Redshirting

Word REDSHIRTING
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Definitions and meanings of "Redshirting"

What do we mean by redshirting?

To place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.

To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.

To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.

The person most likely to die first in any TV show, or film, regardless of what colour sweater they're wearing. Taken from Star Trek the Original Series, where the security guards wore red, one always 'beamed down' from the spaceship to planets on exploratory missions and always died first. Always. Don't ever wear a red shirt on a space mission! Urban Dictionary

Expendable characters. Usually say one line or less before being killed in a plot-convenient manner. Most often seen in classic 60's Trek. Urban Dictionary

A way to refer to someone getting screwed over by getting an unpleasant task or sheer bad luck. Coined from the security guards from the original "STAR TREK" because they always got killed on assingment. Urban Dictionary

A term used in American college athletics for players, usually freshmen, withheld from competition in order to delay the beginning of their 4-year eligibilty period Urban Dictionary

A play on college sports' "Redshirt" rule: they can't play, but they're still a part of the team. Redshirt is another name that refers to underage girls (typically between the ages 16-17). They're "a part of the team" = you can check them out, but "they cannot play" = you can't have sex with them because that's illegal. Urban Dictionary

The name of a group that is helding a rally in Thailand. They call themselves Red Shirts People and they wear red shirts. Redshirts people support Thailand's ex prime minister, Thaksin Shinwatra. This search keyword, "redshirts", is very popular now in twitter. Opposite groups some time call them "red buffaloes" as "buffaloes" in Thai means "stupid". This is an insult but ... it's a fact. Urban Dictionary

Nickname for a new Nationalist workers and soldier boys party. Not to be confused with the British redcoats, people actually want to be like the redshirts. Urban Dictionary

The practice of holding a child out of kindergarten for one year so that the child will then do better academically and socially. Urban Dictionary

A redshirt is one of the basic crew members in the original Star Trek series. In Aridor Slave Rescue, every player starts with a redshirt and can use this character to win other characters. Redshirt is a very low-scoring character in all three attributes. The term is also used as a verb. To redshirt someone in the Aridor game is to reduce them to only having a redshirt by stealing (or otherwise removing) all their other slaves. Some players redshirt other players who annoy them, and the term is also used for other situations (e.g. where slaves are taken so they can be retaken to make money, and where someone loses all their slaves through attrition over time) where someone is left with only a redshirt. Urban Dictionary

Crew member / driver / rope puller for the world famous 'Secret Europe of Buddy Bombard' The Bombard Society is / was an elite holiday company providing vacations for wealthy Americans throughout Europe by hot air balloon. The RedShirts were the heroes of the operation and thrived on high speed driving, job creation and chasing of client daughters. Binge drinking became synonymous with the coveted RedShirt Urban Dictionary

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The word "redshirting" in example sentences

As for Jarrett, London said the idea of redshirting him is "on the table." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The practice, called redshirting - from the term for allowing college athletes to delay participation in sports to prolong their eligibility - also has a connection to children's sports. ❋ By SAM WANG (2011)

Mr. Felix likened his job to a college player " redshirting " for a season, or two, or three. ❋ Scott Cacciola (2010)

While many states in recent years have raised the minimum school entrance age, the main reason is parents ' " redshirting " their children, or waiting a year beyond the minimum entry age to enroll them in kindergarten. ❋ Sue Shellenbarger (2010)

This voluntary kindergarten delay, dubbed "redshirting" after the practice of benching college athletes for a season to prolong their eligibility, is a source of much national and personal debate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hopefully everything heals up right and he can be healthy and productive and have a shot at ROY next season. was considered a rookie in his 2nd year, after "redshirting" his actual rookie year. ❋ Ichiban (2010)

Taylor would be the perfect bridge to Clay Matthews, who may need a year of "redshirting" but will probably be an excellent Mike Vrabel-type player in the league for 15 plus years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'redshirting' that are not discussed in this article that it is hard to know where to begin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The redshirting trio of Al'Lonzo Coleman, Pierre Miller and Josh Johnson accounted for more than 50 percent of PC's scoring last year, when the Blue Hose went 9-9 in their first year in the Big South. ❋ Unknown (2010)

London was asked Monday to describe his philosophy on redshirting and what it would take for him to insert a true freshman into a game at this point in the season. ❋ Steve Yanda (2010)

Instead of me redshirting one year, it would just skip that so I could try to get on the field earlier. ❋ Steve Yanda (2010)

-- G Eddie Miller will be eligible next fall after redshirting this season. ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- If Illinois doesn't sign anyone and everything else stays status quo, it will welcome back its top five scorers and add four players who've yet to play in a real game but could all jump right into the rotation: McDonald's All-America freshman F Jereme Richmond, 7-foot freshman center Meyers Leonard, 6-4 freshman shooting guard Crandall Head and redshirting freshman combo guard Joseph Bertrand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Welcome to Your Child's Brain: How the Mind Grows From Conception to College, Wang and Aamodt argue that "redshirting," as it is called in sports -- a practice that allows "college athletes to delay participation in sports to prolong their eligibility" -- does not necessarily translate equally when it comes to delaying school entry to give kids a leg up on peers. ❋ Samantha Parent Walravens (2011)

-- G Shannon Sharpe was lost for the season when he suffered an October knee injury, but the Colorado staff hopes the promising freshman will mature and get even stronger after redshirting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It was good to get out there and play with the guys and compete," said Thomas, who played briefly as a freshman in 2008 before redshirting last season. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Ahhh look at the Redshirt, he's [gonna get it] first" "[Nahh], the blonde'll die first, they always do in [horror movies]". ❋ Nyet_da (2010)

"Oh no, that Redshirt just [fell] down the [bottomless pit]." "Damn, find me [another one]." ❋ Heywood (2003)

"[Roger] just got totally redshirted. He's gotta [clean up] the bathroom that the toilet [backed up] in" ❋ Doc Evil (2005)

He had a great [spring] training season, but the [coach] decided to [redshirt] him anyway. ❋ Dante Greene (2007)

"DAMN! Check out that Redshirt over there!" "Yea, definitely going to be [scouting] her for the upcoming season" "Yea, I wonder what her 40 (yard) time is looking like.." "She's definitely going to be a [starter] one day." "Bitch is going to the [SEC] with that talent." ❋ DJ Shag (2012)

About 200 [multicolored] [stand at] [Silom] screaming 'go away' to #redshirts. ❋ Yellowshirts (2010)

Gonna wear [my red] shirt to fit in with the [redshirts]. You blend in you'll do well here, you stand out they already have your train ticket for the next one going to ouchweist. Nobody that gets on that train gets [a second chance] to tell their family they love them, they never see them again. ❋ Solid Mantis (2016)

I decided to redshirt [my child] so that they would be more developed when [entering] [kindergarten]. ❋ AshleyArcuri (2006)

[Redshirt] is [not too bad] a character, and has a good chance of beating Mariah or Goodnight in a fight. Enigma tried to [redshirt] me for making fun of him when he was offline, but instead, I nearly redshirted him. If you're offline for a few days, don't be surprised [to find yourself] redshirted when you get back to Aridor. ❋ Orc2005 (2005)

Here [come] the [RedShirts] ❋ Hofnar (2010)

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