n (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontalarc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
n (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.
n (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade
n (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
n (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.
n (context|Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
n (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.