wood shot

noun

1
: a golf shot played with a wood
2
: a stroke in a racket game in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with the frame of the racket rather than the strings

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wood shot was in 1927

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“Wood shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20shot. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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