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LAYUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does layup mean?
• LAYUP (noun)
The noun LAYUP 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: LAYUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("layup" is a kind of...):
basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)
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