follow shot

noun

plural follow shots

1

sports

a

: a shot in billiards or pool made by striking the cue ball above its center to cause it to continue forward after striking the object ball

b

: a shot made immediately (as by a teammate) after recovering a missed shot

All-America forward Aliyah Boston grabbed the rebound, but her short follow shot also was off the mark—and Stanford earned its fifth appearance in a national title game.

—Steve Kroner

2

: a camera shot in which the camera follows the movement of the subject

Examples of follow shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Seminoles’ decisive win was payback after the teams met in the tournament quarterfinals in 2021, when the Orange’s Kamilla Cardoso rolled in a follow shot at the buzzer for an 86-85 win to deny the Seminoles a berth in the semifinals for the third time in four seasons. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024

There’s a going-onstage element to big, virtuosic follow shots that go on for five or ten minutes. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 June 2024

Then Dominguez Hills narrowed its deficit to 20-19, but Vasquez made a follow shot with 7:51 before halftime to extend CSUSM’s lead to 22-19. —Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023

Brandon Benjamin scored 32 points and made a follow shot at the buzzer to lift Anaheim Canyhon to a 58-56 win over San Juan Capistrano JSerra. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1a