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drop shot
noun
1.
(in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.
2.
(in squash, handball, etc.) a ball so softly hit that it falls suddenly to the ground just after striking the front wall.
3.
shot made in a shot tower.
Origin:
1630–40
1630–40
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Drop shot
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| drop shot | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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. | a type of shot made by permitting molten metal to percolate through a sieve and then dropping it into a tank of water |
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