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PENALTY FREE THROW

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• PENALTY FREE THROW (noun)
The noun PENALTY FREE THROW has 1 sense:

1. an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul

Familiarity information: PENALTY FREE THROW used as a noun is very rare.

• PENALTY FREE THROW (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

charity shot; charity throw; charity toss; foul shot; free throw; penalty free throw

Hypernyms ("penalty free throw" is a kind of...):

basketball shot (throwing the basketball toward the hoop)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "penalty free throw"):

one-and-one (a foul shot that must be made in order to earn the right to a second foul shot)

"This too, shall pass."
(English proverb)
"Help yourself to help God help you."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"He who walks slowly arrives first."
(Arabic proverb)
"Without suffering, there is no learning."
(Croatian proverb)

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