S: (n) stroke, shot ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
S: (n) break (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool)
S: (n) carom, cannon (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
S: (n) masse, masse shot (a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball)
S: (n) miscue (a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball)
S: (n) cut, undercut ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball) "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"