bank shot

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   a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop

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Questions about bank shot

What does bank shot mean?

bank shot means "a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop".

Is bank shot a common word?

bank shot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.