Now updated for CSW15. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| airball | in basketball, a shot that completely fails to touch the target. |
| backcourtman | a guard on a basketball team. |
| ballhandling | the art of handling the ball. |
| ballhawk | a very good defensive ballplayer; (verb) to act as a ballhawk. |
| basketball | a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal. |
| courtside | the area at the edge of a court (as for tennis or basketball). |
| downcourt | in or into the opposing end of the court, as in basketball. |
| fallaway | a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket. |
| frontcourt | a basketball team's offensive half of the court. |
| hoopster | a basketball player. |
| iceball | a game, similar to basketball, played by two teams on ice. |
| inbound | to put a basketball in play from out of bounds. |
| jumpshot | a type of shot in basketball. |
| korfball | (Dutch) a basketball-like game played between two teams of six men and six women each. |
| layin | a basketball score made by dropping the ball into the basket. |
| layup | a shot in basketball. |
| rebounder | a basketball player who is good at catching the ball as it rebounds from the backboard. |
| roundball | a form of basketball. |
| shootaround | an informal basketball practice or warmup before a game, during which players take turns shooting baskets. |
| swingman | a basketball player who can play guard or forward. |
| upcourt | up a basketball court. |