| 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 |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |