单词 | hot hand |
释义 | hot handn. 1. Chiefly with capital initials. = hot cockles n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1849 Merry's Museum 18 46 The game of Hot Cockles, or, as the French call it, Hot Hand. 1915 F. H. Cheley & G. C. Baker Camp & Outing Activities iv. 113 (heading) Hot Hand or Hot Cockles. One player stoops over and covers his eyes with his hands. The rest of the group gather around and one hits him a slap with open hand. The object of the game is for the boy who is down to guess who struck him. If he guesses right, that boy takes his place. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses v. 96 Hot Hand, the favourite game in the old pine camps, was aptly named. The object was to slap a blind-folded man as hard as you could without having him guess who you were. 2. North American Sport (chiefly Basketball). Chiefly with the. The (temporary) ability to play skilfully or successfully; a spell of this, a winning streak. Also in extended use. Frequently in to get (also have, etc.) the hot hand. ΚΠ 1926 Washington Post 15 Mar. 13/2 The L Streeters developed what is known in court circles as the ‘hot hand’ and soon, not only tied the score, but in turf parlance ‘won going away’. 1964 Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tennessee) 12 Dec. 15 The hot hands of Eddie Underwood and James Robinson pulled MVC within five points with six minutes remaining. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 May (Style section) d12 ABC is the network with the hot hand. 1991 Wilson Q. Spring 52/1 After making a couple of shots, players are thought to ‘get the hot hand’ and to be more likely to hit their next few shots. 1993 Sports Illustr. 14 June 42/2 Michael had a hot hand, but when that happens, there's a lot of isolation, and it allowed New York to get back into the game. 2008 London (Ont.) Free Press (Nexis) 10 Jan. (Sports section) b5 Toronto maintained its hot hand through the third quarter, shooting 58 per cent in the period to pull away from the Sixers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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