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flip
move with a flick or light motion
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rocket
propel with a rocket
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carry
propel or give impetus to
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kick
drive or propel with the foot
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pole, punt
propel with a pole
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hit
cause to move by striking
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throw
propel through the air
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drive
push, propel, or press with force
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launch
propel with force
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catapult
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult
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project, send off
throw, send, or cast forward
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loft
propel through the air
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play
shoot or hit in a particular manner
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foul
hit a foul ball
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cannon
make a cannon
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clap
strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
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flap down, slam
throw violently
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drop-kick, dropkick
drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
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place-kick
kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football
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drop-kick, dropkick
make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
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punt
kick the ball
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ground out
make an out by hitting the ball on the ground
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toe
drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
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shank
hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
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pitch
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
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fly
hit a fly
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snap
put in play with a snap
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whang
propel or hit with force
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undercut
strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
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putt
strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter
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heel
strike with the heel of the club
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toe
hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
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bunker
hit a golf ball into a bunker
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bounce
hit something so that it bounces
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backhand
hit a tennis ball backhand
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pop
hit a pop-fly
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follow through
carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
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shell
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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ground
hit onto the ground
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ground
hit a groundball
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ground
throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
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top
strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
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pull
hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
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kill
hit with great force
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kill
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
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connect
hit or play a ball successfully
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drive
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
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drive
strike with a driver, as in teeing off
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hole, hole out
hit the ball into the hole
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bunt, drag a bunt
hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
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snick
hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
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racket
hit (a ball) with a racket
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carry, dribble
propel, "Carry the ball"
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slice
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
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hook
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
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single
hit a single
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double
hit a two-base hit
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triple
hit a three-base hit
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prostrate
throw down flat, as on the ground
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cast, hurl, hurtle
throw forcefully
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heave
throw with great effort
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bombard, pelt
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
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defenestrate
throw through or out of the window
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deliver, pitch
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
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shy
throw quickly
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drive
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
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deep-six, throw overboard
throw from a boat
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ridge
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
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jettison
throw as from an airplane
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fling
throw with force or recklessness
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lob
propel in a high arc
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chuck, toss
throw carelessly
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float
put into the water
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blast off
launch with great force
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skim, skip, skitter
cause to skip over a surface
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smash
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
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shoot
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
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volley
hit before it touches the ground
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croquet
drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
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loft
kick or strike high in the air
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juggle
throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
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flick, flip
cause to move with a flick
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pass
throw (a ball) to another player