Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross-shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: cross-shot
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.

noun

A technique for filming interactions between two people in which the camera looks alternately at one or the other person, with the focus on the person farthest from the camera.

noun

A shot fired at an animal that is moving across one's field of vision.

Example Sentences

"But the visitors halved the deficit within two minutes when Scott Sinclair burst into the area and, despite going down under Bennett's challenge, stabbed the ball across for Graham to score with a cross-shot."
"This time there was an English element as Ainsley Maitland-Niles let fly with cross-shot that fizzed to Nicolas Tagliafico at the far post."

Inflected Forms

cross-shots (plural)

Questions

What does cross-shot mean?: A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.

How to pronounce cross-shot

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