bounces (noun)

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• half volley — noun a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces • Hypernyms: ↑return * * * noun : a ball that is stroked or batted at the instant it rebounds from the ground: as a. : a kick in soccer taken on the run as a ball rebounds …   Useful english dictionary

• ground ball — noun (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground • Syn: ↑grounder, ↑groundball, ↑hopper • Derivationally related forms: ↑hop (for: ↑hopper), ↑groun …   Useful english dictionary

• squib kick — noun : a kickoff in football in which the ball bounces along the ground * * * squib kick, Football. a short kick, usually made in midfield to cause a fumble or to make the ball stop near the goal line. * * * noun, pl ⋯ kicks [count] American… …   Useful english dictionary

• drop kick — noun a) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up. Now gone from the game, replaced by the drop punt. b) A kick made by dropping the ball to the ground and kicking it after it bounces. A field goal or point… …   Wiktionary

• half volley — noun a) A stroke, in ball sports, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground b) A delivery that bounces just short of the blockhole …   Wiktionary

• bank shot — noun a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop • Hypernyms: ↑basketball shot * * * noun Etymology: bank (I) 1. : a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• jacks — noun a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball • Syn: ↑jackstones, ↑knucklebones • Hypernyms: ↑child s game * * * plural of jack present third singular of jack …   Useful english dictionary

• sticky wicket — noun : a difficult or delicate problem or situation * * * 1. Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well. 2. Chiefly Brit. a situation requiring delicate …   Useful english dictionary

• squash tennis — noun : a racket game resembling squash racquets played by two people only in a four wall court using a lively inflated ball the size of a tennis ball which bounces very fast and requires great speed in anticipation and turning though less speed… …   Useful english dictionary

• stop volley — noun : a soft shot in tennis intended to carry just over the net short of the reach of one s opponent * * * ˈstop volley 7 [stop volley] noun (in ↑tennis) a shot played from close to the net, before the ball ↑bounces, in which you send the ball… …   Useful english dictionary

• bouncer — noun Date: 1865 one that bounces: as a. one employed to restrain or eject disorderly persons b. a bouncing ground ball …   New Collegiate Dictionary