basketball
noun
bas·ket·ball
ˈba-skit-ˌbȯl 
often attributive
: a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal
also
: the ball used in this game
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
The 2000s Sacramento Kings star guard looks fit enough to curl off a screen and coolly drop in an 18-footer jumper in front of a frenzied home playoff crowd, but Bibby does his basketball work now with a whistle.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
LaRoche is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Coach of Integrity Hoops, which is a basketball training and consulting company.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
Few sports combine speed, agility and teamwork quite like basketball.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
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basketball
noun
bas·ket·ball
-ˌbȯl
: a court game in which each of two teams tries to toss an inflated ball through a raised goal
also
: the ball used in this game
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