jump shot

jump shot
noun
(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
• Syn: ↑jumper
• Topics: ↑basketball, ↑basketball game, ↑hoops
• Hypernyms: ↑basketball shot

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noun
1. : a shot in billiards in which the cue ball is made to jump over an object ball
2. also jump stroke : a croquet shot made with a downward stroke of the mallet so that the ball jumps over an obstacle
3. : a shot made by a basketball player who jumps into the air and releases the ball with one or both hands at the peak of his jump

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Basketball.
a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
[1905-10]

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jump shot noun (basketball)
A shot at a basket made when the player is in midair
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Main Entry: ↑jump

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jump shot UK US noun [countable] [singular jump shot plural jump shots]
the movement that a basketball player makes by jumping into the air and throwing the ball towards the basket
Thesaurus: basketballhyponym sports events and competitionshyponym

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jump shot,
Basketball. a shot made while jumping, especially at the highest point of the jump.

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n.
1) Basketball a shot made while jumping
2) Billiards a shot in which the cue ball is made to jump over another ball
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Derivatives:
jump shooter n. (in sense 1)

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noun, pl ⋯ shots [count]
: a basketball shot made while jumping

make/sink/hit a jump shot

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ˈjump shot 7 [jump shot] noun
(in ↑basketball) a shot made while jumping

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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