Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Basketball A shot made by arcing the far hand upward while being positioned or moving sideways to the basket.
Wiktionary
- n. basketball A shot in which the offensive player, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
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