set shot

noun

A kick for goal after a free kick has been awarded to the kicker and play has stopped.

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Meanings

nounset shot (plural set shots)

plural set shots · alternative set-shot

  1. Australian rules footballA kick for goal after a free kick has been awarded to the kicker and play has stopped.
    1 more example

    2016 Nick Bowen, Match report: Dogs dust Swans to snap 62-year drought Australian Football League, 1 October 2016. Accessed 6 May 2019. The Swans then wrested control of the game in the midfield to hit back with the next four goals, the first a 50m set shot from Mitchell and the last two clever snaps from midfield bull Kennedy.

  2. ball gamesA shot taken without jumping.
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APA

set shot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20shot

MLA

“set shot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20shot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set shot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20shot.

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