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    [Noun]  | "lay*up" | \ ˈlā-ˌəp \


    1: the action of laying up or the condition of being laid up

    2: a shot in basketball made from near the basket usually by playing the ball off the backboard


    Origin: 1845 ;

    [Verb]  | "lay up" 


    1: to store up : lay by

    2: to disable or confine with illness or injury

    3: to take out of active service


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "lie up" 


    1: to go into or remain in a dock

    2: to stay in bed or at rest


    Origin: 1699 ;

    [Verb]  | "lay up" 


    1: to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place;


      * e.g., " ... an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges "



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     [ "lay up" ]

    1: Like a throw up, Lay ups, or lays, are graffiti consisting

      * e.g.,  ... Writer1:"LagooN Ave Burners just L'ed up (layed up) our line!" 


     [ "lay up" ]

    2: of 2+ colors in a bubble or stretched format on freight cars/the infamous NYC Subway/Transit System. Burning and

      * e.g.,  ... Writer2:"Well, we best get L'in all over it then!" 


     [ "lay up" ]

    3: bombing can both be associated with laying up, since a burner

      * e.g.,  ... W2:"I got some outties (outlines) for you, lay up!" 


     [ "lay up" ]

    4: may lay a work from top to bottom, wall to wall (Top of the car to bottom, left side of the face to right), and then a bomber may lay up OVER the burner's work--


     [ "lay up" ]

    5: May also be called L'in or L'ed


     [ "lay up" ]

    6: Famous Layup/Throwie Artists from NYC include Tracy 168, MIN, SEEN, SKEME, etc.

     [ "Layed up" ]

    1: Chillen/relaxing/vibing with someone.

      * e.g.,  ... Im tryna be layed up with my boo right now 

     [ "laying up" ]

    1: just chilling with your nigga. just vibin, listening to music, making out, etc. just laying down and just hanging out. Getting to know them physically & emotionally.

      * e.g.,  ... friend;' hey what are you doing? you wanna go to a party? 

     [ "Lay up" ]

    1: An organized date usually arranged by friends where the sole purpose is sex and/or getting over a failed/bad relationship. Should not be confused with rebound. A lay up may or may not culminate into a meaningful relationship.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt felt bad for James so he called Alice and had her arrange a lay up with one of her friends. 

     [ "Lay up" ]

    1: lay up

      * e.g.,  ... I’d definitely lay up wit you 

     [ "laying up" ]

    1: to lounge, as in watching TV or reading a book

      * e.g.,  ... She was laying up watching TV 

     [ "Lay-up" ]

    1: hooking up with a girl at a club with little or no effort or game

      * e.g.,  ... I hooked up with her at the club last night, what a lay-up!! 

     [ "Lay Up" ]

    1: A girl who is so easy you can not miss.

      * e.g.,  ... Andrew: "Dev how could you miss that lay up you had the open lane!?" 


     [ "Lay Up" ]

    2: if you miss a lay up you are open to all chirps regarding having no wheels and just being an all around bad guy.

      * e.g.,  ... Devin: "I got buttery fingers yoh" 

     [ "Laying Up" ]

    1: The opposite of laying down/when you have someone laying on top of you.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Oh hey! Things are getting pretty serious between my partner and I! 

     [ "Lay-up" ]

    1: The act of hooking up with a girl known to be easy, who is also usually somewhat nasty (someone you wouldn't hook up with while sober unless deprived of sleep and masturbation).

      * e.g.,  ... Hey man, I'm having no luck so I'm just gonna take a dive and shoot a lay-up. 

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