Recreation terms starting with T

71 terms

Table Hopping Moving from table to table in a casino.
Table Stakes A rule in a poker game meaning that a player may not go into his pocket for money during a hand.
tagging Marking or attached a tag to an individual or group of individual fish so that it can be identified on recapture.
tail-spinners Compact, lead-bodied lures with one or two spinner blades attached to the tail and a treble hook suspended from the body.
Take Down To recall a wager before a decision.
take-out A term describing the point where boats are taken out of the water at the end of a float trip.
Tank A melee character that can take a lot of damage like a Warrior.
Tap To do damage to a monster, making it "your" kill. Once you have damaged the monster, you are the only one able to get experience and loot from it.
Tapped Out To lose one's entire bankroll.
Taunt Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attention of a monster off of another player and onto him- or herself.
Taxonomist A scientist who classifies fish or animal by kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and species.
Team play Advantage play or card counting when executed by multiple people who often share a single bankroll.
Tell A clue or hint that a player unknowingly gives about the strength of his hand, his next action, etc.
Tell Play Observing the dealer's body language and expressions to determine his hand of cards.
Template a standard shape that the race car must comply to be within the NASCAR rules. The template closely resembles the shape of the factory car.
Terminal tackle Angling equipment, excluding artificial baits, attached to the end of a fishing line; examples include hooks, snaps, swivels, snap-swivels, sinkers…
Terrestrial Things of the land.
Test Line strength as stated on the label.
Texas rig (Texas-rigged) The method of securing a hook to a soft-plastic bait, such as a worm, lizard or crawfish, so that the hook is weedless (doesn't protrude).
Thermocline A distinct layer of water where rising warm and sinking cold water meet but do not mix.
Third Base The person who receives cards last in a blackjack game. If you're standing behind the players, the person in third base is the farthest to the left.
threadfin shad The most common baitfish in Arizona's warmwater lakes.
Threat Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monster aggro.
Three of a kind a hand containing three cards of the same value, irrespective of suit
Ticket A text message that is submitted to the GMs via the in-game system and is waiting for GM response.
TIE this is where neither the house nor the player wins.
Tie Bet To bet on a tie between the player and the dealer.
Tiers du cylinder French term for when a player bets on a group of numbers on the roulette wheel which are laid close together on the roulette table layout.
Tiers du cylindre French phrase. Common in European casinos. It's a bet on a specific group of numbers on a section of the roulette wheel that are paired neighbours on the…
Tight This is an undesirable condition of the race car. A NASCAR race car is tight when the front wheels loose grip before the rear wheels loose grip when going…
tight-action plug A lure with short, rapid side-to-side movement. Typically used when fish are more active in spring, summer and fall.
Tilt To play wildly or recklessly. A player is said to be "on tilt" if he is not playing his best, playing too many hands, trying wild bluffs, raising with bad…
Time (1) A request by a player to suspend play while he decides what he's going to do. Simply, "Time, please!
Tip (Toke) A gratuity given to a dealer by a player.
tiptop Line guide at the tip end of a fishing rod.
TOE Looking at the car from the front, the amount the tires are turned in or out. If you imagine your feet to be the two front tires of a race car, standing…
Toke Any tip to a dealer or other casino employee.
Toke Hustler A dealer who tries to get players to tip him.
TOM A poor tipper.
Top and Bottom Two pair, with your two hole cards pairing the highest and lowest cards on the board.
Top Pair A pair with the highest card on the flop. If you have A ♠-Q♠, and the flop comes Q♦-T♥-6 ♣, you have flopped top pair. See "second pair."
Top Set The highest possible trips. Example: you have T ♣-T♠, and the flop comes T♦-8♣-9 ♥. You have flopped top set.
Top Two Two pair, with your two hole cards pairing the two highest cards on the board.
Topminnow See mosquitofish.
topwater The technique of using topwater lures for catching fish, especially bass at the water's surface.
Tough Out The Captain's term for a player who doesn't beat himself.
Track bar Often used to change the handling during a race. This offers a way to "tighten" or "loosen" the race car by adjusting the cars rear role center.
Trading paint Slang term used to describe aggressive driving involving a lot of bumping and rubbing.
trailer hook The extra hook or cheater hook added to a single-hook lure, such as a spinnerbait or weedless spoon. Also called a stinger hook.
Trailing arm A rear suspension piece holding the rear axle firmly fore and aft yet allowing it to travel up and down.
Train To lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
transducer A device that converts electrical energy to sound energy, or the reverse. Typically associated with depth finders or fish finders.
transition These are where one type of bottom material or structure changes to another, for instance, a rock pile to solid rock, or sand to gravel.
Transversale French term for a Three-Number Bet or Street Bet. Also called a Triple or Trio Bet.
Treble A hook with three points used on many lures.
treble hook A hook with a single or bundled shaft and three points.
Tri-oval A racetrack that has a "hump" or "fifth turn" in addition to the standard four corners.
Tributary A creek, stream, or river that feeds a larger stream or river, or lake.
triggering Using a lure-retrieval technique that causes a sport-fish to react and strike. For instance, quickly speeding up a retrieve and then stopping.
Trio Bet Same as Street Bet.
TRIPs Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Troll The act of using words or posts designed to attract predictable responses or flames; also used as a noun to refer to a person that trolls.
trolling Towing a lure or several lures behind a boat. When a fish is caught on the trolled lure, the boat is typically stopped and the fish is reeled in.
trolling motor A small electric fishing motor, typically mounted on the bow, which is used as secondary means of propulsion for positioning or maneuvering a boat quietly…
True Count The running count divided by the number of decks in he shoe.
True Odds The actual probability of an event happening.
tubing A float fishing term that means to float down a river, stream or using a float tube in a lake while fishing.
Turn The fourth community card. Put out face up, by itself. Also known as "fourth street."
turnover In Arizona's warmwater lakes, a turnover is typically experienced in the fall and is a phenomenon associated with thermoclines.
Twink A low level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by getting stronger armor and weapons than the character would…
Two pair a hand containing two pairs of cards, each of the same value, irrespective of suit