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
(..) I will?. Hey, Payback... ...how do you stop five black dudes from raping a white chick?. -Fuck you, Stork. -Throw them a basketball. -lncoming. -Oh, shit. Them are outgoing. -That ain't outgoing. -That ain't outgoing. (..)
