MASSE SHOT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does masse shot mean? 

• MASSE SHOT (noun)
  The noun MASSE SHOT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MASSE SHOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASSE SHOT (noun)

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

masse; masse shot

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)