单词 | air shot |
释义 | air shotn. 1. U.S. Coal Mining. An explosive charge surrounded by a pocket of air to dampen the effects of the explosion; a small explosion produced in this way. Cf. shot n.1 7f, 17. ΚΠ 1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 22/1 Air shot, a shot prepared..for the purpose of lessening its shattering effect. 1973 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. lix. 25 Air shot..a weak explosion in which the end of the drill hole has been expanded. 2. Sport. A missed shot, a miss; spec. a shot in which a batter, etc., misses the ball and strikes only air. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke long ball1744 nip1752 catch1816 no-hit1827 cut1833 short hit1833 draw1836 drive1836 square hit1837 skylarker1839 skyer1840 skyscraper1842 back-cut1845 bum1845 leg sweep1846 slog1846 square cut1850 driver1851 Harrow drive1851 leg slip1852 poke1853 snick1857 snorter1859 leg stroke1860 smite1861 on-drive1862 bump ball1864 rocketer1864 pull1865 grass trimmer1867 late cut1867 off-drive1867 spoon1871 push1873 push stroke1873 smack1875 Harrow drive1877 pull-stroke1880 leg glance1883 gallery-hit1884 boundary-stroke1887 glide1888 sweep1888 boundary1896 hook1896 leg glide1896 backstroke1897 flick1897 hook stroke1897 cover-drive1898 straight drive1898 square drive1900 edger1905 pull-drive1905 slash1906 placing stroke1907 push drive1912 block shot1915 if-shot1920 placing shot1921 cow-shot1922 mow1925 Chinese cut1937 haymaker1954 hoick1954 perhapser1954 air shot1956 steepler1959 mishook1961 swish1963 chop- 1920 Times 27 Aug. 5/5 The..number of putts..makes the head whirl. ‘Air shots’ mount up at a bewildering pace. 1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. xix. 176 Surridge set the tone with a number of air-shots against Davidson. 1967 M. Green Art of Coarse Golf 19 Although ten strokes better than you he won't concede any. May be pedantic about little things like not counting air shots. 2006 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 58 Shola Ameobi, having earlier produced an embarrassing airshot with the goal begging, showed quick thinking to get on the scoresheet. 3. A recording made from broadcast music. Cf. air n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > electronic > recorded sound high fidelity1938 air shot1940 demo1954 audiotape1959 demo tape1963 Cassingle1978 CD1979 1940 Down Beat 1 Dec. 3/1 Sugar Blues is an ASCAP tune, but Clyde isn't particularly worried, because he doesn't like chain airshots anyway. 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xix. 254 The combination of..Cuban and jazz drummers was electric and air shots of the session are now collector's items. 1976 Gramophone Dec. 952/3 The sound quality..leaves a lot to be desired—the tracks are all air-shots from between 1937 and 1940. 1992 Jazz No. 12. 77/3 It's not much use looking at a catalogue and seeing some title like The Best of X which could cover anything from jazz classics to inaudible airshots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1920 |
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