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The correct spelling is layup.
How to pronounce layup
noun
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The correct spelling is layup. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away. For example: "Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk."
Usage Examples
“Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.”
“The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.”
“The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
- 2.A relatively easy task.
- 3.The state of being laid up.
- 4.A track used to store train cars.
- 5.A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
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