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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Past honorees include former San Diego State and St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk (1993), former Tennessee point guard and current Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson (2003), and former N.C. State and Wisconsin and current New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (2011).
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 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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