Sekirov Dictionary

basketball

UK /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/US /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
a game for two sides of five, each trying to get the ball into a ring fixed high at one end of the floor
- He pursued basketball as his career.
The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

verb2

•
(informal) To play basketball.
- by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league — 1968
•
(informal) To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.
- 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. — 1994

forms

basketballed · basketballing · basketballs

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