basketball
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Is basketball a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of basketball?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.Examples: "to play basketball"; "He pursued basketball as his career."Synonyms: hoops, b-balluncountable
2. (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.countable
verb (English)
1. (informal, intransitive) To play basketball.Examples: "by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league"informalintransitive
2. (informal, transitive) To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.Examples: "He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him."informaltransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary