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set-shot

set-shot is the alternative form of set shot.

Meaning of set shot

Noun

set shot (plural set shots)

  1. (Australian rules football) A kick for goal after a free kick has been awarded to the kicker and play has stopped.
    • The Swans then wrested control of the game in the midfield to hit back with the next four goals, the first a 50m set shot from Mitchell and the last two clever snaps from midfield bull Kennedy.2016 Nick Bowen, Match report: Dogs dust Swans to snap 62-year drought Australian Football League, 1 October 2016. Accessed 6 May 2019.
  2. A shot taken without jumping.

Forms of set-shot

pluralset-shots

Questions about set-shot

What is set-shot the alternative form of?
Set-shot is the alternative form of set shot.

Words near set-shot in the dictionary

  1. set-netting
  2. set-off
  3. set-offs
  4. set-piece
  5. set-pieces
  6. set-shot
  7. set-shots
  8. set-stitched
  9. set-theoretic
  10. set-theoretic difference
  11. set-theoretic differences

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