layup

Other forms: layups

Definitions of layup
  1. noun
    a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
    synonyms: lay-up
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    type of:
    basketball shot
    throwing the basketball toward the hoop
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