three-pointer
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three-pointer
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From three + point + -er.
noun three-pointers
- A 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.
- A 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.
- A 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.
- A 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.
