Definition of underhit in English:
underhit
verbunderhits, underhittingˈʌndəhɪtˈəndərˌhɪt
[with object](in sporting contexts) fail to hit (a ball) strongly enough.
Rooney surprisingly underhit his effort and Sweeney made the save
Tommasi intercepted an underhit pass from Hargreaves
Example sentencesExamples
- And at least he isn't making any howlers at the moment, although one underhit square pass to Ferdinand almost got England in a pickle.
- The Argentine powerhouse was a touch off the pace in the first set, repeatedly underhitting forehands to net.
- Their visitors then had two chances in quick succession to level, with McCormack underhitting his chip straight into the grateful arms of Stech.
- Walton's first chance came after Hall underhit a back pass, but Cory's weak shot went straight at Hyatt.
- His other kick was low and underhit and took a friendly bounce to make up for the other one.
- Undaunted, he rolled home a 35-footer on the 8th to move three ahead again only to underhit his approach to the 9th and another three putt cost him the hole.
- United had several near misses before Tod blotted his copybook by putting Combe in trouble with an underhit back pass.
- Hamilton recovered to pass back to Alexander but underhit it and Flynn scored in front of Cardiff's notorious fans.
- Rodriguez collected the ball from Luke Shaw on the halfway line but underhit his shot.
- His underhit penalty for Rangers' fourth was a splash of showboating to round off an opening quarter that has been anything but plain sailing.
- In the ninth, Bell underhit by 15 yards his lofted drive, and before the 10th was out, Cook had followed.