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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-]

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noun

a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket.

the round, inflated ball, approximately 30 inches (76 cm) in circumference, used in this game.

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Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; basket + ball¹

Related forms

pro·bas·ket·ball, adjective

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Example Sentences

Basketball and a few playoff games are on tap for this weekend.

With first-year students starting on football and basketball teams in programs that allow.

Great basketball players, for example, generally need to be tall.

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Basketball and a few playoff games are on tap for this weekend.

With first-year students starting on football and basketball teams in programs that allow.

Great basketball players, for example, generally need to be tall.

Favorite sports were football, baseball, and basketball.

The mother's bony rump was even with my eyes and her head looked higher than the rim of a basketball hoop.

Big-time college basketball is coming to an unfamiliar venue.

Roe made a name for herself with a basketball in her hand.

The synchrotron uses magnets to guide electrons around a ring that's about the size of a basketball court.

We think it's perfectly fine for tall people to play basketball.

The reporter makes a half-court over the back, no looking basketball shot.

Tucker was never one to let schoolwork interfere with his dream of playing professional basketball.

Went to a basketball game and shopping with my wife in the mall and was comfortable all day.

Basketball arenas aren't traditionally known for having distinctive architectural features.

I've hiked in them all over the world and worn them for all kinds of activities from dancing at weddings to playing basketball.

Sure, you can throw the ball around with the wee ones or reconnect with that pickup basketball league you've been putting off.

He loves fishing and also enjoys reading and playing soccer and basketball.

The sport thus becomes a fast-paced game of strategy and tactics not unlike basketball.

Nor do you experience the nonstop scoring experienced during pro basketball.

Basketball shoes are famous for the sleek design characteristics they share with the world's finest sports cars.

John's basketball team ran through some basic drills in its first.

Six basketball players were kicked off the team, one charged with selling cocaine, another.

Those where the outcome is sometimes in doubt such as baseball, football and basketball still attract wider audiences.

Landscape features as tiny as half the size of a basketball court can be seen on the sharpest map of the continent to date.

Garvey was the coach of their private school's basketball team.

Outside, there are basketball courts and volleyball nets.

He plays basketball and baseball and enjoys riding his bike.

The city's finest basketball players leave their asphalt playgrounds and.

That's enough room to keep even the basketball players of the world happy.

He enjoys playing sports and is on a travel basketball team.

Of all the major forms of betting, college basketball is almost certainly the easiest to fix.

What it lacks is the fast paced action that has made football and basketball so popular.

He enjoys practicing the piano, playing soccer and watching basketball games.

Imagine finding a butterfly with a wingspan as wide as a basketball.

When local football and basketball teams were victorious, voters were.

My brackets are all but busted thanks to a few heartbreaking upsets in this year's college basketball tournament, and p.

Once removed from the tube, the maps easily unfold and spread out on a basketball court.

If a basketball team is too expensive, buy a hockey team.

It was okay for some things, but she still couldn't play soccer or basketball.

Nicktropolis," which features video games and basketball courts.

Basketball is far more popular year round than native dancing.

The ability to offer every sport from basketball to cycling used to be the sole domain of cable and satellite.

We can all spring up and slam-dunk a basketball from a dead standstill under the hoop".

Lee loves to play baseball, basketball and football.

As violence has declined, young people are starting to play basketball.

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World English Dictionary

basketball (ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl)

—n
1.	a game played by two opposing teams of five men (or six women) each, usually on an indoor court. Points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal metal hoop
2.	the inflated ball used in this game

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Word Origin & History

basketball

1892, Amer.Eng., from basket + ball (1). The game was invented 1891 by James A. Naismith (18611939), physical education instructor in Springfield, Mass.

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