(ice hockey) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power.

(ice hockey) A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.

(basketball) A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.

(cricket) A swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique, often resulting in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat.

(military, artillery) A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

(military, artillery, dated) A solid round shot or cannonball.

(basketball) A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.

plural of one-shot

(sports) In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.

(chiefly attributive) Alternative spelling of split shot