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dropshot

dropshot is the alternative form of drop shot.

Meaning of drop shot

Noun

drop shot (plural drop shots)

  1. In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.
  2. A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass.
  3. In first-person shooters, the act of quickly switching from a standing position to a prone position while shooting at an opponent.
  4. Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
    Synonyms:
    bomb shot

Forms of dropshot

pluraldropshots

Questions about dropshot

What is dropshot the alternative form of?
Dropshot is the alternative form of drop shot.

Words near dropshot in the dictionary

  1. dropshipped
  2. dropshipper
  3. dropshippers
  4. dropshipping
  5. dropships
  6. dropshot
  7. dropshots
  8. dropsical
  9. dropsically
  10. dropside
  11. dropsides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dropshot (page history and authors); drop shot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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