flat-water pool n.— «With apologies to Dr. Seuss, what do you call a swimming hole with no sprinklers, kerpinklers or soaking walinklers?…“In the business, we refer to it at as a flat-water pool,” says Peter Dunn of St. Louis County’s parks and...
octopush n.— «To someone watching underwater hockey, or “octopush,” as it is called in Australia, it may seem more like synchronized swimming than hockey.» —“Elephant polo” by Steve Bohrn in University of Manitoba Manitoban Online (Winnipeg...
beater n.— «The primary target for hunters are so-called “beater” harp seals—older pups that have shed their whitecoats and are weaned from their mothers. The seals are called beaters because they’re not yet swimming and if they fall into the...
stick the landing v. phr.— «Ted Koppel put it this way: Today’s made-for-TV conventions are to the political process what synchronized swimming is to water polo: “choreographed within an inch of its life.” And to borrow another sports metaphor, you...
snorkel box n. a roadside mailbox with a projecting slot reachable from within an automobile. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
shock n.— «Remove debris from swimming pools, then add a chlorinator, either the 10 percent sodium hypochlorite solution sold in the familiar yellow jugs or the 65 percent calcium hypochlorite granules, commonly known as shock.» —“How To Deal With...