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JUMP SHOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
Synonyms:
jump shot; jumper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("jump shot" is a kind of...):
basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)