Bowstring

Nerb: the act of adding more tension to a taut rope, by pulling perpendicular to the rope

Noun: the rope which one bowstrings

a stunt coordinator asked me to bowstring the line coming out of the performer flying hoist

(and I knew exactly what to do even though I hadn’t heard the term before.)

usually used to adjust, in fine degrees, a performers body position, height, etc. when flying, where it is only a fine adjustment or reaction, rather than a new mark that would involve a rope mark change. A quick and easy way to make changes without rerigging a set mark.

Bowstring by KnotRigger March 6, 2026

put the bowstring up your pipehole 

a) a nicer way of telling someone to stfu
b) to put a finger up a man's butthole in order to check for prostate cancer

if you don't want prostate cancer, don't be afraid to as your doctor, under definition b) above to put the bowstring up your pipehole

put the bowstring up your pipehole by Uncle Dimma January 19, 2015

bottsring 

The act of openly expressing random thoughts unfettered by the confines of continuity. The term bottsring originated in the online performance diesel community as an attempt to give a positive slant to thread derailing.

The forum moderator, a bushranger by night, was so fed up with their bottsring that he broke down and got badassy with them.

bottsring by Brisbane Pete June 16, 2011

Boosting Cars 

To Steal or Jack a car that is not yours.

The stolen cars are usually muscle cars, import and domestic street cars, donks and cars of luxury or high trade in value. This practice is very common in cities with many "Chop Shops" such as: Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The phrase was made known by the movie "Fast and the Furious" (2001) when Dominic (Vin Diesel) finds out Brian (Paul Walker) was incarcerated for "Boosting Cars".

Dom: Boost cars?
Brian: No, never.
Dom: Do time?
Brian: Couple of overnighters. No big deal.
Dom: What about those two years you did in juvie for boosting cars? Tucson, right? I had Jesse run a little background check on you, Mr. Brian Earl Spilner.

Boosting Cars by Axle Foley January 20, 2011

Brake Boosting 

When in a race (normally from a roll) The operator of a "boosted" (turbocharged) car does a tricky maneuver involving applying brakes then adding in throttle to add more brake smoothly to eventually cause the engine to load up spooling the turbine creating boost/power while maintaining a constant rpm/speed so that when the driver lets off the brakes the car takes off like a bullet.

The car on the left brake boosted on that race.... didn't you hear the turbo spooling before they went?

Brake boosting

Brake Boosting by Tw34kd November 20, 2009

coal boasting 

When a white woman brags to her friends about sleeping with dark skinned black men.

I overheard Donna coal boasting to Kelly about her hookup with the son of the Djibouti Ambassador.

coal boasting by zcl July 28, 2006

Boosting 

To steal retail items and resell them on the black market.

Women/Men selling knockoff purses in the street are boosting.

Boosting by Goe September 13, 2015