LAY-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lay-up mean? 

• LAY-UP (noun)
  The noun LAY-UP has 1 sense:

1. a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

  Familiarity information: LAY-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAY-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lay-up; layup

Hypernyms ("lay-up" is a kind of...):

basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)