"free throw" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-free throw.wav Forms: free throws [plural]
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  1. (basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition. Categories (topical): Basketball Translations (basketball): رَمْيَة حُرَّة (alt: ramya(t) ḥurra) [feminine] (Arabic), tir lliure [masculine] (Catalan), trestný hod [masculine] (Czech), vapaaheitto (Finnish), フリースロー (furī surō) (Japanese), 자유투 (jayutu) (Korean), 프리 스로 (peuri seuro) (Korean), 벌넣기 (beolleoki) [North-Korea] (Korean), tiro libre [masculine] (Spanish), frikast [neuter] (Swedish)
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  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 forms: free-throw lane, free-throw line, free throw percentage
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