basketball
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
basketball/ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl/
▶noun a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed at each end of the court.
'basketball' also found in these Oxford entries:
air ball
- alley-oop
- assist
- backboard
- backcourt
- basket
- dribble
- dunk
- field goal
- free throw
- full-court press
- guard
- jump ball
- key
- korfball
- NBA
- paint
- perimeter
- pick
- point guard
- post
- power forward
- press
- rebound
- rebounder
- role playing
- roundball
- set shot
- shoot
- shooter
- sideline
- skyhook
- slam dunk
- small forward
- swingman
- swish
- technical foul
- tip
- tip-in
- trey
