Definition of Chop shot

1. Noun. A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball.

Exact synonyms: Chop
Generic synonyms: Return
Derivative terms: Chop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chop Shot

choosiest
choosily
choosiness
choosing
choosy
chop
chop-chop
chop-logic
chop-suey greens
chop and change
chop down
chop logic
chop off
chop shop
chop shops
chop shot (current term)
chop steak
chop suey
chop up
chopart fracture-dislocation
chopboat
chopboats
chopchurch
chopchurches
chope
chopfallen
chophouse
chophouses
chopine
chopines

Literary usage of Chop shot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Common-word Spellers: A Two-book Course in Spelling for the Common Schools by Ervin Eugene Lewis (1921)
"Review the digraphs sh and ch, 98 shed shop chop shot shut ship chip chin The shot came from the ship. 99 sheep oil chip does after thus very water Little ..."

2. First Steps to Lawn Tennis by Alfred Ernest Beamish (1922)
"... since he is enabled to get up to the net while his chop shot is in flight to his opponent, whose return is cramped by its hang off the ground and its ..."

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