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jump shot

noun 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.

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Nearby words

jump out of one's skin, jump pass, jump rope, jump seat, jump shooter, jump shot, jump spark, jump suit, jump the gun, jump the track, jump through hoops

Origin of jump shot

First recorded in 1905–10
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British Dictionary definitions for jump shot

jump shot

noun

basketball a shot at the basket made by a player releasing the ball at the highest point of a leap
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