Definition of Free throw
1. Noun. An unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul.
Generic synonyms: Basketball Shot
Specialized synonyms: One-and-one
Definition of Free throw
1. Noun. (basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Free throw
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1. Basket Ball and Indoor Baseball for Women by Helen Frost, Charles Digby Wardlaw (1920)
"... but from any spot on the line bisecting the angle formed by the free throw
lane and end boundary lines the banked shot may be used to advantage. ..."
2. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"If the ball passes through the goal from a free throw, a point is awarded ...
At such time, however, no player may enter the free throw until the ball has ..."
3. Swimming by Archibald Sinclair, William Henry (1893)
"The penalty for each foul shall be a free throw to the opposing side from the
... A goal cannot be scored from a free throw unless the ball has touched at ..."
4. At Home in the Water: Swimming, Diving, Life Saving, Water Sports, Natatoriums by George Hebden Corsan (1910)
"free throws: A free throw is given to the nearest opposing player from the place
where the foul was committed. The thrower may throw, not for the goal, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the goalkeeper from a free throw or refusing to play the t - ! at the command
ol the referee after a foul or the ball has been oct of the field of play. ..."
6. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"Because you would have seen many others attempt free-throw shooting, ... You might
start off as a lousy free-throw shooter, but coming to the first lesson ..."
7. Internet Tax Freedom Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, U.S edited by W. J. Tauzin (1999)
"free throw. Mr. TAUZIN. [continuing] free throw competition where you beat him
in the gym so badly. But I will recognize him now to let him have at you ..."
8. New Ideas for Work and Play: What a Girl Can Make and Do by Lina Beard, Adelie Belle Beard (1902)
"The player having the free throw stands on the line in the centre of the circle
of the foul division (Fig. 614), and must be allowed to take time to aim ..."
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