Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
airball | in basketball, to make a shot that completely fails to touch the target > AIRBALLED, AIRBALLING. |
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. |