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Meaning of layup

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

layup

noun

Definitions

  1. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.

  2. A relatively easy task.

    Example: Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.

  3. The state of being laid up.

    Example: The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.

  4. A track used to store train cars.

    Example: The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.