spin v.— «“Spinning” is the racetrack term for maneuvering by which agents change mounts shortly before entries are taken, or trainers change riders.» —“Jockey Agents Always On Alert ‘Spinning’ Causes Backstretch...
spin v.— «Prado also earned the ire of Million-winning trainer Michael Matz, who continued to insist that the determined West Coast reinsman had given him a commitment to ride Kicken Kris in the Million. Instead, Matz insisted, Prado and...
brodie n.— «Spying a largish dirt lot off the road, B. turned into it and began whipping brodies in the lot. (For the uninitiated, this is making your car spin in circles fast.) This teenage tradition probably has a little to do with the...
doosra n. a cricket delivery bowled in such as way as to spin away from right-handed batsmen. Etymological Note: < Hin./Urd. doosra ‘second, other, another’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
doosra n.— «Saqlain [Mushtaq], 22, who flicks his thumb and index finger across the seam while keeping his wrist action almost identical to his stock off break, has revolutionised his art with his “doosra”.…”The...
doosra n.— «Moin Khan shouted doosra because he wanted Saqlain to deliver his disguised leg spin. When he said doosra he used the Urdu word for the other one. The purpose was to hide the instruction from the non-Urdu-speaking batsman...