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pull shot

pull shot noun: a type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side.

Noun

pull shot (plural pull shots)

  1. A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side.
    • A pull shot in the 18th over sealed the game.
    • His stand-in [...] was felled by a pull shot struck with tremendus power by England pace bowler and tailend batsman, Dick Pollard.1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32

Forms of pull shot

pluralpull shots

Questions about pull shot

What does pull shot mean?
Pull shot means a type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side.
What part of speech is pull shot?
Pull shot is a noun.
What is the plural of pull shot?
The plural of pull shot is pull shots.

Words near pull shot in the dictionary

  1. pull requesting
  2. pull requests
  3. pull round
  4. pull short
  5. pull short up
  6. pull shot
  7. pull shots
  8. pull someone down a peg
  9. pull someone off the ceiling
  10. pull someone over the coals
  11. pull someone's bacon out of the fire

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