push shot

noun

1. Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player shoots the ball from shoulder level or above.
2. Golf. a shot, played with an iron, in which a player with the weight forward on the front foot and with the wrists firm strikes the ball a sharp, descending blow in hitting a low ball with backspin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of push shot¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

That was surely a fluke, but how about the push shot on fifteen?

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English professionals have written whole books about the push shot, but mighty few men have ever learned to play it.

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He depressed a lever, and a sudden smooth push shot them away from the T-247.

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A famous professional once asked me quite simply, "How do I play my push-shot, Mr. Vaile?"

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Vardon, for playing this push shot, uses a cleek with a shorter handle and with more loft than his ordinary cleek.

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