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Basketball

//ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. uncountable

    "to play basketball"

  2. 2
    a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop wordnet
  3. 3
    The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. countable
  4. 4
    an inflated ball used in playing basketball wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To play basketball. informal, intransitive

    "by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league"

  2. 2
    To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball. informal, transitive

    "He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From basket + ball.

Etymology 2

From basket + ball.

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