Darts lexicon

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180s	Hit triple 20 3 times with one shot = 180 points
25s	Is the small green ring around the bulls eye, also known as the single or half bull
170	The highest possible darts finish
301	Game mode in which you play from 301 down
501	Game mode where you play from 501 down
9-darters	The perfect game in darts where you finish a leg of 501 points with 9 throws
5 most popular double fields	Bullseye, D20, D18, D16, D10
6 numbers with just one checkout way	2, 3, 153, 156, 167, 170
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Drop line	The mark on the dart from which the throw is made and is also called “Oche”. It may not be exceeded and if a dart lands on the ground beyond the throw line when thrown, the dart counts as thrown if there was an intention to throw it.
Alexandra Palace	Current venue for the annual PDC World Darts Championship in London also called “Ally Pally”.
American darts	Variant of the e-dart in which there is only one bull (the size of the bulls-eye and single bull combined), which counts 50 points
Anderson, Gary	Scottish professional darts player
Anderson, Kyle	Australian professional darts player
Annie's Room	The name for the “Simple 1” field
Around the Clock	Game mode in which you play the dartboard once in a clockwise direction or in the order of the numbers
Arrows	Another word for English darts
Collection ring	Outer black ring is there to catch missed throws
Recording	Throwing three darts in a row
Bull out	When bulling out, you decide who starts the game. Both players throw once at the Bulls-Eye; whoever is closer starts the game.
Check out	Finish a game with 0 points
External bull	Another word for half bull or single bull
Exhibition game	In English Exhibition, where dart players show off their dart game to the public in a relaxed atmosphere
Average	Average score in darts
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Baby sound	Recording with five hits of 19, also called mini-ton
Baby tops	Double 3
Bag of Nuts	Designation for a throw of 45 points
Barney	Nickname of Raymond van Barneveld
barrels	Dart handle
Basement	Another name for double 3
BDO	Official abbreviation of the British Darts Organization
Beaton, Steve	English professional darts player
Bed	Name of a field (regardless of whether double or triple) on the dartboard
Bed and Breakfast	A shot with 26 points where you hit 1x 1, 1x 5 and 1x 20. Also called washing machine, chips or Murphy
Best of three	Game mode in which you win by winning at least 2 sets
Best of five	Game mode in which you win by winning at least 3 sets
Best performance	Exceptional performances in so-called short games, high finishes and high scores are counted as best performances
Big	Name of the large single field between the triple and double fields
Big 6	Training game similar to the domino game
Blind killers	Innovative modification of the dart classic “Killer”
block	In doubles play with teams, your own partner has more points than both opponents combined and thus blocks your own team because he is not allowed to check
board	Dartboard in English also called dartboard
Bogey numbers	Numbers that cannot be checked: 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162, 159
Bouncer	Term for the ricochet of a dart off the board
Break	A break is a leg win against the throw. So your opponent started the leg, but you won.
Breakfast	Means three throws with 1 x 1 + 1 x 20 + 1 x 5 equals 26 points, in German: breakfast
Bristleboard	A dartboard pressed from sisal fibers
Bucket of Nails	Three throws into the “Easy 1” field
Buckshot	Name of a scatter throw in which three darts land untargeted in different fields of the dartboard
stage play	Game in which the dart players play on a podium in front of the fans
Bull / Half Bull	The small green ring in the middle of the dartboard, also called the single bull, which counts 25 points
cops	Another word for bulling, in which a throw to the bulls eye decides who starts the game
Bull finish/bullout	Occurs when a leg ends with a throw into the bulls-eye
Bullseye	Red ring in the middle of the dartboard, which counts 50 points
Bullshooter	Variant of the American e-dart in which the triple and double fields are twice as large as the classic European e-dart
Bully Boy	Nickname of Michael Smith
Bunting, Stephen	English professional darts player
Bust	English term for throwing something on when checking out
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Caller	Referee and scorer at professional darts tournaments
Case	Storage box for darts and accessories
Catch ring	Outer black ring is there to catch missed throws
Chalker	Scribe documenting the thrown points on a board
Championship	Darts Championship
Check	A round usually ends or finishes on a double field
Check out	last throw that ends a round
Checkout rate	Quota that determines how long it takes to check out
crisps	for a roll with 26 points consisting of 1 x 1 + 1 x 20 + 1 x 5
Chisnall, Dave	English darts player
Chizzy	Nickname of Dave Chisnall
Chuck a Allan Norris	Nickname of Allan Norris
Chuckers	A player who throws at the target without aiming
Circle it	Announce the achieved value to be marked on the board
Clock	All numbers on the dartboard clockwise starting at 20
Clock pattern	Means the circular arrangement of the segments, not the order of the segments
Collar	Metal “collar” on the shaft to attach the flight, also called “crown”
Competition	Darts competition
Cork	In the past, barrel bottoms were used as dartboards, the cork in the middle was the bulls-eye
Cricket	A game where the player has to hit predetermined squares in any order
Cross, Rob	English darts player
Cullen, Joe	English darts player
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Women's triples	Triple to the right and left of the twenty: triple 12 and triple 18
Dart / dart arrow	dart
darts	Precision sport in which you have to hit certain segments of a target with arrows
Dartboard	dartboard
DDV	German Darts Association
Diddle for Middle	To decide who starts playing the bull, the decision is made
Double	Two players throw as a team, team game
Double KO	A tournament mode where you can lose twice and just keep playing after the first loss
Double	The outer “double ring” of the board, numerical values are doubled
Double IN	Open your legs with a hit on a double segment
Double out	Legs can only be completed with a hit on a double segment
Double Trouble	Uncertainty with a double field when checking
Downstairs	Lower half of the dartboard
DRA	Darts Regulation Authority
Dress code	Clothes rules certain clothing that you can and cannot wear
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Easy in	A game variant where there is no prescribed opening throw
E-dart	Darts on an electronic dartboard, also called a soft dart
Simply	Fields of which two exist and have simple point counting. The small inner single field “little” and the large outer one in front of the double ring “big”
Throw-in board	A training board at tournaments so players can warm up
singles	Players compete against each other individually, otherwise two players each compete in a team “double game”
elimination	It's a training game, it's about throwing the other opponent out
Equalboard	Each player throws the same number of darts and a winner is determined from the results
Exhibition	For dart professionals, show darts for fans and followers, mostly at a relaxed level
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Catch ring	Outer black ring is there to catch missed throws
Feathers	Feather flight, because turkey feathers were previously used as flight stabilizers
Feeler	Test throw into the black
Mistake	Hit outside the scoring area
Field	A single bed or segment of the board
finish	Final throws with three arrows to end the leg
First to X	The first player to win X legs wins the game
Fly	Another name for Flight, the flight stabilizer of the dart made of plastic
Flight	Flight stabilizer of the dart made of plastic B124
Frozen	Because your partner cannot check out in double play because he still has more points left than both opponents combined
Breakfast	1 x 1 + 1 x 20 + 1 x 5 = 26 points, also called breakfast
Fox hunting	Training game
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Game	Game
Game On	Release of the board for darts by the referee
Gameshot	Last dart of a game
Good darts	Typical dart greeting
Gurney, Daryl	Northern Irish darts player
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Halve it	A training game called halving
Hard luck	If the opponent misses a very close throw, a pity saying “just over”
Hard on the wire	Very close to hitting the desired segment “Crazy”
Hat trick	1. a roll with 3 bulls hit 2. when a player wins the same tournament three times
Henderson, John	Scottish darts player
Highlander	Nickname of John Henderson
High finish	A finish of a high score
High score	Highest score with 3 darts, maximum score is 180
Highest Out	The finishing throw with the highest points
hockey	Is the floor marking of the drop line
Home	Term for the smallest possible check
Hopp, Max	German darts player
Huybrechts, Kim	Begish darts player
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Inner Bull	Red disc center, 50 points
Iceland	Numbers and scoring range of the dartboard
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jackpot	Nickname of Adrian Lewis
joker	A missed throw where you still achieved a good score
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Cheese box	Game for training for two players, similar to “Tic Tac Toe”
Kappa Joe	Scatter around twenty: 1 x 20, 1 x 5, 1 x 1 = 26 points
Throw broken	Getting a score that is too high when checking
killer	Training game
King, Mervyn	English darts player
Classes, Jelle	Dutch darts player
KO system	Tournament mode, where the loser is always eliminated from the tournament
Crown	Another name for “crowns”
Crown	Caps made of plastic or metal to protect the flights from damage
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liquorice	Hit the black, no rating
League	Is a team mode that refers to double play, i.e. players with partners
Leg	a set of a game, a game has at least three sets
Lewis, Adrian	English darts player
Lewis, Jamie	English darts player
Little	Small segment with a simple point value between the double ring and the bull
Lolly/lollipop	Hit the simple 1 three times in a row with three darts
Londenboard	Designation of the type of segment division of the usual dartboard
Loser's dart	It is not decided by bulling who starts the next leg, but simply the loser starts
Lucky	Lucky
Lucky Lander	High hit that happened by chance
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Mad House / My Home	“Crazy House” is the double one
Major tournament	Big darts tournament that is also broadcast on TV
Master IN	The game opens with a full bull, double or triple throw
Master out	Mandatory check variant with full bull, double or triple.
Master of Ceremony	Host of a stage show (exhibition)
match	A game consisting of 3 to 5 legs
Maximiser	Nickname of Max Hopp
Mickey Mouse	A game of darts also known as tactics or cricket
Mighty Mike	Nickname of Micheal Van Gerwen
Mixed doubles	A doubles game where the partners are male and female
Garbage bin	Hit the five with three darts
Munch, Kevin	German darts player
Murphy	Scatter around 20 with three darts and score 26 points: 1x 1 + 1 x 5 + 1 x 20
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Nine darters	Complete a leg of 501 with only 9 darts
No score	Didn't get any points because it was overthrown or no evaluable points were achieved
Nought	Thrown outside the scoring area and received 0 points
Norris, Alan	English darts player
Nickname	Nickname
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Oche	Drop line
Open	An open tournament where everyone can take part
Open In	A game can be opened freely without any set rules as to how it must be opened
Open out	There is no minimum finish through e.g. doubles or masters
O-ring	Is a rubber ring that is placed between the shaft and barrel so that they do not turn loose again on their own
Out	The last throw that decides the game
Outer Ball	Outer ring around the bulls eye, counts 25 points
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PDC	Professional Darts Corporation, Association
PDCEurope	Part of the PDC, mostly organizer of tournaments in Germany
Perfect Game	Called nine darters, you try to finish a set with as few throws as possible
Price, Gerwyn	Welsh darts player
Pizza	Achieve zero points with three darts, i.e. one throw
Point	The tip of a dart
Pointsharpener	Tip grinding aids
Popcorn	When two darts land so close together that one flight bounces off
professional	Darters who do this professionally and are very good
Protectors	Crowns made of plastic or aluminum that are placed on the flights to protect them
Fishing points	Flier, with respectably high points
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Quadro	a segment of the dartboard that counts 4 times
Quadro board	Dartboard with a 3 segment, which scores four times the points
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Ranking	There are players in there and the best are at the top and the worst at the bottom
Ranking tournament	Darts events give players the opportunity to improve their position on the list
Rasta	Definitely colored dartboard
Residual score	The remaining points until the check, so the end
Right Church	Wrong triple or double hit
Wrong pew	Wrong triple or double hit
Right House	Correct number hit but wrong segment (single 16 instead of double 16)
Wrong Bed	Correct number hit but wrong segment (single 16 instead of double 16)
Robin Hood	when you throw a dart into another and it gets stuck in flight
Rock star	Nicknames of Joe Cullen
Round Robin	Training and tournament variants everyone against everyone
Round the clock	Play the entire dartboard number by number, including a training game
round	Belongs to a set, there are three throws in a set
Runner Up	The player who takes 2nd place, runner-up
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Sentence	A single run of a game to zero, forming three to five sets is a game
shaft	The part between the flight and the barrel
Shaft rubber	An O-ring that ensures that the barrel and shaft do not come loose
Schindler, Martin	German darts player
Scottish ton	Three darts that all land in the one field and one dart hits the triple one
Scribe	Usually the referee also serves to write down the points
Score	Score
Scoreboard	Blackboard on which the score is written
Scoring Officials	Writer of a game
segment	One field in the scoring area of the dartboard is usually the small colored units
set	A set, also known as a leg. A game usually consists of three sets
Shaft	shaft
Shanghai	Hit the triple, double and single with three darts
Shanghai finish	Hit the triple, double and single with three darts and check, the highest shanghai finish is 120
Short game	“a short game” the aim is to end the game with as few throws as possible
Short leg	A set that has already been checked with unusually few darts
Short tone	in a throw where all three darts only hit fives
Shot out	A player could not open his game until his opponent checked out
single	A segment with a simple scoring
Single bull	The small green ring around the bulls eye counts 25 points
Single In	Game where it is not prescribed how the game should be opened
Single out	Game where it is not prescribed what the finish should be
Skunked	Shot out if he cannot open his game before his opponent has made it out
Slop	“Flyer” but you still get a high score
Snakebite	Nickname of Peter Wright
Smith, Michael	English darts player
Soft dart	Darts with plastic tips, e-darts or electronic darts
Soft tip	Plastic tips for electronic dartboards
Speed darts	Dart variant of American darts, you have to play against time
Spider	The wire mesh that marks the individual segments
Game	A game consists of a predetermined number of sets
spider	The dividers on a dartboard
Spin top	Shaft tip that can be rotated to create space for close hits
Splash	Hit that you hit by chance
Split score	Dart game also known as “Have it”
Spotters	TV employee who announces the dart players' routes so that the TV cameras can follow them
stand bar	Drop line to prevent crossing, mandatory for tournaments and otherwise voluntary
Stage manager	Regulates the sequence of the stage to the second
Steady	The darts hit the board close to each other
Steel darts	Classic darts with steel tips
Straight in	Game in which there are no prescribed opening throws in the lower soft dart classes
Straight out	Game without a fixed finish throw, in the lower soft dart classes
Sudden death	If there is a tie in a league game, that game will be played and whoever wins it is the winner
Great Chin	Nickname of Daryl Gurney
Suljovic, scale length	Austrian darts player
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Tactics	A dart game also known as cricket or Mickey Mouse
Taylor, Phil	Former English darts player
team	team
Team captain	Team captain
The Bronzed Adonis	Nickname of Steve Beaton
The Bullet	Nickname of Michael Smith
The Cobra	Nickname of Jelle Klaasen
The Dragon	Nickname of Kevin Münch
The Dreammaker	Nickname of Dimitri Van Den Bergh
The Dutch Destroyer	Nickname of Vincent Van Der Voort
The Flying Scotsman	Nickname of Gary Anderson
The Gentle	Nickname of Mensur Suljovic
The Hurricane	Nickname of Kim Huybrechts
The King	Nickname of Mervyn King
The Iceman	Nickname of Gerwyn Price
The Machine	Nickname of James Wade
The Original	Nickname of Kyle Anderson
The Thorn	Nickname of Robert Thornton
The Wall	Nickname of Martin Schindler
The Wizard	Nickname of Simon Whitlock
Thornton, Robert	English darts player
Three in a Bed	Three darts in one segment
Throw	The throw
Tic Tac Toe	Dart training game
Tip	Dart tip, steel tips/plastic tips
volume	100 points with 3 darts
Ton of Ones	Instead of hitting the right segments for 100 points, miss and only score 5 points
Sound machine	A darter who always throws 100 points with three darts
ton	100 points with 3 darts
Top	Protection for the flight ends, “protective crown”
Tops	Field of double twenty, very popular
Topgungs	Top player who has won at least 2 major tournaments, 2 major finals and semi-finals and 10 Pro Tour victories
Tournament Director	Sporting director of a PDC event
Treple	Narrow inner ring on the board is valued three times
Treble In	Open the game with a triple
Treble out	A leg can only be checked with a triple
Triple	Triple field hit
Tungsten	Tungsten material of the dart barrel
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Throw over	Thrown more points than needed until the score is zero, the finish must be repeated
Clock	Point segments on the dartboard, starting at one and going from left to right to 20
Umpire	referee
Unlucky	A throw hit very close to the target
Upstairs	Upper half of the board
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Van Barneveld, Raymond	Dutch darts player
Van Gerwen, Michael	Dutch darts player
Van den Bergh, Dimitri	Dutch darts player
Van der Voort, Vincent	Dutch darts player
flyaway	A dart that doesn't land where it should
Losers round	In the double knockout mode, after the first encounters, the field of participants is divided into a “winners’ round” and a “losers’ round”, and in the final both groups of participants come together again
Four-person team tournament	Match variant in which four players per team compete against each other in two doubles and four singles
Voltage	Nickname of Rob Cross
Template	During a leg, one player gets a big lead in points
Preliminary round	The first half of the season in league play
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Wade, James	English darts player
Walk on	The dart players enter the stage
Walk On Song	The player's chosen song during their walk on
washing machine	To scatter the 20 and score 26 points in one roll: 1 x 5 + 1 x 20 + 1 x 1
WDF	World Darts Federation – World Darts Association
Scoring area	Whole number range of the dartboard
West Hall	A hall in Alexandra Palace
White wash	During an entire game, do not grant your opponent a leg or set win
Whitlock, Simon	Australian darts player
Economist	Just missed the 180 and the innkeeper doesn't have to spend any
Wright, Peter	Scottish darts player
litter	Three darts thrown form a “shot” throw
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At home	For a finish, the lowest possible score, single out for a single out, double one for a double and master out

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