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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

That was surely a fluke, but how about the push shot on fifteen?
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
English professionals have written whole books about the push shot, but mighty few men have ever learned to play it.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
He depressed a lever, and a sudden smooth push shot them away from the T-247.
The Ultimate Weapon | John Wood Campbell
A famous professional once asked me quite simply, "How do I play my push-shot, Mr. Vaile?"
The Soul of Golf | Percy Adolphus Vaile
Vardon, for playing this push shot, uses a cleek with a shorter handle and with more loft than his ordinary cleek.
The Soul of Golf | Percy Adolphus Vaile

Browse