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JUMP SHOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jump shot mean? 

JUMP SHOT (noun)
  The noun JUMP SHOT has 1 sense:

1. (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jumpplay

  Familiarity information: JUMP SHOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUMP SHOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jump shot; jumper

Hypernyms ("jump shot" is a kind of...):

basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)

Domain category:

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)


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