Cross-shot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cross-shot is a noun meaning (soccer) A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
Meaning
(soccer) A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
More Meanings
- (hunting) A shot fired at an animal that is moving across one's field of vision.
- (photography) A technique for filming interactions between two people in which the camera looks alternately at one or the other person, with the focus on the person farthest from the camera.
Example Sentences
This time there was an English element as Ainsley Maitland-Niles let fly with cross-shot that fizzed to Nicolas Tagliafico at the far post.
But the visitors halved the deficit within two minutes when Scott Sinclair burst into the area and, despite going down under Bennett's challenge, stabbed the ball across for Graham to score with a cross-shot.
Word Forms
- cross-shots
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include split shot, short corner, cross, backshot, corner, snapshot.
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