Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Basketball A usually one-handed, banked shot made close to the basket after driving in.
  • noun The act or an instance of laying up.

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  • noun basketball Alternative form of layup.

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  • noun a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

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Examples

  • Yes, I think for us, the development is more taking advantage of kind of what I'll call lay-up opportunities within our existing footprint.

    unknown title 2011

  • Nevada, with its large Mormon population, was long considered an easy lay-up for Romney.

    Ron Paul Poised To Finish Surprisingly Strong In 2012 Nevada Caucus The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • 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 Open 2011: Phil Mickelson hails revamped Royal St George's 2011

  • 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.

    A Presidency to Nowhere Daniel Henninger 2011

  • Here, too, I found that the strain was beginning to tell on me, as I was unable to get any sleep during the day’s lay-up.

    Walter (Bill) Gossner 2010

  • Nevada, with its large Mormon population, was long considered an easy lay-up for Romney.

    Ron Paul Poised To Finish Surprisingly Strong In 2012 Nevada Caucus The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • One day while we were running lay-up drills, Coach B made an offhand comment that he would “have a uniform for everyone here.”

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • 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.

    USATODAY.com 2009

  • One day while we were running lay-up drills, Coach B made an offhand comment that he would “have a uniform for everyone here.”

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • 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.

    It could always be worse Lee Friedman 2011

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