drop shot

noun

a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net

• Syn: ↑dink

• Hypernyms: ↑return

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noun

1. : a delicately hit ball or shuttlecock that drops quickly after crossing the net or dies after hitting the front wall — used in racket games (as tennis, rackets, badminton)

2. : shot made by dropping molten shot metal from a height

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1. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.

2. (in squash, handball, etc.) a ball so softly hit that it falls suddenly to the ground just after striking the front wall.

3. shot made in a shot tower.

[1630-40]

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drop shot UK US noun [countable] [singular drop shot plural drop shots]

a shot in tennis, squash etc in which the ball falls suddenly so your opponent cannot reach it easily

Thesaurus: tennis_hyponym sports events and competitions_hyponym

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drop shot,

1. a kind of gunshot made by dropping melted metal into cold water.

2. (in tennis) a ball hit so as to fall just beyond the net and bounce very little: »

The player sought to stay in the match with drop shots and tricky angle placements.

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n. (chiefly in tennis or squash) a softly hit shot, usually with backspin, which drops abruptly to the ground

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noun, pl ⋯ shots [count]

: a softly hit shot in tennis or a similar game that falls quickly after passing over the net

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ˈdrop shot 7 [drop shot drop shots] noun

= ↑dink