hook shot

noun Basketball.

a shot with one hand in which a player extends the shooting arm to the side and brings it back over the head toward the basket while releasing the ball.

Origin of hook shot

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby hook shot

hook and ladder, hook bolt, hook check, hook of holland, hook or crook, hook shot, hook up, hook, captain, hook, line, and sinker, hook-and-ladder company, hook-tip