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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

  • (..) Everybody in this place wants to get in on the action How could i lose right? Now this is a classic error In basketball it's called the Hot-Hand-Fallacy A player makes a bunch of shots in a row People are sure they're gonna make the next one People think, whatever is happening now (..)
    2015 The Big Short