/ English Dictionary |
LAYUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Synonyms:
lay-up; layup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("layup" is a kind of...):
basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)