run-and-shootadj.n.
/ˌrʌn(ə)n(d)ˈʃuːt/, U.S. /ˌrən(ə)n(d)ˈʃut/ U.S. Sport.
A. adj.
a. Basketball. Designating a style of play in which the ball is moved quickly down the court from a defensive position in an attempt to score on the break. Cf. fast break n.
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1942 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 20 Mar. 20/6 Breaking all Garden scoring records, Toledo beat Rhode Island State at its run and shoot style of ball last night, winning 82 to 71.
1967 Jet 23 Mar. 58 Some coaches present were in opposition to the ‘run and shoot’ type game.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 May viii. 5/1 Their run-and-shoot offenses have rekindled the notion that you don't need to physically beat down your opponent to win in the N.B.A.
b. American Football. Designating an offensive style which relies on passing to create and exploit gaps in the defence.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [adjective] > actions or manoeuvres
end-around1934
blitzing1940
slant1947
bootleg1949
red-dogging1951
pass-rushing1961
bump-and-run1970
run-and-shoot1975
1975 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 10 Sept. 19/2 They use a run-and-shoot system. They control the ball by passing and it's very popular in Oregon.
1994 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 11 Jan. c1 He designed effective run-and-shoot strategies in Detroit and Houston after doing the same for a couple of teams in the Canadian Football League.
2009 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 51 Among the key players in the run-and-shoot system are quarterback Peter Brand and receivers Andrew Turzilli, Ed DeMarchi and Ryan Lowery.
B. n.
American Football. The run-and-shoot style of offensive play.
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1985 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Sept.–Oct. 18/3 If none can be found, look for the Horns to use the Run and Shoot, which they tinkered with in the spring.
1995 News Jrnl. (Wilmington, Delaware) 9 Aug. c1/1 Olivadotti has taken the heat..for a lot of his schemes, including a 4–2–5 unit that shut down Houston's run-and-shoot a few years ago.
2009 W. Moon & D. Yeager Never give up on your Dream ix. 111 We started to run a version of the run-and-shoot in 1987.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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