APPROACH SHOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does approach shot mean? 

• APPROACH SHOT (noun)
  The noun APPROACH SHOT has 1 sense:

1. a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

  Familiarity information: APPROACH SHOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPROACH SHOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

approach; approach shot

Context example:

he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green

Hypernyms ("approach shot" is a kind of...):

golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "approach shot"):

chip; chip shot ((golf) a low running approach shot)

pitch; pitch shot (a high approach shot in golf)