layup

Meanings

Plural: layups

Noun

• a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
• A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
• A relatively easy task.
• The state of being laid up.
• A track used to store train cars.
• A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
• The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.

Synonyms

lay-up

Related Words

reverse layup, slam dunk