    Barnburner
    Bases Loaded
    Baseball Pass
    Baserunner
    Battery
    Beak
    Beamer
    Beanball
    Beat The Defender
    Beer
    Below The Belt
    Bench Points
    Bend
    Bender
    Bicycle Kick
    Biellmann Spin
    Big Man
    Blind Side
    Blitz
    Block Out
    Blocker
    Blocking Back
    Blue Line
    Bob And Weave
    Boards
    Bomb
    Box
    Box Out
    Bounce Pass
    Bouncer
    Breaking Ankles
    Brace
    Brakeman
    Braking Stretch
    Brick
    Bricklayer
    Bubble Screen
    Bucket
    Bullpen
    Bump And Run
    Bump Ball
    Bump Pass
    Bunk
    Bunsen
    Burn Suit
    Bury
    Bust
    Butter
    Butterfly Jump
    Butterfly Style
    Buttonhook
    Buzzer Beater

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