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wrist shot

wrist shot noun: a shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.

Noun

wrist shot (plural wrist shots)

  1. A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.
    • That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.
  2. A short stroke usually played with an iron, from the wrist, without swinging the club over the shoulder.

Forms of wrist shot

pluralwrist shots

Questions about wrist shot

What does wrist shot mean?
Wrist shot means a shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.
What part of speech is wrist shot?
Wrist shot is a noun.
What is the plural of wrist shot?
The plural of wrist shot is wrist shots.

Words near wrist shot in the dictionary

  1. wrist pins
  2. wrist plate
  3. wrist plates
  4. wrist rest
  5. wrist rests
  6. wrist shot
  7. wrist shots
  8. wrist spin
  9. wrist spinner
  10. wrist spinners
  11. wrist spins

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