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bank shot
noun
- Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
- Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball or object ball is banked.
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bank shot1
First recorded in 1935–40
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That’s why Trump’s present motion is a bank shot aimed at the same side pocket.
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It’s an electoral bank shot with a long tradition in politics.
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Knox made a bank shot for the first field goal after Etiwanda missed five shots.
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Suemnick answered with a bank shot over Hunter Dickinson 35 seconds later to give the Mountaineers the lead for good.
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Equally problematic for Golden: His team missed 10 of 11 from 3-point range after making eight — including two bank shots — in the first half.
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