push shot

noun

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.
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.

Origin of push shot

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby push shot

push one's luck, push paper, push plate, push poll, push polling, push shot, push someone's buttons, push the envelope, push the panic button, push through, push up daisies

Example sentences from the Web for push shot

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

    The Soul of Golf |Percy Adolphus Vaile