layup
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layup noun
- A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
- A relatively easy task.“Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.”
- The state of being laid up.“The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.”
- A track used to store train cars.“The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.”
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lay-uplay-inlayinbank shotreverse layupfallawayfloaterhalfcourthook shotjump shotlong ballkickoutairballset shotbunnyfadeaway
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