hook shot
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hook shot
n. Basketball
A shot made by arcing the far hand upward while being positioned or moving sideways to the basket.
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hook′ shot`
n.
a one-handed basketball shot made with a sweeping arc of the arm over the head.
[1940–45]
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| Noun | 1. | hook shot - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basketbasketball shot - throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out" |
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hook shot - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket