basketball shot
English Thesaurus
1. throwing the basketball toward the hoop (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | shot, |
| definition | : | an attempt to score in a game (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bank shot, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | finger-roll, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hook, hook shot, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jump shot, jumper, |
| definition | : | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lay-up, layup, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | pivot shot, |
| definition | : | a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | set shot, |
| definition | : | a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | scoop shot, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tip in, |
| definition | : | a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basket (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | basketball, basketball game, hoops, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
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