snap shot
snap shot noun: a hard shot without much planning. Also the alternative form of snapshot.
Noun
snap shot (plural snap shots)
- A hard shot without much planning.
- But the League One side's early endeavours brought only two well-struck but off-target free-kicks and a snap shot from Rickie Lambert.2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC
- A quick shot executed by moving the stick parallel to the ground and ending with a snap of the wrist.
- The other maior shot is the snap shot. It is like a cousin of the wrist shot. It is a little faster than the wrist shot and requires less movement with the stick.2014, Chris Peters, Girls' Hockey, →ISBN, page 15
- A shot taken quickly, without time for careful aiming.
- Oh, i thought, a mistake, a bad one, a dumb one. i shouldn't have made the snap shot. i took a few more steps, looking for possible new blood from my hasty shot—fearing the worst—and found some.2010, Jay Cassell, Thomas McIntyre, The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told, →ISBN, page 474
Also used as
snap shot is also the alternative form of snapshot.
snap shot is also the simple past and past participle of snap shoot.
Forms of snap shot
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Questions about snap shot
- What does snap shot mean?
- Snap shot means a hard shot without much planning.
- What part of speech is snap shot?
- Snap shot is a noun.
- What is the plural of snap shot?
- The plural of snap shot is snap shots.
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