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masse shot

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mas⋅sé

  [ma-sey or, especially Brit., mas-ee]
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–noun Billiards.
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
Also called massé shot.

Origin:
1870–75; < F: lit., hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equiv. to masse sledge hammer (OF mace; see mace 1 ) + -é -ee
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masse shot

noun
a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse] 
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