layup
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈleɪˌʌp/
- Specialized
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bandeja
- She'd rather let Teri take an outside shot than be beaten to the basket for a layup.
- missed a layup
- make a layup
- scored a layup
He can go in for another layup, but he stops back.
- He can go in for another layup, but he stops back.
- And I go with this layup and I bring it up there and it's totally, it gets around the rim and it rolls.
- Because if they fucking air ball a layup, like, well, a lot of them are trash.
- So I so it's just like if I was doing a layup line and he does it and I just go, I, I dunk it first try, dunk it.
Examples
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Rachel Kusz's layup at 13:05 put the Bears ahead 15-7 before MMA scored seven unanswered.
Blog text (9) -
Let's start off with a layup, okay?
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Now it's time for layup practice.
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Maybe it never happened, maybe it was just a layup, just another nice shot.
Fiction book (1999) -
Do not let them get a layup.
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- Take the layup, Marcus!
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He missed one layup after another after another.
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That's an easy layup ...setting up the defense.
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Steven drives to the basket and puts in a layup.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the game, he executed a perfect layup off the backboard to score.
Synonyms
5
3.4
A close shot near the basket in basketball made with one hand, often off the backboard
3
3.7
A shot in basketball that bounces off the backboard into the hoop
A fast basketball shot near the basket taken quickly after a player gets the ball
A close-range basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion over a defender
Compounds
- Specialized
A fast basketball shot near the basket taken quickly after a player gets the ball
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Layup comes from the verb lay ('to place') and up ('towards the top'). It pictures gently placing the ball up near the hoop, which is why a layup is a close, one-handed shot often banked off the backboard.