bank shot

noun

1. Basketball.,  a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.

2. Billiards, Pool.,  a shot in which the cue ball or object ball is banked.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bank shot¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

In mostly English but sometimes Spanish and Spanglish, Guzman-Lopez takes readers from the U.S.-Mexico border to L.A., employing the type of lyrical bank shots only a poet can get away with.

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That’s why Trump’s present motion is a bank shot aimed at the same side pocket.

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It’s an electoral bank shot with a long tradition in politics.

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Knox made a bank shot for the first field goal after Etiwanda missed five shots.

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Suemnick answered with a bank shot over Hunter Dickinson 35 seconds later to give the Mountaineers the lead for good.

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