"hook shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hook shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hook shot (plural hook shots)
  1. (basketball) 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. Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-hook_shot-en-noun-HB1DIkHP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 40 13 34 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (cricket) 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. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-hook_shot-en-noun-V2sHf3QG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 40 13 34 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (golf) Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”) Categories (topical): Golf Synonyms: hook [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hook_shot-en-noun-df9GoLlo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 40 13 34 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (cricket) Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”) Categories (topical): Cricket Synonyms: hook [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hook_shot-en-noun-JwfLnflj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 40 13 34 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (basketball shot that goes overhead): ganxo [masculine] (Catalan), bras roulé [masculine] (French), gancio [masculine] (Italian), tiro a uncino [masculine] (Italian), хорок (horok) [feminine] (Macedonian), хорог (horog) [feminine] (Macedonian)
Disambiguation of 'basketball shot that goes overhead': 26 26 24 24

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