basketball : Idioms & Phrases


basketball backboard

  • noun a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
    backboard.
    • he banked the shot off the backboard
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basketball clinic

  • noun a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction
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basketball coach

  • noun a coach of basketball players
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basketball court

  • noun the court on which basketball is played
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basketball equipment

  • noun sports equipment used in playing basketball
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basketball game

  • noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
    basketball; hoops.
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basketball hoop

  • noun horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
    basket; hoop.
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basketball league

  • noun a league of basketball teams
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basketball play

  • noun a play executed by a basketball team
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basketball player

  • noun an athlete who plays basketball
    basketeer; cager.
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basketball score

  • noun the score in a basketball game
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basketball season

  • noun the season when basketball is played
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basketball shot

  • noun throwing the basketball toward the hoop
    • his shot hit the rim and bounced out
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basketball team

  • noun a team that plays basketball
    five.
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professional basketball

  • noun playing basketball for money
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