three-pointer

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  hobbieslifestylesportsA goal or other means of scoring worth three points.

  • Here Colgate stiffened, so Will place-kicked a 33-yard three-pointer from the 23 to put the Lions in front 10-7.
  • Barry John's try was the last three-pointer to be scored for Wales.
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  ball-gamesbasketballgamesA three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line.

  • A basket by Texas' Hamilton and a three-pointer by Madsen put the Longhorns ahead.
  • I'd like to see a long shot beyond an established line become a three pointer. It would stand out like a home run in baseball.
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  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA three-point landing; an airplane landing in which all three wheels touch the ground simultaneously.

  • October 1930, Paul Paddock, "I Solo in Seven Hours", Popular Mechanics Away I roared once more, resolved to score a three-pointer. I glided down to a good start but estimated my altitude wrongly.
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  hobbieshuntinglifestyleA deer or other animal whose antlers feature three points or tines.

  • ...one a three-pointer, the other a seven-pointer, and the one still lying down, a spike.