bank shot

noun

1

: a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball

2

: a shot in basketball played to rebound from the backboard into the basket

Examples of bank shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And how about the 2006 final when Palo Alto stunned Mater Dei 51-47 in Division II in which Jeremy Lin made a 25-foot bank shot from the top of the key. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026

The first one was a bank shot from a tight angle; the second was a beauty slam dunk off a couple nifty plays by Curl-Salemme and Grace Zumwinkle. —Michael Russo, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

After Donovyn Hunter's driving layup gave TCU a 79-77 lead with five seconds remaining, Masogayo took a sideline inbounds pass, drove the right side of the lane and made a short bank shot to tie the score. —Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026

But a pair of power-play goals by the Predators, and a bank shot off the arm of Gustavsson by former Gophers standout Erik Haula had the teams knotted 3-all after the initial 20 minutes. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bank shot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot