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hookshot

hookshot is the alternative form of hook shot.

Meaning of hook shot

Noun

hook shot (plural hook shots)

  1. 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. 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. Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”).
    Synonyms:
    hook
  4. Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”).
    Synonyms:
    hook

Forms of hookshot

pluralhookshots

Questions about hookshot

What is hookshot the alternative form of?
Hookshot is the alternative form of hook shot.

Words near hookshot in the dictionary

  1. hooksets
  2. Hooksett
  3. hooksetting
  4. hookshop
  5. hookshops
  6. hookshot
  7. hookshots
  8. hooksian
  9. hookswinging
  10. hookswitch
  11. hookswitches

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