lay-up
or lay·up
[ ley-uhp ]
/ ˈleɪˌʌp /
noun
Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
the operation of assembling veneers for pressing into plywood.
the operation of applying alternate layers of material and a binder to form a bonded material.
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Origin of lay-up
First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase lay up
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British Dictionary definitions for lay-up
lay up
verb (tr, adverb)
to store or reserve for future use
(usually passive) informal to incapacitate or confine through illness
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Idioms and Phrases with lay-up
lay up
see laid up; lay in.
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