Rail-assisted pocket plays
Bank shots are shots in billiards, pool, or basketball where the ball bounces off a surface—the cushion of a table or the backboard—before reaching its target.
The term extends to any indirect approach that uses an intermediary to reach a goal: He got the job through a bank shot, calling his uncle's former business partner.
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Rail-assisted pocket plays
Bank shots are shots in billiards, pool, or basketball where the ball bounces off a surface—the cushion of a table or the backboard—before reaching its target.
The term extends to any indirect approach that uses an intermediary to reach a goal: He got the job through a bank shot, calling his uncle's former business partner.
1. billiards — cue, Trigger for action; pool (Collective fund or basin); pocket (Fabric compartment in clothing); cushion (Stuffed fabric for comfort); rail · angle · carom · snooker · table · english · spin · eight-ball · nine-ball · combination
2. basketball — backboard, Board behind basket; glass (Transparent solid from sand); rim (Circular outer boundary); layup (Close-range basket attempt); angle · swish · shooter · guard · mid-range · floater · reverse · square · fundamentals · touch
SHOT COMPLEXITYbank shots ≠ tap-ins Very short putts; hangers · ducks · sitters · dead balls
SHOT PURPOSE IN BASKETBALLbank shots ≠ swishes Soft rushing sounds; nothing but net · three-pointers · fadeaways
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/bank_shots