three-pointer

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.

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

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.

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.

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.