Airball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Airball is a noun meaning (basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
Meaning
(basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
More Meanings
- (basketball, transitive) To throw an airball.
- (slang) An unfunny joke or remark.
- (slang) To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.
Example Sentences
The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer.
As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.
Johnson also could have tied the game, at 66-66 with 14 seconds left. But his jump shot was an airball. From that scramble Lopez emerged with the first of his key foul shots.
Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship.
Word Forms
- airballs
- airballing
- airballed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rebound, fallaway, swish, layup, brick, floater.
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