wood shot

American  

noun

1. (in tennis, badminton, and other racket games) a shot hit off the neck or frame of the racket instead of the strings.

2. Golf. a shot made with a wood.

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Etymology

Origin of wood shot

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In the fairway of the par-five 13th hole, he fell to his knees in pain after pulling a wood shot at least 50 yards left, into a creek.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 26, 2013

Most of the spectators cluster around the 17th and 18th holes, where for 752 yds. there is nothing on the left but surf, sand, rocks and Hawaii�a 2,410-mile wood shot away.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was there that Gene Sarazen shot his famed double eagle, holing out with a 220-yd. wood shot for a two on a par five hole, to tie and later win in 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shooting a little arrow on these bows, the sap wood shot forty-three yards; the red wood sixty-six yards, showing the greater cast to be in the red yew.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton

Almost simultaneously, columns of water, strips of bark and twisted, riven wood shot high in the air, and the detonations thundered back from the rocks.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)