free throw

English

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Noun

free throw (plural free throws)

1. (basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition.
2. (water polo) A throw taken without interference from the opposition. Such a throw is generally taken after an infringement by the opposing team.

Synonyms

• foul shot

Derived terms

• free-throw lane
• free-throw line
• free throw percentage

 

Translations

basketball

• Arabic: رَمْيَة حُرَّة f (ramya(t) ḥurra)
• Catalan: tir lliure (ca) m
• Czech: trestný hod m
• Finnish: vapaaheitto (fi)
• Japanese: フリースロー (furī surō)
• Korean: 자유투 (jayutu), 프리 스로 (peuri seuro), 벌넣기 (ko) (beolleoki) (North Korea)
• Spanish: tiro libre (es) m
• Swedish: frikast (sv) n