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Definition 2024

upcourt ‎(not comparable)

(basketball) Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored
- 2009, January 17, “Howard Beck”, in Up-and-Down Knicks Get More of the Latter in Loss to Wizards:
  The Wizards took the lead for good when Nick Young blocked Duhon’s layup attempt, then raced upcourt for a 21-foot pull-up jumper.