1
: the action of laying up or the condition of being laid up
2
: a shot in basketball made from near the basket usually by playing the ball off the backboard
laid up; laying up; lays up
1
: to store up : lay by
2
: to disable or confine with illness or injury
a knee injury laid him up for a week
3
: to take out of active service
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Verb
an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and Crystal Dangerfield hit back-to-back layups to open the fourth.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
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Noun
But Jamal Murray instead passed to Torrey Craig, who had a layup — and missed.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and Crystal Dangerfield hit back-to-back layups to open the fourth.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
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“Layup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layup. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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layup
1 of 2 noun
lay·up
ˈlā-ˌəp 
: a basketball shot made from near the basket usually by bouncing the ball off the backboard
lay up
2 of 2 verb1
: to store up
2
: to disable or confine with illness or injury
a knee injury laid her up for a week
3
: to take out of active service
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