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BASKETBALL SHOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Throwing the basketball toward the hoop
Example:
his shot hit the rim and bounced out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("basketball shot" is a kind of...):
shot (an attempt to score in a game)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basketball shot"):
bank shot (a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop)
dunk; dunk shot; stuff shot (a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket)
finger-roll (a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket)
charity shot; charity throw; charity toss; foul shot; free throw; penalty free throw (an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul)
hook; hook shot (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket)
jump shot; jumper ((basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump)
lay-up; layup (a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard))
pivot shot (a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot)
set shot (a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position)
scoop shot (a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion)
tip in (a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basket)
Holonyms ("basketball shot" is a part of...):
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
