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Definition of Drop shot
1. Noun. A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net.
Definition of Drop shot
1. Noun. (sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Shot
Literary usage of Drop shot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Steps to Lawn Tennis by Alfred Ernest Beamish (1922)
"drop shot The drop shot is another stroke which should not be included in the
category for beginners. For this stroke can only be mastered by means of ..."
2. The Art of Lawn Tennis by William Tatem Tilden (1922)
"The drop-shot is a very soft, sharply-angled chop stroke, played wholly with the
wrist ... Do not swing the racquet from the shoulder in making a drop shot. ..."
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