a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
Origin
1905-10
Examples from the web for jump shot
He split the difference, making his way to the free throw line and taking a jump shot.
He was too short and too weak, with a mediocre jump shot.
Basketball players, for example, spend hours and hours working on their dribble or jump shot.
We felt that when she gets into the middle she has that beautiful jump shot.
He's also been working on that jump shot for three seasons but still struggles a lot with it.
Frye has an extremely fantasy-friendly fantasy game if he can ever find his jump shot.
He is a excellent low-post scorer, has a solid standing jump shot and is a fine rebounder.
And he happens to have her heartbeat and her jump shot.
British Dictionary definitions for jump shot
jump shot
noun
1.
(basketball) a shot at the basket made by a player releasing the ball at the highest point of a leap