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Definitions of free throw words

noun free throw foul shot. 1
noun free throw basketball: throw awarded after a foul 1
noun free throw an unimpeded shot at the basket from the free-throw line given for a technical fault (one free shot) or a foul (two free shots) 0
noun free throw a free, or unhindered, shot at the basket from a designated line (free-throw line), allowed to a player as a penalty imposed on the opponents for some rule infraction: each successful shot counts for one point 0
noun free throw (basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition. 0

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

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