Cut
Cut to hit the ball with a short, downward slicing motion, often drawing the racket strings across it to give some sideways spin in addition to backspin (tennis) cut a hit in sabre competition made by striking with the edge of the blade (fencing) cut the highest score that allows a player to continue in a tournament, usually determined after the first 36 holes of a 72-hole tournament. If a player shoots that score or lower, he is said to have made the cut. To shoot a higher score is to miss the cut (golf) cut a quick change in direction, to elude a defender or find an open area on the floor. As a verb, to make a cut (basketball) cut 1. In boxing a head injury (usually in the region of the eyebrow). 2. In polo a ball hit away from the horse. 3. In tennis a sliced ball. 4. In sabre fencing a type of hit (» fencing). Cuts are only valid if hit above the belt-line. One differentiates between high (to the head or face mask) and low cuts (to the flank, chest or stomach) as well as straight and curved cuts. Cuts are hit from certain fencing positions (prime, sec-onde, tierce, quarte, quinte, sixte, septime, octave). (H.Haag &g. Haag, dictionary, 2003, 141 p.) Cut 1. To hit a ball with a racket in such a way that it spins as it flies through the air 2. To strike a cricket ball square on the offside with the bat more or less parallel to the ground (dict. Of sp. And ex. Sc. 2006, 61P.) Cut 1. A shot in which the bail intentionally moves from left to right in the air (for a right-handed player) 2. The redaction of the field in a tournament after a set number of rounds (usually two), only those players with the better scores qualifying to play in the final round(s) (golf) cut a hit with a sabre (fencing) cut a shot on the off side, between cover and third man, played with the bat close to the horizontal (cricket)
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