chip shot
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6.1
- noun
- /ʧɪp ʃɑt/
- Specialized
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golpe de aproximación
- Ted would drop a 50-yard chip shot a mere five feet from the pin, shake his head, and say, "Well, we aren't getting any of the good breaks today."
- hit a chip shot
- chip shot onto the green
- twenty-yard chip shot
Examples
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Augustana kicker Brady Rodgers lined up for what looked like a chip shot, but missed, stunning the Vikings' sideline and leaving Elmhurst with the momentum going into the locker room.
Blog text (24) -
After a quick swing, the golfer executed a neat chip shot, sending the ball smoothly along the grass toward the hole.
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Because you should be leaving your chip shots closer to the hole.
Blog text (19) -
But this fall Sunday, on the back nine, shortly after my father put a fifteen-yard chip shot over the sand trap.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I saw her practicing chip shots my first morning here, and was amazed at her virtuosity."
Fiction book (1998) -
After five fruitless minutes of searching, he had to take a drop, then skulked his chip shot well past the hole.
Fiction book (2001) -
But this looked like it was going to be the Rebels' night when Steve Lavinghouse, who had kicked three field goals already, lined up for a 27-yard chip shot late in the game.
Blog text (30) -
Duke had one last drive in them, though, and made it down to the Wake Forest 11-yard line to attempt a game-winning 28-yard chip shot as time expired.
Blog text (1) -
This chip shot was essentially the equivalent of an extra point, and Claxton booted it through the uprights with enough power to launch it onto the school's roof.
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During the tournament, he made a perfect chip shot that landed just before the hole and rolled right in.
Synonyms
289
1.6
An attempt to score in a sport, for example throwing a heavy ball in shot put
19
6.1
A low short shot in golf that runs toward the hole
1
6.1
A short golf shot hit to land the ball on the putting green
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are domain-specific but directly compositional: 'chip' denotes a short approach shot and 'shot' denotes an attempt in sport, so 'chip shot' straightforwardly means a short, controlled golf approach. This follows a regular noun+noun sports naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings would be able to derive the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The golf term chip shot comes from the idea of a small chip, a quick, light strike that makes the ball hop a little and then roll toward the hole. That's why it means 'a low and short approach shot' around the green.