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noun
1A downward shot; an instance of something shooting downwards.
2Baseball
rare A delivery in which the pitcher, by imparting spin, causes the ball to drop steeply as it nears the batter.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Blome (bap. 1630, d. 1705), cartographer and bookseller. From down- + shoot.
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