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upcourt

upcourt adverb: toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored.

Adverb

upcourt (comparative further upcourt or farther upcourt, superlative furthest upcourt or farthest upcourt)

  1. Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored
    • The Wizards took the lead for good when Nick Young blocked Duhon’s layup attempt, then raced upcourt for a 21-foot pull-up jumper.2009 January 17, Howard Beck, “Up-and-Down Knicks Get More of the Latter in Loss to Wizards”, in New York Times

Antonyms of upcourt

Forms of upcourt

comparativefurther upcourt
comparativefarther upcourt
superlativefurthest upcourt
superlativefarthest upcourt

Origin of upcourt

From up- + court.

Questions about upcourt

What does upcourt mean?
Upcourt means toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored.
What part of speech is upcourt?
Upcourt is an adverb.

Words near upcourt in the dictionary

  1. upconverts
  2. upcore
  3. Upcott
  4. Upcotts
  5. upcountry
  6. upcourt
  7. upcraned
  8. upcrawl
  9. upcrawled
  10. upcrawling
  11. upcrawls

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