basketball shot
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl ʃɑt/
:
tiro de baloncesto
- He made a perfect basketball shot from the three-point line during the game.
They don't make those basketball shots, the baseball, your closers.
- They don't make those basketball shots, the baseball, your closers.
Examples
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And I, I'd sat down with him a couple of years ago and we chatted about what what became the most lethal basketball shot in the NBA.
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A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim.
Blog text (13) -
Under random practice conditions (i.e., practice different basketball shots: jump, lay-up, free throw) on each successive attempt, rotating through the various shots to be practiced that day, the movement plan for a previous performance of the task is likely to have been forgotten due to the interference of performing intervening tasks.
Academic text (2002) -
She practiced her basketball shot every afternoon at the court to improve her accuracy.
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After watching the replay, we could see that his basketball shot had great form and technique.
Synonyms
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1.6
An attempt to score in a sport, for example throwing a heavy ball in shot put
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2.8
A shot taken from the free-throw line without being blocked after a foul
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5.1
A shot in basketball made while the player is jumping
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2.7
A basketball shot made while you jump and let go of the ball at the top
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3.4
A close shot near the basket in basketball made with one hand, often off the backboard
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3.6
A basketball shot made by sweeping the arm and releasing the ball high with the hand farthest from the basket
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3.4
A strong shot where a player jumps and puts the ball through the hoop with one or both hands
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2.6
A free throw in basketball taken from the line when an opponent breaks the rules
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3.7
A shot in basketball that bounces off the backboard into the hoop
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5.2
A basketball shot taken while jumping backward to get space from a defender
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7.9
A basketball shot from far away that scores three points
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5.5
A successful shot made just before the game or period ends
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3.9
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
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7.2
A basketball shot made near the basket by rolling the ball off the fingertips
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3.5
A basketball shot where a player jumps and pushes the ball down into the hoop with one or both hands
A fast basketball shot near the basket taken quickly after a player gets the ball
A basketball play where a player puts the ball down hard through the hoop
A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender
A one-handed basketball shot you take while turning on one foot
A shot from the foul line that a player takes after a foul without anyone trying to stop it
A shot you take from the free throw line after a foul
A shot from the foul line taken after a foul that scores one point
A hit of the tennis ball with a racket during play
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'basketball' (the sport) + 'shot' (an attempt to score); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to an attempt to score in basketball. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically predictable, so the expression should be immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The phrase basketball shot comes from the game's early days, when players tried to throw a ball into a hanging basket that was often a real peach basket. The word shot simply means the throw, so the image of aiming and trying to 'score' by getting the ball into the basket is why the phrase means an attempt to score.