lay-up
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈleɪˌʌp/
- Jargon
:
tiro en suspensión
- She scored effortlessly with a beautiful lay-up off the backboard.
- missed the lay-up
- easy lay-up
- make a lay-up
I mean, this is just, this should be the easiest lay up on the planet.
- I mean, this is just, this should be the easiest lay up on the planet.
Examples
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Hit a lay-up and a couple of jumpers from the wing.
Fiction book (2002) -
See me run up and make a lay-up.
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I mean, this is just, this should be the easiest lay up on the planet.
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Look at that an easy lay-up there for the Nets.
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A few bad passes, a few missed lay-ups.
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You could've taken that lay-up that they were handing you.
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Iverson just missed a lay-up at the buzzer, Sixers lose.
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After giving the Pack the lead, the junior point guard blocked a lay-up by Fullerton's D.J. Seeley with 2.6 seconds to go.
Blog text (22) -
Burton drove the left side of the lane for a lay-up, absorbed a foul, and made the free throw for a three-point play to give the Pack a 78-77 lead over the Titans with 14 seconds to play.
Blog text (22) -
The Pack, which has now won 11 games in a row against Fullerton and owns a 12-4 lead in the series, took its first lead at 48-47 on an offensive rebound and lay-up by Huff with 14:33 to play in the second half.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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4.5
A close basketball shot made with one hand, often off the backboard
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1.5
A score made by throwing the ball through the hoop in basketball
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3.3
A basket scored during play by throwing the ball through the other team's hoop
A fast basketball shot near the basket taken quickly after a player gets the ball
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lay-up comes from the simple words lay ('to place') and up ('up'). A helpful way to remember it is to think of a player 'placing' the ball 'up' close to the basket with one hand, which is why a lay-up is a short, close shot near the hoop.