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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

  • (..) -No. Did you? -No. Not until college. That's me on the right. It's kind of hard to tell. You can tell by the eyebrows. -You played basketball? -I was a point guard. Don't act so surprised. I didn't know you were such a jock. That's me, too. And that. (..)
    2009 Up in the Air