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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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“You don’t look much like your sister,” Chip said, bouncing the basketball low against the driveway.

From Literature

Alfie, from Northampton, said he had been "excited" and scared to be the first to have the procedure, but almost a year on he is now "running around as normal" and enjoyed playing basketball.

From BBC

The scene in which he torments his son by bouncing a basketball against his head was spoofed by Mike Myers' Dr Evil in the second Austin Powers film.

From BBC

Derrick Taylor won four City Section titles coaching basketball at Taft High.

From Los Angeles Times

All three look like they could be playing basketball or football with their physical statures.

From Los Angeles Times