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drop shot

n.

A shot in various racket games in which a ball or shuttlecock drops quickly after crossing the net or hitting the wall.

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drop shot

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis)

a.  Tennis a softly-played return that drops abruptly after clearing the net, intended to give an opponent no chance of reaching the ball and usually achieved by imparting backspin

b.  Squash a similar shot that stops abruptly after hitting the front wall of the court

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a type of shot made by permitting molten metal to percolate through a sieve and then dropping it into a tank of water

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

drop shot - a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net dink return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"

Translations

drop shot n (Tennis) → smorzata
drop volley → volée f inv smorzata

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drop shot n (Tennis) → smorzata
drop volley → volée f inv smorzata