Sports lingo to kick around

1. flutter kick

2. ice the puck

3. love game

4. roll a strike

5. swing a shoe

6. double dribble

7. carve a turn

8. miss a wicket

9. post a K

10. form a scrum

11. play the boards

12. head the ball

13. bogey a hole

14. a crosse

15. get sacked

16. dig a ball

17. a bully

18. shoot an alley-oop

19. dink a shot

20. attend a bonspiel

(1) swimming; (2) ice hockey (to shoot the puck from behind the center line beyond the opponent's goal line); (3) tennis (a game in which an opponent scores no points); (4) bowling (to knock down all the pins on the first bowl); (5) horseshoes; (6) basketball (to bounce the ball, stop, then start bouncing the ball again); (7) skiing or snowboarding; (8) croquet; (9) baseball (K is the scorecard notation for a strikeout); (10) rugby; (11) ice hockey or squash; (12) soccer (to hit the ball with your head); (13) golf (to score one over par); (14) lacrosse (the playing stick); (15) football (to tackle the quarterback); (16) volleyball (passing a "spiked" - forcefully hit - ball); (17) field hockey (a neutral restart to play); (18) basketball (to jump high in the air and release the ball toward the basket as you return to the ground); (19) volleyball (a soft hit into the opponent's court); (20) a curling tournament (the word is probably Dutch for "league game").

SOURCES: 'Encyclopedia of Games,' by John Scarne; 'The Oxford Companion to Sports,' by J. Arlott; 'Sports Lingo,' by Harvey Frommer.