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

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

But it may also be getting a lift from basketball.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I have periodically had the same “problem” with NFL, college football, and college basketball games.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

There’s a reason why I can never beat Autumn in one-on-one basketball; my endurance is, and has always been, embarrassingly low.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer