Associations to the word «Layup»

Wiktionary

LAYUP, noun. (basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
LAYUP, noun. (colloquial) A relatively easy task.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill