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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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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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