banana ball
n.— «Golfers who hit “banana balls”—the term for a weak, ballooning, left-to-right ball flight (for a right-handed player)—found that they were able to hit the ball much straighter with Burns’ club.» —“Providing cure for ailing shots” by Gary D’Amato Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Apr. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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