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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn