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rainbow shot

rainbow shot noun: a high arcing shot into the basket.

Noun

rainbow shot (plural rainbow shots)

  1. A high arcing shot into the basket.
    • Even after Spooner dropped in one of his patented rainbow shots from the left side and Schulz scored on another tip-in, Quincy still held a two-point lead with half a minute to go in the third quarter.2002, Scott Johnson, Julie Kistler, Once there were giants: how tiny Hebron won the Illinois state basketball championship and the hearts of fans forever, page 158

Forms of rainbow shot

pluralrainbow shots

Origin of rainbow shot

In reference to the arched shape of a rainbow.

Questions about rainbow shot

What does rainbow shot mean?
Rainbow shot means a high arcing shot into the basket.
What part of speech is rainbow shot?
Rainbow shot is a noun.
What is the plural of rainbow shot?
The plural of rainbow shot is rainbow shots.

Words near rainbow shot in the dictionary

  1. Rainbow Serpent
  2. rainbow shark
  3. rainbow sharkminnow
  4. rainbow sharkminnows
  5. rainbow sharks
  6. rainbow shot
  7. rainbow shots
  8. rainbow shower
  9. rainbow showers
  10. rainbow slaw
  11. rainbow slaws

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