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Alternative form of air-shot. [(sports, soccer, golf, snooker etc.) A failed attempt to strike the ball.]
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(slang, poker) An act performed in order to angle-shoot; a trick used to gain unfair advantage.
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(golf) A weight attached to the back of a golf club to give it a lower centre of gravity.
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A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
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(informal) Rate of motion; speed.
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Alternative form of battledore [A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.]
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(golf, slang) A sand wedge.
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(basketball, informal) A rebound.
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(transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
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The person running a game of two-up.
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(obsolete) A small ball.
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(ice hockey) A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot
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Alternative spelling of cheap shot [A deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent.]
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(intransitive, golf) To put a chip shot in the hole.
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(some other sports) The achievement of a goal or the striking of a target with a ball or other projectile in relatively nonchallenging or routine circumstances, by throwing (as in basketball) or by discharging a firearm (as in hunting).
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Alternative form of chip shot [(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.]
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Alternative form of chip shot [(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.]
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(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
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A sport that is a combination of darts and archery.
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(transitive, especially golf) To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.
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(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
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(golf) An iron golf club which can be used as a driver.
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Alternative form of drop shot [(sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.]
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Alternative form of Executive Ball Clicker [Synonym of Newton's cradle.]
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(basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
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An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.
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(athletics) An athlete who competes in the hammer throw.
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(transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
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The game played by throwing horseshoes toward a metal stake.
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(sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.
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(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.
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Alternative form of jump shot [(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump.]
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(sports) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
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(sports) An act of throwing or hitting a ball with a high trajectory.
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(golf) To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding.
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Alternative form of point shaving (“type of match fixing”) [(sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.]
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(sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.
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In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
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A child's toy with a handle and a dome containing coloured balls that bounce and collide as the toy is pushed along the floor.
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(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
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(athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
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(basketball) Abbreviation of rebound. [The recoil of an object bouncing off another.]
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(countable, rugby) An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
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(basketball) A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.
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(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
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Alternative spelling of shot-putter [(athletics) An athlete who competes in the shot put.]
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(athletics) An athlete who competes in the shot put.
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The act of competing in the track and field event of putting the shot, attempting to throw a heavy metal ball for maximum distance using a pushing motion (rather than a bent arm throw) due to the balls great weight.
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Alternative form of shot put [(athletics, uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.]
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Alternative form of shot-putter [(athletics) An athlete who competes in the shot put.]
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(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
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(basketball, informal) A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.
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(transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
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(golf, dated) A kind of golf club, the number six iron.
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The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
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(chiefly attributive) Alternative spelling of split shot [(sports) In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.]
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(golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
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(sports) Use of the stick in lacrosse, hockey, etc.
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(ball games) An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.
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(sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
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The game of trapball itself.
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A stick used in playing the game of trapball.
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Alternative spelling of trick shot. [(snooker) An unconventional shot of the balls to show off or pot an otherwise impossible ball.]
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