basketball

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

   to play basketball

2. 2
   verb

   To play basketball.

   by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league

3. 3
   verb

   To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.

   He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.

4. 4
   noun

   a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players

5. 5
   noun

   an inflated ball used in playing basketball

6. 6
   noun

   The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Etymology

From basket + ball.