LAYUP

layup, lay-up

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

layup (plural layups)

(basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.

(colloquial) A relatively easy task.

The state of being laid up.

(rail transport, countable or uncountable) A track used to store train cars.

(rail transport) A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.

(materials science) The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.

Anagrams

• Pauly, uplay

Source: Wiktionary

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