GOOD GROUP: A compliment for a
tight, accurate throw.
HOCKEY: A raised 1½ inch board
used to indicate the throwing line.
INNING: A completed round of turns
by both players (or teams)— like in
baseball.
LEG: A single game in a match (i.e.,
"best of three legs"— where each leg
equals one game).
MATCH: A series of games (usually
best of three or five).
MARK (COUNT): A term used to
describe a successful hit on a
scoreable target— usually in the game
of Cricket. (e.g., A turn consisting of a
triple-20 and two single-20's, could be
described as a 5-mark or 5-count turn.
Only hitting one single on a turn, as
another example, might be referred to
as a single mark.)
MUGS AWAY: A slang term indicating
that the loser of the current game may
automatically start (go first) the next
game, without "shooting for cork."
POINT MONGERING (POINTFREAKING):
Derogatory slang term
used to describe a player who is
shooting excessive points in the game
of Cricket.
ROBIN HOOD: Sticking a dart directly
into the back of another, just as an
archer might split an arrow.
SHOOTING FOR CORK
(SHOOTING FOR BULL & CORKING UP):
The game beginning convention used by
opposing players (or teams) to
determine who will start and/or select
a game. Each team throws a single
dart at the bull's eye —closest to the
bull, wins.
SPIDER: The metal web that divides
segments on the board and
determines the score earned by any
given dart.
STRAIGHT START (or "Fly In": No double
required to begin scoring, usually in a
game of ‘01.
TON: A score of 100 points, frequently
represented on the scoreboard as the
letter "T". It is also common to see
(and hear) this expression in front of
many numbers (i.e., a score of 140
might be stated as a "Ton 40" and
written on the scoreboard as "T40".
TON-EIGHTY: A score of 180 points,
the highest possible score on the
dartboard (three triple-20's).). Usually
recorded as "T80".
TOUGH DARTS: A common
statement or condolence when darts
almost hit their target.
WEDGE: A section or sections of the
dartboard (sometimes called a "pie")