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Overhead Tennis Shot

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noun

• a vigorous blow

• a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

• the act of colliding with something

• a conspicuous success

adverb

• with a loud crash

verb

• hit with great force

• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

• reduce to bankruptcy

• hit violently

• humiliate or depress completely

• damage or destroy as if by violence

• hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

• collide or strike violently and suddenly

• overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)

• break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

56%10Overhead shot in tennis
noun

• the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket

34%7 Found in both overhead valve and overhead cam engines
noun

• A rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.

• A rod in an internal gear hub that actuates the shifting mechanism.

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New York Times Mini24 Jul 2025 Across 1
New York Times21 Sep 2015 Across 9
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