three-pointer

plural three-pointers

1. hobbiesA goal or other means of scoring worth three points.

   Barry John's try was the last three-pointer to be scored for Wales.

   1982, David Parry-Jones, The Golden Years of Welsh Rugby

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   Here Colgate stiffened, so Will place-kicked a 33-yard three-pointer from the 23 to put the Lions in front 10-7.

   1944, “Football at mid-season”, in Columbia Alumni News

2. ball gamesA 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.

   1948, The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Guide

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   I'd like to see a long shot beyond an established line become a three pointer. It would stand out like a home run in baseball.

   1966, Bob Pettit, Bob Wolf, Bob Pettit: The Drive Inside Me

3. aeronauticsA 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.

4. hobbiesA 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.

   1918, John B. Griffin, “A Fight with the 'Bald Faced' Bear”, in Oregon Sportsman