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cross-shot

cross-shot noun: a shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.

Noun

cross-shot (plural cross-shots)

  1. A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
    • But the visitors halved the deficit within two minutes when Scott Sinclair burst into the area and, despite going down under Bennett's challenge, stabbed the ball across for Graham to score with a cross-shot.2011 October 15, Graham Chase, “Norwich 3 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport
    • This time there was an English element as Ainsley Maitland-Niles let fly with cross-shot that fizzed to Nicolas Tagliafico at the far post.2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport
  2. A technique for filming interactions between two people in which the camera looks alternately at one or the other person, with the focus on the person farthest from the camera.
  3. A shot fired at an animal that is moving across one's field of vision.

Forms of cross-shot

pluralcross-shots

Questions about cross-shot

What does cross-shot mean?
Cross-shot means a shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
What part of speech is cross-shot?
Cross-shot is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-shot?
The plural of cross-shot is cross-shots.

Words near cross-shot in the dictionary

  1. cross-sensitisation
  2. cross-sensitization
  3. cross-server
  4. cross-sex
  5. cross-shaped
  6. cross-shot
  7. cross-shots
  8. cross-sibling
  9. cross-siblings
  10. cross-sill
  11. cross-sills

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