airball

verb

air·​ball ˈer-ˌbȯl 

variants or air-ball

airballed or air-balled; airballing or air-balling; airballs or air-balls

transitive + intransitive

US, basketball

: to completely miss the rim and backboard with a shot : to shoot an air ball

Fesenko … badly airballed a free throw in the first quarter.

—Ross Siler

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale