Jump Shot

Jump shot or jumpshot may refer to:

  • Jump shot, in cue sports such as pool (pocket billiards), a shot in which the cue ball is intentionally jumped into the air to clear an obstacle (usually an object ball)
  • Jump shot (basketball), an attempt to score in basketball by jumping, usually straight up, and in mid-jump, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket, unlike a normal shot in which the player's feet stay on the ground
  • Jumpshot (musician), an American hip-hop & electronica musician based out of New York City.

Famous quotes containing the words jump and/or shot:

    “The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)