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A hook shot in basketball

hook shot (plural hook shots)

  1. (basketball) A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
  2. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.
  3. (golf) Synonym of hook (a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left)
  4. (cricket) Synonym of hook (shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side)

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