LAYUPS
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Definition
noun
- A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
- A relatively easy task.“Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.”
- The state of being laid up.“The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.”
- A track used to store train cars.“The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.”
- A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.“Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago.”
Source: Wiktionary
