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Layup
WordNet
noun
(1) A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
WiktionaryText
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.