yard sale

See also: yardsale and yard-sale

English

Alternative forms

• yardsale

Noun

yard sale (plural yard sales)

1. (US) A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.

   Synonyms: garage sale, tag sale, rummage sale

2. (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.

3. (sports) (Through extending the traditional sports definition,) a colorful way of expressing a notable fall during a sports activity, like trail running.

Related terms

• bake sale
• boot sale

Translations

sale

• Finnish: pihakirppis
• French: vide-grenier (fr) m

See also

• (sports): ragdoll

Anagrams

• adlayers, sale yard, saleyard