bank shot
Americannoun
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Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
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Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball or object ball is banked.
Etymology
Origin of bank shot
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Now rates are coming down, and Caterpillar has even turned into something of an AI bank shot.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on 12 October 2025.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
“The bank shot broke our back,” Mater Dei Coach Gary McKnight said in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Emanuel Miller scored 29 points and his desperation 3-point, running bank shot at the buzzer carried TCU past Georgetown 84-83 in a thriller on Saturday in a Big East/Big 12 Battle contest.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
The Bar-20 puncher leaped from the bank, shot under the yellow flood and arose, gasping and choking many yards downstream, fighting madly to get the muddy water out of his throat and eyes.
From Bar-20 Days by Mulford, Clarence Edward
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