yard sale
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yard sale (plural yard sales)
- (US) A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
- Synonyms: garage sale, tag sale, rummage sale
- (sports) The state that the participant (skier, snowboarder, skateboarder, cyclist, etc.) is in after a nasty crash, whereupon they and their equipment is laid out across the ground like pieces of a yard sale.
- 2019 December 9, “The 2019 Outsiders of the Year”, in Outside[1]:
- Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.
- (sports) (Through extending the traditional sports definition,) a colorful way of expressing a notable fall during a sports activity, like trail running.
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- (sports): ragdoll