Tungsten Darts Glossary -Ⅲ

Tungsten is an extremely dense metal, heavier than lead. It is also very durable, so a high-density tungsten dart resists wear and the grip will last much longer. On softer metal darts, the grooves and rough knurling may wear down fairly quickly from skin acid, friction, and hitting other darts. Originally tungsten was only a small percentage of the dart barrel (40 - 50%), today most tungsten darts are between 80 and 95% tungsten.

Today let’s learn some glossaries of tungsten dart from R to X!

-R-
REDEEMER - A dart, (often a T20) that "redeems" two previous poor efforts.

RIGHT CHURCH - Term for hitting a double or triple, but the wrong number. Also known as "DADDY'S BED"

ROBIN HOOD - When you shoot a dart into the shaft of another.

ROUND OF NINE - Throwing three triples in one turn in Cricket.

ROUND THE CLOCK - Any of a number of game variants where players compete to be the first to hit all the sectors on the dartboard in an agreed order (usually numerical), finishing with the outer bull followed by the bull. In some versions hitting a double entitles the player to skip the next number, with a treble entitling the player to skip two numbers. Also commonly played by single players as a form of practice.

-S-
SCROAT - A dart that is aimed for treble 20, but ends up in double 20.

SET - A scoring method used in many tournaments.

SHAFT - The middle section of the darts that holds the Flight.

SHANGHAI - A score of a single, double and triple in the same number. "Shanghai" sometimes refers to a checkout of 120 (single, treble and double 20, also as "Shanghai 20"). In some games this is an automatic win. This is also the name of a game.

SHARKEY - A non-registered player who has to assume a false identity in order to fill in for an absent player in a league game, e.g. "due to poor turnout, The Arms had to use a Sharkey".

SHUT OUT - When you lose a game without ever scoring in it.

SINGLE BULL - On dartboards configured with a bullseye consisting of two concentric circles, the outer circle is commonly green and worth 25 and the inner circle is commonly red and worth 50 points. Hitting the outermost ring of this type of bullseye is a "SINGLE-BULL". (See also: "BULLSEYE")

SKUNKED - When you lose a game without ever scoring in it.

SLOP - Darts that score, but not where you wanted them.

SPIDER - The metal web that divides the dartboard into sections.

SPLASH - Darts that score, but not where you wanted them.

SPRAY 'N' PRAY - Darts thrown by an irate and less talented player, rather quickly

STICKS - The darts themselves.

STRAIGHT IN - A game that requires no special shot to begin scoring.

STRIKING OIL - Hitting a double bull when 'diddling for the middle' - comes from the black centre of some modern dart boards.

-T-
THREE IN A BED - Three darts in the same triple of a number. i.e. three triple 20's 180!

THROW LINE - The line you stand behind and throw the darts from.

TOE LINE - The line you stand behind and throw the darts from.

TON - A score of 100 in a game of x01. Scores over 100 would be called a "ton-whatever" for example, a ton-thirty would be a score of 130.

TON OF NAILS - A score of 5 where all three darts fell in the 1 bed with 1 dart in the treble 1.

TOP BANANA - Double 20. Usually exclaimed after hitting this bed to win a match.

TOP OF THE BOARD - The numbers on the top half of the dartboard.

TOPS - The double 20 bed. As in "he wants tops for the match".

TRIPLE/TREBLE - The thin inner ring of the dartboard, it usually counts for three times the number hit.

-U-
UPSTAIRS - The upper half of the dartboard

-W-
WET FEET - Standing too close to the dartboard (that is, in front of the toe line).

WEDGE - A section or sections of the dartboard.

WHITE HORSE - Scoring three virgin (untouched) triples in Cricket.

WIRE - Darts that just miss where you aimed but on the other side of the spider.

-X-
X - A double-one out

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