BASKETBALL SHOT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball shot mean? 

• BASKETBALL SHOT (noun)
  The noun BASKETBALL SHOT has 1 sense:

1. throwing the basketball toward the hoop

  Familiarity information: BASKETBALL SHOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASKETBALL SHOT (noun)

Meaning:

Throwing the basketball toward the hoop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his shot hit the rim and bounced out

Hypernyms ("basketball shot" is a kind of...):

shot (an attempt to score in a game)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basketball shot"):

bank shot (a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard)

tip in (a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basket)

scoop shot (a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion)

set shot (a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position)

pivot shot (a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot)

lay-up; layup (a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard))

jump shot; jumper ((basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump)

hook; hook shot (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket)

charity shot; charity throw; charity toss; foul shot; free throw; penalty free throw (an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul)

finger-roll (a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket)

dunk; dunk shot; stuff shot (a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket)

Holonyms ("basketball shot" is a part of...):

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)