Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hook shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: hook shot
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.

noun

A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.

noun

Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”).

noun

Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”).

Inflected Forms

hook shots (plural)

Synonyms

hook

Questions

What does hook shot mean?: A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.

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