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basketball

Definition

  • noun: a game in which two teams of five players bounce a ball and try to score points by throwing the ball through one of the raised nets at each end of a rectangular court
  • noun: a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: basketball game, hoops

Examples

  • a 'basketball' game/team/player/coach

  • She plays 'basketball'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Nigger, you just fucked with the wrong bull. - Come here! - Get off! You should've learned your place on the fucking basketball court! But you fucking monkeys never get the message! My father gave me that truck, you motherfucker! You ever shoot at firemen? (..)
    1998 American History X