layup

an easy score. an uncontested basket.

1) How to describe the action you take when you had way too many drinks the night before and don't want to go to work/school.

A word for when you are faced with a certain predicament that must be worked around-- more specifically, a situation that is part impasse, part dilemma. It is an event or other such obstruction that prevents you from achieving a certain goal that usually must be puzzled out in some form or another. Good for situations where words like puzzle would be appropriate, but specifically the kind of puzzle to be found in Zelda games.

Not to be confused with holdup, which is a situation that by most definitions is a conundrum that cannot be solved through one's own power. Also not to be confused with laidup, which is to be incapacitated (usually through sickness or injury), though it is related.

Side tracks where trains are parked overnight and on weekends. Initally used to refer to subway layups, but now can refer to freight-train layups.

Verb; the unexpected and rather irritating occurrence, usually while playing NBA 2k, when a player on the court performs a horrendous attempt at a layup. The player will jump straight up with no body movement or attempt to put the ball in the basket, just jumping into a defender in front of him and missing by clanging it off the back rim, or rolling around it until finally it comes out.

When its getting towards closing time, and everyone's cocked, you look over to the other side of the bar and that girl thats drooling drunk... yeah, she's a layup. At this point, she'll go home with anyone with a pulse. No extra effort needed, easy layup.

Someone who's elbow crosses the end of the table on a beer pong shot.