lay-up

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English

Noun

lay-up (plural lay-ups)

  1. (basketball) Alternative form of layup.
    • 2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), pages 52-53:
      Christophe could tell whether Joshua wanted him to pass the ball to him into the inside for an easy lay-up by the set of his mouth.

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