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.

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of jump shot¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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As the old saying goes, live by the jump shot, die by the jump shot.

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Meanwhile, the Bruins kept shooting jump shots that were off the mark.

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“Start on the block, curl around the chair, jump shot,” the younger Dailey said of the routine.

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Might Andrews have become too reliant on taking jump shots?

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Turning over the roster for a second consecutive season meant the Bruins spent as much time socializing as working on their jump shot over the summer in an effort to get to know each other.

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jump shooter jump spark

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