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  1. hook shots: Merriam-Webster
  2. hook shots: Wiktionary
  3. hook shots: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See hook_shot as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hook shot)

noun:  (basketball) A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
noun:  (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.
noun:  (golf) Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”)
noun:  (cricket) Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”)
▸ Also see hook_shot


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