jump shot

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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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Origin of jump shot

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby jump shot

jumprock, jump rope, jump seat, jump-shift, jump shooter, jump shot, jump spark, jump-start, jumpsuit, jump the gun, jump the track

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How to use jump shot in a sentence

All game long, Durant unleashed his usual array of drives to the hoops and silky pull-up jump shots.
This Was No Team USA Men's Basketball Dream Team. But In Tokyo, It Demands Our Respect|Sean Gregory/Tokyo|August 7, 2021|Time
He’s in the 95th percentile on catch-and-shoot jump shots and in the 94th percentile shooting off the dribble.
NBA Teams Love Young Lottery Picks. These 3 ‘Old’ Players Might Change Their Minds.|Santul Nerkar (santul.nerkar@abc.com)|July 28, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Bill had gotten the keys to the grade-school facility at some point, and the girls would much rather practice jump shots than scores of Chopin.
Maryland’s Brenda Frese has been coaching with a heavy heart as her dad battles cancer|Kareem Copeland|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
The team has stymied opposing shooters on jump shots, layups and post-ups and in isolation and transition.
Can Tom Thibodeau Take A Defense-First Knicks Team To The Playoffs?|James L. Jackson|March 11, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

The jump shot is older than the pro game itself, and sharpshooters have been hitting long jumpers ever since.
What If Kevin Garnett And Tracy McGrady Had Shot Threes Instead Of Long Twos?|Mike Prada|July 8, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
There was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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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