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A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...
Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermata; Hold, 2023 album by Wild Nothing "Hold" (song), a song by Vera Blue "Hold", a song by Axium from Blindsided "Hold", a song by Saves the Day from I'm Sorry I'm Leaving; Hold, in a card game (e.g., blackjack or poker, the cards that are kept in a hand, not those discarded and replaced
Holdfast torn from the sea floor by a storm Eocrinoid holdfasts on an Ordovician hardground in Utah. A holdfast is a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
In Omaha hold 'em or Texas hold 'em, an ace in one's hand without another card of the same suit. Used especially to denote the situation where the board presents a flush possibility, when the player does not in fact have a flush, but holding the ace presents some bluffing or semi-bluffing opportunity and a redraw in case the flush draw comes on ...
"Once in a blue moon" refers to a rare event. [8]"Don't hold your breath" implies that if you hold your breath while waiting for a particular thing to happen, you will die first.
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Hold Fast, the motto of the Clan MacLeod; Holdfast, a common name in the South of England for Sellotape; Holdfast (artillery), a plinth or pedestal to which an anti-aircraft or coastal battery gun was fitted; Codename for the 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
The following sets of playing cards can be referred to by the corresponding names in card games that include sets of three or more cards, particularly 3 and 5 card draw, Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em. The nicknames would often be used by players when revealing their hands, or by spectators and commentators watching the game.