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MASSE SHOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
Synonyms:
masse; masse shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("masse shot" is a kind of...):
shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)
Holonyms ("masse shot" is a part of...):
billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)
pocket billiards; pool (any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets)
