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SOFT SHOT [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A generic term used to describe any soft, relatively slow and delicate shot hit with very little pace or depth low over the net and usually at an acute angle, but also at the feet of an opponent if he is inside the service court area. Used especially to neutralize the effectiveness of volleying attacks.

OBS

Although a "chip shot" is usually shallow, forcing an opponent to move quickly forward to hit up on a low ball right into the waiting hands of the attacker, the term is not entirely synonymous with "dink". The latter is more generic in that it may refer to any shallow shot hit with much or very little spin. Moreover, it usually implies a certain degree of ruse and deception with the use of body language unlike the neutrality of the term "chip". "Dinker" is the slang term often heard on the courts.

OBS

Not to be confused with a "drop shot" or "drop volley".

PHR

Short dink.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La mentalité de la mazette est contenue dans l'expression «une carotte» appliquée à une balle bien placée près du filet.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Lead shot containing less than 0.5% of an alloying metal.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Plomb contenant moins de 0,5% d'un autre métal.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf

Spanish

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