free throw

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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.

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