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POOPER [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A consistent player who hopes to wear down his opponent by maddeningly returning everything with soft looping stokes that lack place.

OBS

A pusher hangs back at the base line, a good retreiver, patiently waiting for a big hitter to blow his cool and the match. Also known as a "pooper".

OBS

Related term: defensive counterpuncher.

CONT

All beginners are pushers. You start off being a pusher because you are just trying to get the ball over the net and in the court ... A pusher does not like to go to the net. A pusher usually does not like to play fast ... A pusher relies on his opponent to miss first.

Key term(s)
  • pooper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Se dit d'un joueur, souvent médiocre, qui ne fait que renvoyer des balles lentes, sans force et vitesse, souvent dirigées au centre.

OBS

Terme connexe : jouer la renvoyette. Mise en garde : le terme «pousse-balle» peut être utilisé aussi pour qualifier une action, un jeu, comme un service.

Key term(s)
  • pousseuse

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smallwares
  • Animal Hygiene and Sanitation (Agric.)
DEF

A scooplike device for picking up the droppings of a dog, horse, etc.

OBS

Especially U.S. ... from "poop", U.S. slang (chiefly a children’s) term for feces ...

CONT

Though most New Yorkers’ initial reaction was that the law is probably unenforceable, retailers reported brisk sale of sanitary devices ranging from 15 cent disposable cardboard shovels to $11, long-handled pooper scoopers equipped with a flashlight for nocturnal emitters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menus objets
  • Hygiène des animaux (Agric.)
Key term(s)
  • pelle ramasse-crottes
  • ramasse-crotte
  • ramasse-crottes

Spanish

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