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inbounds

[ in-boundz ]

adjective

  1. Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
  2. Basketball. of or relating to passing the ball onto the court from out of bounds.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of inbounds1

First recorded in 1960–65; adj. use of prepositional phrase in bounds

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Example Sentences

We thought we had won, but then the referees let the Soviets make another inbounds play with one second on the clock.

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