A
shot in
pétanque and similar games where the thrown
boule is
lobbed onto another boule. The effect is that the target boule is knocked away and the thrown boule stops immediately after hitting the
target boule, since all of the thrown boule's
kinetic energy is transferred to the target boule.
Naturally, pulling this off requires some
precision from the thrower, but prevents the boule from
rolling an unpredictable distance after
touchdown.