Pickleball Glossary: 18 Terms Every Player Should Know

Plain-English definitions of the pickleball vocabulary you'll hear on any court.

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Bagel

Banger

Berta

Dink

Drop (third shot drop)

Erne

Falafel

Kitchen / NVZ

OPA!

Pickled

Poach

Rally scoring

Reset

Side out

Stacking

Volley

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Plain-English definitions of the pickleball terms you\'ll hear on any court — from dink and drop to Erne, stacking, and rally scoring.

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