basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /

NOUN

team sport

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ball

STRONG

hoops

WEAK

B-ball brownball

Example Sentences

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And then the torn ACL cost her 25 games of her rookie season and another 25 last season, plus her spot on the United States’ Olympic 3x3 women’s basketball team in Paris in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Meet the folks who had given up on the team or needed to wake up early this morning—and missed a piece of basketball history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But it may also be getting a lift from basketball.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

All stopped to watch as Principal Wombat walked Zeke out to the middle of the blacktop basketball court that had weeds growing up through the cracks.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness