Main Entry: mas·sé

Pronunciation: \ma-ˈsā\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from past participle of masser to make a massé shot, from masse sledgehammer, from Middle French mace mace

Date: 1873

: a shot in billiards or pool made by hitting the cue ball vertically or nearly vertically on the side to drive it around one ball in order to strike another