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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But how long will Brink get grace from the Sparks in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business of basketball?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

For some fans, that basketball fever dream is creating a wedding nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

But it is basketball - not football - that New Yorkers are besotted with right now.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The unrest happened around Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, where the Knicks basketball game was played to a sellout crowd that included US megastar Taylor Swift.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“You don’t look much like your sister,” Chip said, bouncing the basketball low against the driveway.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix