hook shot (English, noun)
expansion: hook shot (plural hook shots)
Senses:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”).
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”).
Forms:
form: hook shots
tags: plural