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crosscourt

crosscourt adjective: hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court.

Adjective

crosscourt (not comparable)

  1. (net sports) Hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court
    • What became a pivotal seven minutes, Stosur pulled back an early deficit to draw level at 6-6 before Dementieva nailed a running crosscourt forehand and then buried a forehand volley after a rare visit to the net to seal the critical tiebreak.2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun

Origin of crosscourt

From cross- + court.

Questions about crosscourt

What does crosscourt mean?
Crosscourt means hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court.
What part of speech is crosscourt?
Crosscourt is an adjective.

Words near crosscourt in the dictionary

  1. crosscountry
  2. crosscountrys
  3. crosscoupled
  4. crosscoupling
  5. crosscouplings
  6. crosscourt
  7. crosscovariance
  8. crosscovariances
  9. crosscrosslet
  10. crosscultural
  11. crossculturally

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