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countable and uncountable, plural basketballs
(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. examples
(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. examples
third-person singular simple present basketballs, present participle basketballing, simple past and past participle basketballed
To play basketball quotations examples
by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league
1968, Tom Tiede, Coward
To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball quotations examples
He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.
1994, Jeff Probst, Bachelor Butterflies