Netball

Quick meaning: Netball is a noun meaning (countable) The ball used in this sport.

Meaning

(countable) The ball used in this sport.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.

Example Sentences

Some excellent photographs are taken of [...] members of the athletic club, "net-ball," "foot-ball," etc., [...]

In addition to the above prominent clubs, there are a number of cricket, tennis, net-ball, and football clubs in the Colony.

Another key skill in netball is the art of dodging; a quick, decisive change of direction to out-manoeuvre or wrong-foot a defender and be free to receive a pass or create a space to move into.

The next events were ones in which selected members of squads participated while the other members watched and cheered. These were net ball, hockey, tennis, and swimming, and followed in the order given.

Word Forms

• netballs
• net ball
• net-ball

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pitching, pitch, net ball, netballer, handball, volleyball.

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