"drop shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drop shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drop shot (plural drop shots)
  1. (sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play. Categories (topical): Sports, Badminton, Tennis Translations (a lightly struck shot that lands just in play): deixada [feminine] (Catalan), amorti [masculine] (French), dejada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-drop_shot-en-noun-ThskgQ3- Disambiguation of Badminton: 52 21 16 10 Disambiguation of Tennis: 40 22 21 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 39 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 18 32 34 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'a lightly struck shot that lands just in play': 41 17 20 21
  2. (golf) A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass. Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-drop_shot-en-noun-J2lX0wZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 39 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 18 32 34 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (gaming) In first-person shooters, the act of quickly switching from a standing position to a prone position while shooting at an opponent. Categories (topical): Gaming
    Sense id: en-drop_shot-en-noun-iN6YsA8z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 39 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 18 32 34 Topics: games, gaming
  4. Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”) Synonyms: bomb shot [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-drop_shot-en-noun-PvxgAD0i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 39 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 16 32 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 18 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dropshot

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