safety play
noun
1 Billiards, Snooker, and Pool the aspect of the game in which a player attempts not to score points but rather to leave the balls in such a position that his or her opponent will be unable to score with the next shot; compare sense 6a.
2 Bridge a play that risks the loss of a trick in order to safeguard against losing the contract.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The New York Times.
- tintype
- tinware
- tin whistle
- tiny
- -tion
- tip
- tip-and-run
- tipcat
- tipi
- tipicity
- tip-in
- tip-off
- tip one's hand
- tip one's hat (or cap)
- tip (or drop or turn) the bucket on
- tip (or turn) the scales
- tip (or turn) the scales at
- tip (or turn) the scales (or balance)
- Tippecanoe River
- tipper
- Tipperary
- tipper truck
- tippet
- Tippett, Sir Michael
- Tippex