- masse shot
- <14> массе
Сборный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Сборный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
masse shot — noun a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball • Syn: ↑masse • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑shot • Part Holonyms: ↑billiards, ↑pool, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
massé — [ma sā′] n. [Fr, pp. of masser, to make a massé shot < masse, billiard cue, lit., mace] a stroke in billiards made by hitting the cue ball off center with the cue held nearly vertically, usually so as to make the ball move in a curve around… … English World dictionary
masse — noun a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball • Syn: ↑masse shot • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑shot • Part Holonyms: ↑billiards, ↑pool, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
massé — noun Etymology: French, from past participle of masser to make a massé shot, from masse sledgehammer, from Middle French mace mace Date: 1873 a shot in billiards or pool made by hitting the cue ball vertically or nearly vertically on the side to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
massé — /ˈmæsi/ (say masee) noun a stroke made in billiards by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table. Also, massé shot. {French, past participle of masser strike by a massé, from masse kind of cue, mace1} …
massé — /ma say / or, esp. Brit., /mas ee/, n. Billiards. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table. Also called massé shot. [1870 75; < F: lit., hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down,… … Universalium
massé — noun A stroke made with the cue held vertically that puts tremendous spin on the cue ball. Syn: Massé shot … Wiktionary
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