cross-shot

plural cross-shots

1. ball gamesA shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.

   This time there was an English element as Ainsley Maitland-Niles let fly with cross-shot that fizzed to Nicolas Tagliafico at the far post.

   2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport

   1 more example

   But the visitors halved the deficit within two minutes when Scott Sinclair burst into the area and, despite going down under Bennett's challenge, stabbed the ball across for Graham to score with a cross-shot.

   2011 October 15, Graham Chase, “Norwich 3 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport

2. artsA technique for filming interactions between two people in which the camera looks alternately at one or the other person, with the focus on the person farthest from the camera.
3. hobbiesA shot fired at an animal that is moving across one's field of vision.