combat fashion n.— «Just after dawn, more than 75 police cars race to Times Square, lights flashing, then converge in what’s called “combat fashion.” Each backs halfway onto the sidewalk in a daunting show of municipal muscle...
spinner n.— «R acing fans and baseball hat fans hustled to the tables where they could claim their bright blue Saratoga hats, the second giveaway of the season.…He’d got just one hat, for himself, and was heading with his bag of...
elastic-banding n.— «My opponent, Knuckles, had a tendency to slow down when I was too far behind (it’s what’s called “elastic-banding’ in the industry), so while I did manage to win the race—over a massive track that took around...
bird of passage n.— «A convenient way was found to reconcile the contradiction, said Camille Guérin-Gonzales, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and the author of “Mexican Workers and American Dreams.” No...
pixie v.— «After pixieing for the day and seriously affecting the peat harvesting everyone left the site, no arrests were made.» —“Race Against Time: Peatiful” SchNEWS (United Kingdom) July 13, 2001. (source:...
hoolie v. phr.— «The boat will have a festive look, provided we are not in the midst of a Southern Ocean hoolie.» —“Yacht Race Crews Endure Christmas At Sea” by Jackie Burdon Press Association (U.K.) Dec...