hook shot

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Synonyms: hookshot, hot shot, moon shot, wood shot, boom shot, cook shop, zoom shot

Antonyms: hookshot, hot shot, moon shot, wood shot, boom shot, cook shop, zoom shot

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|basketball}} 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.
2. {{lb|en|cricket}} 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]].
3. {{lb|en|golf}} {{syn of|en|hook||a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left}}.
4. {{lb|en|cricket}} {{syn of|en|hook||shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side}}.

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