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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Basketball A usually one-handed, banked shot made close to the basket after driving in.
- n. The act or an instance of laying up: budget cuts that forced the lay-up of several ships.
Wiktionary
- n. basketball Alternative form of layup.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Examples
“One day while we were running lay-up drills, Coach B made an offhand comment that he would “have a uniform for everyone here.””
“Nevada, with its large Mormon population, was long considered an easy lay-up for Romney.”
The Huffington Post: Ron Paul Poised To Finish Surprisingly Strong In 2012 Nevada Caucus
“ORU was undone by a sequence right before halftime as it gave up a lay-up then had the ball stolen on the inbounds pass for a dunk by WSU as the horn sounded.”
“He has no outside shot, is a bad defender and his one go-to move -- a slashing lay-up -- is rendered moot by his inconsistent free throw shooting.”
“Here, too, I found that the strain was beginning to tell on me, as I was unable to get any sleep during the days lay-up.”
“There are fairway bunkers around 80 yards short of the green – the perfect lay-up distance – which force the player into making a choice; try and squeeze the ball through a narrow gap up the right-hand side, or lay up a long way back from the bunkers and take your chances with a longer third shot?”
The Guardian: The Open 2011: Phil Mickelson hails revamped Royal St George's
“Sending the completed trade agreements with Colombia and Panama to Congress for ratification should have been a lay-up for a president seeking the center.”
“With Miami ahead by four and less than two minutes remaining in overtime, Evans knocked the ball loose from one Miami ball-handler, went and stole the ball from the Miami player who collected the loose ball and then jetted downcourt for a transition lay-up.”
The Washington Post: Miami 70, Virginia 68: Three up, three down
“Ten 500-yard par-four holes, four 250-yard par threes and four 750-yard par fives reachable with a 300-yard drive, a 250-yard lay-up and a 150-yard appproach add up neatly to 9,000 yards.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Pros and Cons of Distance Creep
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