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Layup

A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.

📖 Definitions of "Layup"

noun

1
A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
2
A relatively easy task.
"Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk."
3
The state of being laid up.
"The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month."
4
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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