libre

tl-adj

libre or libré (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

libre (canonical)
libré (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish libre. Displaced older gratis, also borrowed from Spanish.


three

threes (plural)
thre (alternative)
þree (alternative)
threy (alternative)
thrie (alternative)

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of tres and trey.
Cognate with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian երեք (erekʻ), Latin trēs, Latvian trīs, Lithuanian trỹs, Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old Church Slavonic трьѥ (trĭje), and others.

shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations

(basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.

kolmonen

basketball: abbreviation of three-pointer


four

en-noun

four (countable and uncountable, plural fours)

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

non-rhotic, dough–door merger, African-American Vernacular

PIE word
 *kʷetwóres
From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

четворка

rowing: four-man sweep racing shell or its crew

(basketball, countable) A power forward.


five

PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-West Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
See also West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm; also Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

doublet

put two and two together and come up with five

that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee

(basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.


trillion

Coined by Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.

(basketball, slang) A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.


bomb

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

onomatopoeic

imitative

With five seconds remaining, Smith received the inbounds pass and launched a bomb that dropped through the net to give his team an 80-79 victory.

2013, Brett L. Abrams, Raphael Mazzone, The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball, page 163:

(social) Something highly effective or attractive.

(basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.


travel

en-verb

travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle travelling or (US) traveling, simple past and past participle travelled or (US) traveled)

travels (present singular third-person)
travelling (participle present)
traveling (US participle present)
travelled (participle past)
travelled (past)
traveled (US participle past)
traveled (US past)
travel (infinitive)
travel (first-person present singular)
travelled (first-person past singular)
traveled (US first-person past singular)
travel (present second-person singular)
travellest (archaic present second-person singular)
travelest (archaic present second-person singular)
travelled (past second-person singular)
traveled (US past second-person singular)
travelledst (archaic past second-person singular)
traveledst (archaic past second-person singular)
travels (present singular third-person)
travelleth (archaic present singular third-person)
traveleth (archaic present singular third-person)
travelled (past singular third-person)
traveled (US past singular third-person)
travel (plural present)
travelled (past plural)
traveled (US past plural)
travel (present subjunctive)
travelled (past subjunctive)
traveled (US past subjunctive)
travel (imperative present)
travelling (participle present)
traveling (US participle present)
travelled (participle past)
traveled (US participle past)
travail (alternative obsolete)
travell (alternative obsolete)

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See the doublet travail.
Largely displaced native fare, from Old English faran (“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More at fare.

cog

(intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.


bucket

→ Farefare: bɔgtɛ

→ Japanese: バケツ (baketsu)

→ Maori: pākete

From Middle English buket, boket, partly from Old English bucc ("bucket, pitcher"; mod. dialectal buck), equivalent to bouk + -et; and partly from Anglo-Norman buket, buquet (“tub; pail”) (compare Norman boutchet, Norman bouquet), diminutive of Old French buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”), from Vulgar Latin *būcus (compare Occitan and Catalan buc, Italian buco, buca (“hole, gap”)), from Frankish *būk (“belly, stomach”). Both the Old English and Frankish terms derive from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). More at bouk.

gloss

"bucket, pitcher"; mod. dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">buck</i>

der

The forward drove to the bucket.

We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

[Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block.

2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:


elbow

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow

(basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.


make

makes (plural)
mak (alternative Durham Wearside dialectal)
makee (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
myek (alternative Geordie dialectal)

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, mix, make”).
Related to match.
Cognates
* Scots mak (“to make”)
* Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”)
* West Frisian meitsje (“to make”)
* Dutch maken (“to make”)
* Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”)
* German Low German maken (“to make”)
* German machen (“to make, do”)
* Danish mage (“to make, arrange (in a certain way)”)
* Latin mācerō, macer
* Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)


paint

en-noun

paint (countable and uncountable, plural paints)

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”) and *tīefran (“to paint”).

The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.

Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.

2013 December 12, “JV Dogs suffer first loss, 47-41”, in Martinez (California) News-Gazette:

Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.

2016 April 20, “Hawks not giving Celtics anything in the paint”, in Comcast SportsNet New England:

In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3.

2016 May 22, “Renewed defensive strategy has Raptors alive in conference finals”, in USA TODAY:

(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.


chalk

chalk (countable and uncountable, plural chalks)

chalks (plural)
chaulk (alternative dated)

→ Japanese: チャコ (chako), チョーク (chōku)

→ Nepali: चक (cak)

→ Swahili: chaki

→ Swazi: íshóki

→ Thai: ชอล์ก (chɔ́k)

→ Tsonga: choko

→ Tulu: ಚಾಕ್ (cākŭ)

→ Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì

From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.

(US, sports, chiefly basketball, horse racing) The favorite in a sporting event.

OK, let's get rid of the chalk players right away. The chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.

1982 March 22, Phil Musick, “And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 13:

Excuse us for sticking with the chalk, but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.

1995 April 6, “Notes on a Scorecard”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2012-03-06, page C3:

Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.

2008 March 24, Jason Bauman, “Non-news of the week: Obama picks North Carolina”, in Beacon-News, Aurora, Illinois, archived from the original on 2012-03-03:

(US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.


basket

basket (countable and uncountable, plural baskets)

→ Cornish: basket

→ Irish: bascaed

→ Welsh: basged

From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman baschet, basket, bascat, of obscure origin.
One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-vessel”), from Proto-Brythonic (in Breton baskodenn), from Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”), from purported Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”), but this is now widely viewed as a substrate word for phonetic reasons. Related to Latin fascis (“bundle, package, load”) (whence English fasces), Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Breton bac'h (“bundle, load”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos) and βάσκιοι (báskioi) (“bundle (of sticks)”); see also faggot (“(originally) bundle of sticks”).

unk

obscure

buslo

a large, deep basket used especially in marketing

pangnan

a small basket used by fishermen or to hold flowers or fruit

The point guard drove toward the basket.

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

سَلَّة

basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended

The last-second basket sealed the victory.

(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.

кош

basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket


basket

(basketball) basket (the goal in basketball)


basket

(basketball) basket (circular hoop from which a net is suspended)


brick

en-noun

brick (countable and uncountable, plural bricks)

⇒ Welsh: brics

From Late Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch bricke ("cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch brik), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *brekan (“to break”), whence also Old French briche and French brique (“brick”). Compare also German Low German Brickje (“small board, tray”). Related to break.

gloss

"cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">brik</i>

cog

We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.

(basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.


rebound

desc

→ Greek: (basketball) ριμπάουντ (rimpáount) (learned)

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.


rebound

en-verb

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

rebounds (present singular third-person)
rebounding (participle present)
rebounded (participle past)
rebounded (past)

By the mid-19605, the top small forwards in the game were Rick Barry and Iohn Havlicek, both of whom excelled as defenders and passers, rebounded well, and provided their respective teams with exceptional scoring.

2013, Robert W. Cohen, Pro Basketball's All-time All-stars: Across the Eras, page xxi:

I knew for sure if Griffin blocked shots and rebounded the basketball my Ravens would become champions.

2021, Ronald Lee Fleming, Rise of the Ravens, page 2021:

(basketball) To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.


base

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).


base

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Base on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᵉˢ


key

From Middle English keye, kaye, keiȝe, from Old English cǣġ (“key, solution, experiment”) (whence also Scots key and kay (“key”)), of uncertain origin. The only sure cognates are Saterland Frisian Koai (“key”), West Frisian kaai (“key”), and North Frisian kay (“key”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-, *ǵegʰ-, *ǵegʰn- (“branch, stake, bush”), which would make it cognate with Middle Low German kāk (“whipping post, pillory”), and perhaps to Middle Dutch keige (“javelin, spear”) and Middle Low German keie, keige (“spear”). For the semantic development, note that medieval keys were simply long poles (ending in a hook) with which a crossbar obstructing a door from the inside could be removed from the outside, by lifting it through a hole in the door. Liberman has noted, however, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent; twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages."

шпи́лка

object used to maintain the orientation between two others

Key in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

He shoots from the top of the key.

(basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.


dagger

From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229), related to Occitan, Italian, Spanish daga, Dutch dagge, German Degen, Middle Low German dagge (“knife's point”), Old Norse daggarðr, Danish daggert, Faroese daggari, Welsh dager, dagr, Breton dac, Albanian thikë (“a knife, dagger”), thek (“to stab, to pierce with a sharp object”).
In English attested from the 1380s.
The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm suspects Celtic origin.
Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective dācus. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that French dague was a derivation from German dagge, dagen, although not attested until a much later date).
The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca in his Philippide. Other Middle Latin forms include daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga; the forms with -r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word).
OED points out that there is also an English verb dag (“to stab”) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.
Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”) has also been suggested. Alternatively, a connection from Proto-Indo-European *dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, “to sharpen, whet”).

His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.

(American football, basketball) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.


hoop

en-noun

hoop (countable and uncountable, plural hoops)

From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

cog

(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.

aro

basketball: rim part of a basketball net


panier

→ English: pannier

Inherited from Old French, from Latin pānārium (“breadbasket”), from pānis (“bread”).

mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier


ABC

The first was the Asian Games, held every 4 years, and the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC), held every 2 years.

2013 August 10, Gilas Pilipinas, “Looking back: When PH ruled Asian basketball”, in Rappler:

The most memorable championship of his life, the 1967 ABC (now Fiba Asia), was also the most dramatic for the Philippines in the entire 1960s.

2017 January 15, Ray Roquero, “Hero of '67 ABC”, in Business Mirror:

The now FIBA Asia Cup was previously called as the FIBA Asia Championships and the older Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships.

2017 August 16, “Australia, NZ slug it out for FIBA Asia Cup crown”, in Asia Pacific Report:

Former PBA players pay final respects to Danny Florencio in his final journey home But Florencio would cement his place in local basketball history as the hero in the Philippines’ dramatic 83-80 win over South Korea for the 1967 Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship (now known as the FIBA-Asia).

2018 April 5, Gerry Ramos, Sports Interactive Network Philippines:

Asian Basketball Confederation
w:Asian Basketball Confederation

(historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.


cesta

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

colocar todos os ovos em uma única cesta

(basketball) a circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball


PG

en-noun

PG (countable and uncountable, plural PGs)

(countable, basketball) Initialism of point guard.


hook

sometimes in Northern England and Ireland, otherwise obsolete

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake.

(basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.


hook

en-verb

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

hooks (present singular third-person)
hooking (participle present)
hooked (participle past)
hooked (past)

koukata

hockey: to engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking

"Hey, Sara! Watch this hook shot!" he shouted as he hooked the ball right through the net—swish!

2012, Roland Johnson, Jeremya Jones: A King's Kid, page 93:

(cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.


rock

en-noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h). Related also to Middle Low German rocke (“rock ledge”). One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica, from rupes (compare rupico).

rockcress

Brassicaceae: Arabis, Arabidopsis, Boechera spp.

Yo homie, pass the rock!

It [the original Space Jam limped to 88 minutes with detours into Jordan’s swanky mansion and forced its cartoon cavalry to compete for screen time against Wayne Knight and a bunch of basketball players who delivered their lines much less confidently than they put the rock through the net.

2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros. properties”, in The A.V. Club:


BBL

British Basketball League
w:British Basketball League

(basketball, UK, historical) Initialism of British Basketball League.


mate

(basketball) dunk (the act of dunking, particularly in basketball)


mate

(basketball) dunk, slam dunk (the act of dunking: put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power)


center

centers (plural)
centre (alternative Australia Canada Commonwealth Ireland New-Zealand South-Africa UK including usually)

From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).

sentrum

point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle

مَرْكَز

point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates

(sports) A player in the middle of a playing area.

(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.


glass

en-noun

glass (countable and uncountable, plural glasses)

glasses (plural)
glasse (alternative obsolete)

→ Gulf Arabic: قلاص (gḷāṣ)

→ Fiji Hindi: gilaas

→ Japanese: グラス (gurasu)

→ Kikuyu: ngirathi

→ Malay: gelas, ݢلس

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).
Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.

pleksi

sport: barrier made of solid, transparent material

people that live in glass houses should not throw stones

people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

He caught the rebound off the glass.

(sports) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.


arc

→ Irish: arc

→ Maltese: ark

→ Welsh: arc

Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.

der

(basketball, slang) The three-point line.


nutmeg

en-noun

nutmeg (countable and uncountable, plural nutmegs)

→ Irish: noitmig

→ Japanese: ナツメグ (natsumegu)

→ Maori: natimeke

→ Welsh: nytmeg

From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede.
For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.

der

The same applied to Loftus-Cheek, who grew into the game after a quiet start and even had the impudence to slip the ball through Marcel Halstenberg’s legs in the first half. Nutmegs aside, Loftus-Cheek also came up with one of England’s best passes of the night, sending Jamie Vardy through the middle at the end of the first half.

2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):

(soccer, field hockey or ice hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.


yam

en-verb

yam (third-person singular simple present yams, present participle yamming, simple past and past participle yammed)

yams (present singular third-person)
yamming (participle present)
yammed (participle past)
yammed (past)

Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:yam.

(especially basketball) To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.


RPG

Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).

(basketball) Initialism of rebound per game.


guard

guards (plural)
gard (alternative obsolete)
garde (alternative obsolete)
guarde (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.

der

(basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.


iso

en-noun

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

“I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”

2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times:

(American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.


jam

jam (countable and uncountable, plural jams)

→ Armenian: ջեմ (ǰem)

→ Azerbaijani: cem

→ Belarusian: джэм (džem)

→ Bengali: জ্যাম (jêm)

→ Bulgarian: джем (džem)

→ Cantonese: 占 (zim1, zem1)

→ Czech: džem

→ Dutch: jam

→ Estonian: džemm

→ Finnish: jamit

→ French: jam

→ Georgian: ჯემი (ǯemi)

→ Hindi: जाम (jām)

→ Japanese: ジャム (jamu)

→ Kazakh: джем (djem)

→ Korean: 잼 (jaem)

→ Kyrgyz: джем (djem)

→ Macedonian: џем (džem)

→ Malay: jem

→ Polish: dżem

→ Romanian: gem

→ Russian: джем (džem)

→ Saanich: ĆÁM

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Latin script: džȅm

Cyrillic script: џе̏м

→ Sinhalese: ජෑම් (jǣm)

→ Slovak: džem

→ Swahili: jemu

→ Swedish: jam

→ Tajik: джем (džem)

→ Thai: แยม (yɛɛm)

→ Ukrainian: джем (džem)

→ Urdu: جام (jām)

→ Welsh: jam

First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Compare dialectal jammock (“to press, squeeze, crush into a soft mass, chew food"; also "a soft, pulpy substance”). Perhaps from Middle English chammen, champen ("to bite upon something, gnash the teeth"; whence modern champ, chomp), of uncertain origin; probably originally onomatopoeic.
The "performance" sense is first attested with regards to jazz in 1929, and its origin, though uncertain, is likely metaphorical, "something sweet made by the combination of many things", with influence from jamboree.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

(countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.


jam

en-verb

jam (third-person singular simple present jams, present participle jamming, simple past and past participle jammed)

jams (present singular third-person)
jamming (participle present)
jammed (participle past)
jammed (past)

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


three-point line

en-noun

three-point line (plural three-point lines)

(basketball) An arc on the floor of a basketball court beyond which a successful shot is worth three points.


three-point shot

three-point shot (plural three-point shots)

(basketball) A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line.


free throw

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(basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition.


free-throw line

free-throw line (plural free-throw lines)

(basketball) A line parallel to the baseline, fifteen feet from the plane of the backboard, from behind which a free throw may be taken.


backboard

(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.


March Madness

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From the month of March, during which most of the tournament matches take place. The "madness" part is probably an allusion to the phrase mad as a March hare.

(basketball, US) The NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.


Final Four

(basketball, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.

These two teams have an amazing number of Final Fours between them.

(basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Final Four.

(basketball, Europe) The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion.


point guard

Many current NBA coaches are former point guards.

(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.


shooting guard

(basketball) A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.


barn

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
More at rest and barley.
For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.

der

close the barn door after the horse has bolted

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

(informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.


step

head

step (definite accusative stepi, plural stepler)

stepi (accusative definite)
stepler (plural)
step (nominative singular)
stepler (nominative plural)
stepi (accusative definite singular)
stepleri (accusative definite plural)
stepe (dative singular)
steplere (dative plural)
stepte (locative singular)
steplerde (locative plural)
stepten (ablative singular)
steplerden (ablative plural)
stepin (genitive singular)
steplerin (genitive plural)
stepim (first-person nominative singular)
steplerim (first-person nominative singular)
stepin (nominative second-person singular)
steplerin (nominative second-person singular)
stepi (nominative singular third-person)
stepleri (nominative singular third-person)
stepimiz (first-person nominative plural)
steplerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
stepiniz (nominative plural second-person)
stepleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
stepleri (nominative plural third-person)
stepimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
steplerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
stepini (accusative definite second-person singular)
steplerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
stepini (accusative definite singular third-person)
steplerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
stepimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
steplerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
stepinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
steplerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
steplerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
stepime (dative first-person singular)
steplerime (dative first-person singular)
stepine (dative second-person singular)
steplerine (dative second-person singular)
stepine (dative singular third-person)
steplerine (dative singular third-person)
stepimize (dative first-person plural)
steplerimize (dative first-person plural)
stepinize (dative plural second-person)
steplerinize (dative plural second-person)
steplerine (dative plural third-person)
stepimde (first-person locative singular)
steplerimde (first-person locative singular)
stepinde (locative second-person singular)
steplerinde (locative second-person singular)
stepinde (locative singular third-person)
steplerinde (locative singular third-person)
stepimizde (first-person locative plural)
steplerimizde (first-person locative plural)
stepinizde (locative plural second-person)
steplerinizde (locative plural second-person)
steplerinde (locative plural third-person)
stepimden (ablative first-person singular)
steplerimden (ablative first-person singular)
stepinden (ablative second-person singular)
steplerinden (ablative second-person singular)
stepinden (ablative singular third-person)
steplerinden (ablative singular third-person)
stepimizden (ablative first-person plural)
steplerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
stepinizden (ablative plural second-person)
steplerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
steplerinden (ablative plural third-person)
stepimin (first-person genitive singular)
steplerimin (first-person genitive singular)
stepinin (genitive second-person singular)
steplerinin (genitive second-person singular)
stepinin (genitive singular third-person)
steplerinin (genitive singular third-person)
stepimizin (first-person genitive plural)
steplerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
stepinizin (genitive plural second-person)
steplerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
steplerinin (genitive plural third-person)
stepim (first-person singular)
steplerim (first-person singular)
stepsin (second-person singular)
steplersin (second-person singular)
step (singular third-person)
steptir (singular third-person)
stepler (singular third-person)
steplerdir (singular third-person)
stepiz (first-person plural)
stepleriz (first-person plural)
stepsiniz (plural second-person)
steplersiniz (plural second-person)
stepler (plural third-person)
steplerdir (plural third-person)

(basketball) traveling (basketball rule violation)


drain

en-verb

drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained)

drains (present singular third-person)
draining (participle present)
drained (participle past)
drained (past)
drein (alternative)
drein (alternative obsolete)
dreen (alternative Appalachia)

→ French: drainer (see there for further descendants)

From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.

der

(transitive, basketball, slang) To make a shot.


bonus

en-noun

bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or (nonstandard) boni)

bonuses (plural)
bonusses (plural)
boni (nonstandard plural)

→ Danish: bonus

→ French: bonus

→ German: Bonus

→ Portuguese: bónus, bônus (Brazil)

→ Japanese: ボーナス (bōnasu)

→ Turkish: bonus

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.

(basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.


dime

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

(US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.


pick

From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.
Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).

inh

écran (only used in the verbal locution faire écran)


pick

en-verb

pick (third-person singular simple present picks, present participle picking, simple past and past participle picked)

picks (present singular third-person)
picking (participle present)
picked (participle past)
picked (past)


drill down

drill down (third-person singular simple present drills down, present participle drilling down, simple past and past participle drilled down)

drills down (present singular third-person)
drilling down (participle present)
drilled down (participle past)
drilled down (past)

They drilled down three pointers throughout the second half.

(transitive, basketball) To score points; to do well in a basketball game.


technical

en-noun

technical (countable and uncountable, plural technicals)

From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).

(basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.


forward

forwards (plural)
foreward (alternative)
forrard (alternative)
forrad (alternative)
forred (alternative)

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

der

(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.


swish

en-noun

swish (countable and uncountable, plural swishes)

(basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.

trafienie piłką do kosza bez dotknięcia obręczy


swish

en-verb

swish (third-person singular simple present swishes, present participle swishing, simple past and past participle swished)

swishes (present singular third-person)
swishing (participle present)
swished (participle past)
swished (past)

(basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.

basketball: to shoot the ball in without touching the rim or backboard

trafić piłką do kosza bez dotknięcia obręczy


charge

en-noun

charge (countable and uncountable, plural charges)

From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.

(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.


charge

en-verb

charge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged)

charges (present singular third-person)
charging (participle present)
charged (participle past)
charged (past)

desc

→ Cantonese: 叉廚 /叉厨 (caa¹ cyu⁴), 叉 (caa¹)

→ Dutch: chargen

→ Kashubian: czardżowac (United States)

→ Malay: caj, cas

→ Sranan Tongo: tyars

→ Swahili: chaji

yükləmək

to place a burden upon, to assign a duty

yükləmək

to load equipment with material required for its use

(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.


triple

[ˈt̠͡ɹ̠̊ɪpl̩]

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.


triple

(basketball) three-pointer (A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)


tomahawk

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax”).

(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.


tomahawk

en-verb

tomahawk (third-person singular simple present tomahawks, present participle tomahawking, simple past and past participle tomahawked)

tomahawks (present singular third-person)
tomahawking (participle present)
tomahawked (participle past)
tomahawked (past)

When the league held its first slam-dunk contest in 1984 in Denver, Nance, then a Phoenix Sun, soared into the rafters with a basketball in each hand and tomahawked each one through the net before floating back to earth […]

2007, Bob Dyer, The Top 20 Moments in Cleveland Sports, page 237:

(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.


forty minutes of hell

Reportedly coined by Arkansas Razorbacks coach Nolan Richardson.

(idiomatic, basketball) The NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.


dunker

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

(basketball) A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.


continuation

en-noun

continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō.
Morphologically continue + -ation

(basketball, countable) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.


disqualification

disqualification (countable and uncountable, plural disqualifications)

(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.


foul

en-verb

foul (third-person singular simple present fouls, present participle fouling, simple past and past participle fouled)

fouls (present singular third-person)
fouling (participle present)
fouled (participle past)
fouled (past)
foule (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Middle English foulen, fulen, from Old English fūlian (“to become foul; rot; decay”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlēn, from Proto-Germanic *fūlāną (“to rot; decay”).

der

Smith fouled him hard.

The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.

2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:

(transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.

фаулирам

Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter.

State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.

2009, Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen, Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper, →ISBN:

(intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.


slam

en-verb

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)

slams (present singular third-person)
slamming (participle present)
slammed (participle past)
slammed (past)

From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).

правя капо

card games: to defeat by winning all the tricks

(basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.


slam

en-noun

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)


wedgie

(basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.


dunk

en-verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

dunks (present singular third-person)
dunking (participle present)
dunked (participle past)
dunked (past)

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

cog

The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.


dunk

nl-noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

dunks (plural)
dunkje (diminutive neuter)


reverse dunk

(basketball) A dunk in which the player's back is to the basket when the ball is dunked.


slam dunk

slam dunks (plural)
slam-dunk (alternative)
slamdunk (alternative)

(basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.


thunderdunk

(basketball) An extremely forceful dunk.


lob jam

From the two aspects of the play: a lob pass and a jam shot by the receiver.

(basketball, rare) Synonym of alley oop.


SF

en-noun

SF (countable and uncountable, plural SFs)

→ Japanese: エスエフ, SF (SF)

(basketball) Initialism of small forward.


FT

FT (countable and uncountable, plural FTs)


free-throw lane

free-throw lane (plural free-throw lanes)

Players must remain outside the free-throw lane until the ball leaves the free-throw shooter's hands.

(basketball) The rectangular or trapezoidal area between the free-throw line and the end line.


charity stripe

(US, basketball, informal) The free-throw line.


half-court line

half-court line (plural half-court lines)

(basketball) The line parallel to the end lines and midway between them.


half-court violation

half-court violation (plural half-court violations)

(basketball) A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.


man-to-man defense

man-to-man defense (plural man-to-man defenses)

They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.

(basketball) A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.


zone defense

zone defense (countable and uncountable, plural zone defenses)

Outside shooting is essential to beating a zone defense.

(basketball, soccer) A defense in which each player covers an area of the court.


fast break

Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.

(basketball) An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up.


airball

* From air + ball.
* The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

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.

1990 April 3, David Levine, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Fordham Defeats Iona to Advance”, in The New York Times:

Bryant’s path to becoming a champion, after all, began with a series of infamous misses: his playoff airballs as a rookie against Utah. Clarkson sees those airballs as a metaphor for Bryant’s clunky start against the Jazz two decades later.

2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point night”, in The New York Times:

(basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.


airball

en-verb

airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)

airballs (present singular third-person)
airballing (participle present)
airballed (participle past)
airballed (past)

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.

2022 August 8, Jared Weiss, “Jayson Tatum opens up on lessons from Celtics’ finals loss, Kevin Durant trade”, in The New York Times:

The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer.

2024 January 23, Zach Harper and Shams Charania, “Joel Embiid’s 70-point NBA welcome to Victor Wembanyama. Plus, Shams on Heat-Hornets trade”, in The New York Times:

(basketball, transitive) To throw an airball.


lane violation

(basketball) The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.


points in the paint

(basketball, colloquial) Points scored from within the free-throw lane.


pivot

Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).

Pivot (basket-ball) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᶠʳ


offensive foul

(basketball) A foul committed by a member of the team with possession of the ball.


charging

en-noun

charging (countable and uncountable, plural chargings)

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/

[ˈt͡ʃaɹd͡ʒɪŋ]

/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/

[ˈt͡ʃaːd͡ʒɪŋ]

Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.

(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.


screen

screens (plural)
skreen (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).
Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm.
An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.

skerm

viewing area of electronic output device

Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.


screen

en-verb

screen (third-person singular simple present screens, present participle screening, simple past and past participle screened)

screens (present singular third-person)
screening (participle present)
screened (participle past)
screened (past)
skreen (alternative obsolete)

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.


dribble

dribble (third-person singular simple present dribbles, present participle dribbling, simple past and past participle dribbled)

dribbles (present singular third-person)
dribbling (participle present)
dribbled (participle past)
dribbled (past)

→⇒ Czech: driblovat

→ Dutch: dribbelen

→ French: dribbler

→ German: dribbeln

→ Portuguese: drible, driblar

→ Spanish: driblar

(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

dribloj

to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it


moving screen

(basketball, informal) An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender and makes contact. Technically it is a block; in other words, there is no such terminology in most rulebooks using the phrase "moving screen." This means that, for it to be a foul, there must be contact (and illegal contact at that, meaning advantage-conveying). No illegal contact, no foul, no matter how much moving the screener does.


double double

double doubles (plural)
double-double (alternative)

Norwegian Bokmål: dobbel-dobbel

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double double.wav

(coffee): Used by the Tim Hortons restaurant chain.

The center had 11 assists and 10 blocks tonight for a very unusual double double.

Steven Adams and Enes Kanter wreaked havoc for Oklahoma City. Kanter came off the bench to score 27 points, block three shots and add 10 rebounds. Adams had a double-double, too, with 14 points and 10 rebounds at center.

2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any two of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.


zone

→ Korean: 존 (jon)

→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ੋਨ (zon)

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

der

(basketball, American football) A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.


Grand Slam

(Philippines, basketball) winning in each of the three Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) tournaments, each called locally a conference, in a season; see Grand Slam (PBA) on Wikipedia.


keyhole

(basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.


behind the arc

The Nimrods shot an amazingly futile 2-for-45 from behind the arc.

(basketball, informal) Outside the three-point line.


traveling

travelings (plural)
travelling (alternative)

(basketball) A violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.


double dribble

(basketball) A violation committed by dribbling for a second time without giving up possession of the ball.


foul out

His foul out sat poorly with the crowd.

(basketball) An instance of fouling out.


foul out

en-verb

foul out (third-person singular simple present fouls out, present participle fouling out, simple past and past participle fouled out)

fouls out (present singular third-person)
fouling out (participle present)
fouled out (participle past)
fouled out (past)

The center has fouled out with only two points.

(basketball) To be disqualified from further play for having committed too many fouls.


layup

(basketball) A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.


reverse layup

(basketball) A running in which the shooter dives under the basket and shoots the ball straight away from the basket.


lay-in

(basketball) A shot in which the ball is tossed directly into the basket from near the rim.


scoop shot

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(basketball) A shot taken underhanded from an unusually low position (as though scooping up the ball).


held ball

(basketball) A situation in which players of opposing teams both hold the ball, with neither clearly possessing it outright.


crossover dribble

en-noun

crossover dribble (plural crossover dribbles)

(basketball) A maneuver in which a dribbling player rapidly switches the ball from one side to the other in order to move around a defender.

Coach's Clipboard Video Clips of basketball maneuvers


reject

en-verb

reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)

rejects (present singular third-person)
rejecting (participle present)
rejected (participle past)
rejected (past)

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

ncog

(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.


straff

straff (indefinite nominative singular)
straffs (genitive indefinite singular)
straffen (definite nominative singular)
straffens (definite genitive singular)
straffar (indefinite nominative plural)
straffars (genitive indefinite plural)
straffarna (definite nominative plural)
straffarnas (definite genitive plural)


windmill

From Middle English wyndmylne, wyndmylle, equivalent to wind + mill. Cognate with Scots wyndmyln, wyndmyl, Saterland Frisian Wíendmäälne, West Frisian wynmûne, Dutch windmolen, Afrikaans windmeul, Dutch Low Saxon windmölle (Achterhooks), wiendmeule (Drents, Veluws), German Low German Windmöhl, German Windmühle, Danish vindmølle, Norwegian Bokmål vindmølle, Norwegian Nynorsk vindmølle, vindmylne, Swedish vindmölla, Icelandic vindmylla.
(imaginary enemy): A reference to Don Quixote tilting at windmills.

(basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.


poste

→ Hunsrik: Poste

(basketball) center (a player who plays closest to the basket)


poster

→ Burmese: ပိုစတာ (puica.ta)

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Dutch: poster

→ Finnish: posteri

→ French: poster
→ Turkish: poster

→ German: Poster

→ Hindi: पोस्टर (posṭar)

→ Hungarian: poszter

→ Irish: póstaer

→ Italian: poster

→ Japanese: ポスター (posutā)

→ Korean: 포스터 (poseuteo)

→ Malay: poster

→ Manx: posteyr

→ Persian: پوستر (poster)

→ Polish: poster

→ Portuguese: pôster, póster (Portugal)

→ Romanian: poster

→ Russian: по́стер (póstɛr)

→ Spanish: póster

→ Swedish: poster

→ Tagalog: poster

→ Thai: โปสเตอร์ (bpóos-dtə̂ə))

→ Welsh: poster

(basketball) A dunk over a defending player.


jumper

[Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block.

2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:

(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.


kenttä

kenttä (nominative singular)
kentät (nominative plural)
kenttä (accusative nominative singular)
kentät (accusative nominative plural)
kentän (accusative genitive singular)
kentät (accusative genitive plural)
kentän (genitive singular)
kenttien (genitive plural)
kenttäin (genitive plural rare)
kenttää (partitive singular)
kenttiä (partitive plural)
kentässä (inessive singular)
kentissä (inessive plural)
kentästä (elative singular)
kentistä (elative plural)
kenttään (illative singular)
kenttiin (illative plural)
kentällä (adessive singular)
kentillä (adessive plural)
kentältä (ablative singular)
kentiltä (ablative plural)
kentälle (allative singular)
kentille (allative plural)
kenttänä (essive singular)
kenttinä (essive plural)
kentäksi (singular translative)
kentiksi (plural translative)
kentättä (abessive singular)
kentittä (abessive plural)
kentin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kenttäni (nominative singular)
kenttäni (nominative plural)
kenttäni (accusative nominative singular)
kenttäni (accusative nominative plural)
kenttäni (accusative genitive singular)
kenttäni (accusative genitive plural)
kenttäni (genitive singular)
kenttieni (genitive plural)
kenttäini (genitive plural rare)
kenttääni (partitive singular)
kenttiäni (partitive plural)
kentässäni (inessive singular)
kentissäni (inessive plural)
kentästäni (elative singular)
kentistäni (elative plural)
kenttääni (illative singular)
kenttiini (illative plural)
kentälläni (adessive singular)
kentilläni (adessive plural)
kentältäni (ablative singular)
kentiltäni (ablative plural)
kentälleni (allative singular)
kentilleni (allative plural)
kenttänäni (essive singular)
kenttinäni (essive plural)
kentäkseni (singular translative)
kentikseni (plural translative)
kentättäni (abessive singular)
kentittäni (abessive plural)
kenttineni (comitative plural)
kenttäsi (nominative singular)
kenttäsi (nominative plural)
kenttäsi (accusative nominative singular)
kenttäsi (accusative nominative plural)
kenttäsi (accusative genitive singular)
kenttäsi (accusative genitive plural)
kenttäsi (genitive singular)
kenttiesi (genitive plural)
kenttäisi (genitive plural rare)
kenttääsi (partitive singular)
kenttiäsi (partitive plural)
kentässäsi (inessive singular)
kentissäsi (inessive plural)
kentästäsi (elative singular)
kentistäsi (elative plural)
kenttääsi (illative singular)
kenttiisi (illative plural)
kentälläsi (adessive singular)
kentilläsi (adessive plural)
kentältäsi (ablative singular)
kentiltäsi (ablative plural)
kentällesi (allative singular)
kentillesi (allative plural)
kenttänäsi (essive singular)
kenttinäsi (essive plural)
kentäksesi (singular translative)
kentiksesi (plural translative)
kentättäsi (abessive singular)
kentittäsi (abessive plural)
kenttinesi (comitative plural)
kenttämme (nominative singular)
kenttämme (nominative plural)
kenttämme (accusative nominative singular)
kenttämme (accusative nominative plural)
kenttämme (accusative genitive singular)
kenttämme (accusative genitive plural)
kenttämme (genitive singular)
kenttiemme (genitive plural)
kenttäimme (genitive plural rare)
kenttäämme (partitive singular)
kenttiämme (partitive plural)
kentässämme (inessive singular)
kentissämme (inessive plural)
kentästämme (elative singular)
kentistämme (elative plural)
kenttäämme (illative singular)
kenttiimme (illative plural)
kentällämme (adessive singular)
kentillämme (adessive plural)
kentältämme (ablative singular)
kentiltämme (ablative plural)
kentällemme (allative singular)
kentillemme (allative plural)
kenttänämme (essive singular)
kenttinämme (essive plural)
kentäksemme (singular translative)
kentiksemme (plural translative)
kentättämme (abessive singular)
kentittämme (abessive plural)
kenttinemme (comitative plural)
kenttänne (nominative singular)
kenttänne (nominative plural)
kenttänne (accusative nominative singular)
kenttänne (accusative nominative plural)
kenttänne (accusative genitive singular)
kenttänne (accusative genitive plural)
kenttänne (genitive singular)
kenttienne (genitive plural)
kenttäinne (genitive plural rare)
kenttäänne (partitive singular)
kenttiänne (partitive plural)
kentässänne (inessive singular)
kentissänne (inessive plural)
kentästänne (elative singular)
kentistänne (elative plural)
kenttäänne (illative singular)
kenttiinne (illative plural)
kentällänne (adessive singular)
kentillänne (adessive plural)
kentältänne (ablative singular)
kentiltänne (ablative plural)
kentällenne (allative singular)
kentillenne (allative plural)
kenttänänne (essive singular)
kenttinänne (essive plural)
kentäksenne (singular translative)
kentiksenne (plural translative)
kentättänne (abessive singular)
kentittänne (abessive plural)
kenttinenne (comitative plural)
kenttänsä (nominative singular)
kenttänsä (nominative plural)
kenttänsä (accusative nominative singular)
kenttänsä (accusative nominative plural)
kenttänsä (accusative genitive singular)
kenttänsä (accusative genitive plural)
kenttänsä (genitive singular)
kenttiensä (genitive plural)
kenttäinsä (genitive plural rare)
kenttäänsä (partitive singular)
kenttiään (partitive plural)
kenttiänsä (partitive plural)
kentässään (inessive singular)
kentässänsä (inessive singular)
kentissään (inessive plural)
kentissänsä (inessive plural)
kentästään (elative singular)
kentästänsä (elative singular)
kentistään (elative plural)
kentistänsä (elative plural)
kenttäänsä (illative singular)
kenttiinsä (illative plural)
kentällään (adessive singular)
kentällänsä (adessive singular)
kentillään (adessive plural)
kentillänsä (adessive plural)
kentältään (ablative singular)
kentältänsä (ablative singular)
kentiltään (ablative plural)
kentiltänsä (ablative plural)
kentälleen (allative singular)
kentällensä (allative singular)
kentilleen (allative plural)
kentillensä (allative plural)
kenttänään (essive singular)
kenttänänsä (essive singular)
kenttinään (essive plural)
kenttinänsä (essive plural)
kentäkseen (singular translative)
kentäksensä (singular translative)
kentikseen (plural translative)
kentiksensä (plural translative)
kentättään (abessive singular)
kentättänsä (abessive singular)
kentittään (abessive plural)
kentittänsä (abessive plural)
kenttineen (comitative plural)
kenttinensä (comitative plural)

[ˈk̟e̞n̪t̪ːæ]

Borrowing from Sami, ultimately from Proto-Samic *kientē.

(sports) A limited area where a game is played, a playing field (often combined with a modifier that defines the kind of playing field).


crunch time

crunchtime (alternative)
crunch-time (alternative)
time crunch (alternative)

(basketball) The last few minutes of play in the fourth quarter.


downtown

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That shot came from way downtown!

(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.


charity

en-noun

charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities)

From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās.

(US, Philippines, basketball, informal) A free throw.


run and gun

en-verb

run and gun (third-person singular simple present runs and guns, present participle running and gunning, simple past ran and gunned, past participle run and gunned)

runs and guns (present singular third-person)
running and gunning (participle present)
ran and gunned (past)
run and gunned (participle past)

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This team likes to run and gun.

They're really running and gunning now.

This coach likes to play a run-and-gun offense.

(basketball, often attributive) To move the ball quickly and shoot often.


J

Js (plural)
J's (plural)
JJ (plural)
J. (alternative)
j. (alternative)
j (alternative)

And Durant had a front seat for just how much work DeRozan was putting in during their time together in Rio. "I watched him man," Durant said. "His footwork in the post is flawless. His jump shot in the mid-range is incredible. That is the type of stuff I look at as a basketball guy, his footwork, his mechanics on his J, his handle. At first he was a dunker and he barely dunks now. He’s a finesse player but he can play power forward. I’m a big fan."

2017 February 18, Mike Gantner, “Durant a big admirer of DeRozan and his work ethic”, in Toronto Sun:


Post

de-noun

Post m (strong, genitive Posts, plural Posts)

Posts (genitive)
Posts (plural)
Post (nominative singular)
Posts (definite nominative plural)
Posts (genitive singular)
Posts (definite genitive plural)
Post (dative singular)
Posts (dative definite plural)
Post (accusative singular)
Posts (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English post, from Old English post and Old French post, from Latin postis.

(basketball) post (location on the court)


Sweet Sixteen

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(basketball, US, informal) The sixteen teams participating in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 16 teams have been eliminated.

The new coach has just led the Nimrods to their first Sweet Sixteen.

(basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.


T

en-noun

T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)


rb

(basketball) abbreviation of rebond (“rebound”)


DD

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «DD».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «dobbel-dobbel».ogg

Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).

(basketball) abbreviation of dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”)


tip off

en-verb

tip off (third-person singular simple present tips off, present participle tipping off, simple past and past participle tipped off)

tips off (present singular third-person)
tipping off (participle present)
tipped off (participle past)
tipped off (past)

(basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.

The game tips off in an hour, so hurry back!


IRS

instant replay system
instant replay system#English

(basketball) Initialism of instant replay system.


GSW

Golden State Warriors
w:Golden State Warriors

(US, basketball) Initialism of Golden State Warriors.


TD

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «TD».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «trippel-dobbel».ogg

Short form of trippel-dobbel (“triple-double”), which is borrowed from English triple double, an international basketball term.

(sports, basketball) initialism of trippel-dobbel (“tripple-double”)


aut

(basketball) an instance of a player stepping out of bounds or a ball touching a player while out of bounds


field goal

field goals (plural)
drop-kick (alternative)
field-goal (alternative)

He got six field goals in the first half, two from three-point land.

(basketball) A shot that is scored while the ball is in play (i.e. not a free throw).


triple double

→ Norwegian Bokmål: trippel-dobbel

Yes, the Knicks had fallen prey to the habitual wizardry of the Thunder star Russell Westbrook, who had 27 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists, his third straight triple-double and his eighth in 19 games this season.

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any three of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.


quadruple double

Norwegian Bokmål: firdobbel-dobbel

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any four of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.


quintuple double

en-noun

quintuple double (plural quintuple doubles)

Norwegian Bokmål: femdobbel-dobbel

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of all five of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in a single game.


five-by-five

five-by-fives (plural)
five by five (alternative)

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(basketball) A performance in which a player accumulates five points in each of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in a single game.


dunking

(basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.


pick and roll

He and [Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-roll chemistry will certainly be an objective. [Markieff] Morris has a tendency to linger around the mid-range area after setting ball screens, but when he’s popping beyond the 3-point line, he can hurt defenses.

(basketball) An offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.


throw-in

(soccer, rugby, basketball, handball) A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play


tweener

Crowder was 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds, so those scouts naturally called him a tweener — a power forward in a wing player’s body. The Celtics forward admits to even going along with the stereotype.

2015 June 22, Mark Murphy, “NBA Draft: Celtics” Jae Crowder heads up NBA trend for ex-tweeners”, in Boston Herald:

“Isaac plays fast, never stops,” said Coach Parker, who labels him as “a tweener.” ¶ That means he’s big and strong enough to take care of business in the middle of the line, and quick and agile enough to cover the flanks and harass the quarterback.

2023 August 24, Fred Jeter, “VUU’s Anderson draws national ‘Watch’”, in Richmond Free Press:

(informal) A person or thing that is between two categories, classes or age groups.

(sports, chiefly basketball) A person who plays at two positions, especially if not good enough at either to be restricted to it.


marker

marker (countable and uncountable, plural markers)

marker interface → marker interface pattern

(Philippines, informal, basketball, volleyball) A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.


flamethrower

flamethrowers (plural)
flame thrower (alternative)
flame-thrower (alternative)

/ˈfleɪmˌθɹəʊ.ə/

From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.

"We allowed him to kind of orchestrate the whole offense, and he got comfortable early," George said. "He's a flamethrower. Once he gets hot, it's over."

2017 April 11, “Mike Conley Rewards Grizzlies’ Faith With a Career Season”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-27:

So when we see guys like that open, we gotta give them the ball. Especially Bryn [Forbes], he's a flamethrower. The guy is one of the best shooters I've been around, so to have him going in the game, it's much needed for us. We need him to get going. We need him to hit shots.

2021 June 15, Eric Nehm, quoting Khris Middleton, “How Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton manipulated the Nets' defense in Game 4”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 2023-07-04:

Unlike steroids, these supposedly illegal substances were not used in secret. There was an understanding that it was in everyone's best interest — pitchers and hitters alike — for today's flamethrowers to have a good grip on the ball.

2021 June 15, Jesse Campigotto, “Baseball has a sticky situation on its hands”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2023-07-04:

(basketball, baseball, slang) Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls.


crossover

crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)


NBDL

(basketball, historical) Initialism of National Basketball Association Development League, former name of an organization within the National Basketball Association.


dribbling

... dribbling skills. Depending on the purpose of dribbling, an athlete can use different dribbling techniques to accomplish his/her goals. There are four dribbling skills: (1) inside of the foot dribbling, (2) innerside of the instep dribbling[…]

2006, Jin Wang, Soccer made easy: From fundamentals to championship play, Ameriscientific, Inc., →ISBN, page 78:

(basketball, soccer) The act of dribbling.


steal

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Compare West Frisian stelle, Low German stehlen, Dutch stelen, German stehlen, Danish stjæle, Swedish stjäla, Norwegian Bokmål stjele, Norwegian Nynorsk stela, Sanskrit स्तेय (steya); see below for more.
For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”).
etymology notes
Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include
* Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”)
* Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“I confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”)
* Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"

cog

(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.


canasta

→ Bulgarian: кана́ста (kanásta)

→ Czech: kanasta

→ Dutch: canasta

→ English: canasta

→ Finnish: canasta, kanasta

→ French: canasta

→ German: Canasta

→ Hebrew: קנסטה

→ Hungarian: kanaszta

→ Macedonian: кана́ста (kanásta)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: canasta

→ Polish: kanasta

→ Portuguese: canasta

→ Russian: кана́ста (kanásta)

Inherited from Latin canistrum. Cognate with English canister.


краљ

кра̑љ (canonical masculine)
krȃlj (romanization)
кра̑љ (nominative singular)
краљеви (nominative plural)
кра́ља (genitive singular)
краљева (genitive plural)
краљу (dative singular)
краљевима (dative plural)
краља (accusative singular)
краљеве (accusative plural)
краљу (singular vocative)
краљеви (plural vocative)
краљу (locative singular)
краљевима (locative plural)
краљем (instrumental singular)
краљевима (instrumental plural)

(basketball, slang, chiefly in plural) Sacramento Kings player


kralj

krȃlj (canonical masculine)
кра̑љ (Cyrillic)
krȃlj (nominative singular)
králjevi (nominative plural)
králja (genitive singular)
králjēvā (genitive plural)
králju (dative singular)
králjevima (dative plural)
králja (accusative singular)
králjeve (accusative plural)
krȃlju (singular vocative)
králjevi (plural vocative)
králju (locative singular)
králjevima (locative plural)
králjem (instrumental singular)
králjevima (instrumental plural)


hringur

is-noun

hringur m (genitive singular hrings, nominative plural (usually for non-jewelry) hringir or (usually for jewelry) hringar)

hrings (genitive singular)
hringir (nominative plural usually)
hringar (nominative plural usually)
hringur (indefinite nominative singular)
hringurinn (definite nominative singular)
hringir (indefinite nominative plural)
hringar (indefinite nominative plural)
hringirnir (definite nominative plural)
hringarnir (definite nominative plural)
hring (accusative indefinite singular)
hringinn (accusative definite singular)
hringi (accusative indefinite plural)
hringa (accusative indefinite plural)
hringina (accusative definite plural)
hringana (accusative definite plural)
hring (dative indefinite singular)
hringnum (dative definite singular)
hringjum (dative indefinite plural)
hringum (dative indefinite plural)
hringjunum (dative definite plural)
hringunum (dative definite plural)
hrings (genitive indefinite singular)
hringsins (definite genitive singular)
hringja (genitive indefinite plural)
hringa (genitive indefinite plural)
hringjanna (definite genitive plural)
hringanna (definite genitive plural)

is-ndecl

((<m,,ir􂀿usually for non-jewelry􂁀.j>,<m,,ar􂀿usually for jewelry􂁀.dat->))

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.


Korb

de-noun

Korb m (strong, genitive Korbes or Korbs, plural Körbe, diminutive Körbchen n or Körblein n)

Korbes (genitive)
Korbs (genitive)
Körbe (plural)
Körbchen (diminutive neuter)
Körblein (diminutive neuter)
Korb (nominative singular)
Körbe (definite nominative plural)
Korbes (genitive singular)
Korbs (genitive singular)
Körbe (definite genitive plural)
Korb (dative singular)
Korbe (dative singular)
Körben (dative definite plural)
Korb (accusative singular)
Körbe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, chorp, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.
The sense “rejection of a (romantic) request” is formed back from the expressions einen Korb geben (“to so reject”), einen Korb kriegen (“to be so rejected”). These derive from certain older customs, which involved a bottomless basket as a symbol of the end or inexistence of love. The further origin of this symbol seems uncertain, though it has been plausibly related to the apparent mediaeval practice of pulling a secret visitor up to one’s window in a basket. Compare the same in Dutch een korf krijgen and Swedish få korgen.


chalky

en-adj

chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest)

chalkier (comparative)
chalkiest (superlative)

It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.

(US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.


carrying violation

en-noun

carrying violation (plural carrying violations)

(basketball) The violation that occurs when a player places the palm of his hand under the ball while dribbling. As long as a player's hand is on top of the ball, he can dribble it above his shoulder.


fadeaway

fadeaways (plural)
fade-away (alternative)

He taunted the Knicks instead with hanging jumpers, impossible fadeaways and layups in traffic.

2009 February 3, Howard Beck, “Bryant Puts on a Show, Setting Garden Records”, in New York Times:

(basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket, with the goal to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.


Spurs

en-proper noun

Spurs (countable and uncountable, plural Spurses)


buaya

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

(sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog


cesto

→ Kariri: setú

From cesta (“basket”), from Latin cista (“trunk, chest”).


kosár

kosarak (plural)
kosár (nominative singular)
kosarak (nominative plural)
kosarat (accusative singular)
kosarakat (accusative plural)
kosárnak (dative singular)
kosaraknak (dative plural)
kosárral (instrumental singular)
kosarakkal (instrumental plural)
kosárért (causal-final singular)
kosarakért (causal-final plural)
kosárrá (singular translative)
kosarakká (plural translative)
kosárig (singular terminative)
kosarakig (plural terminative)
kosárként (essive-formal singular)
kosarakként (essive-formal plural)
kosárban (inessive singular)
kosarakban (inessive plural)
kosáron (singular superessive)
kosarakon (plural superessive)
kosárnál (adessive singular)
kosaraknál (adessive plural)
kosárba (illative singular)
kosarakba (illative plural)
kosárra (singular sublative)
kosarakra (plural sublative)
kosárhoz (allative singular)
kosarakhoz (allative plural)
kosárból (elative singular)
kosarakból (elative plural)
kosárról (delative singular)
kosarakról (delative plural)
kosártól (ablative singular)
kosaraktól (ablative plural)
kosáré (singular)
kosaraké (plural)
kosáréi (singular)
kosarakéi (plural)
kosaram (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kosaraim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kosarad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kosaraid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kosara (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kosarai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kosarunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kosaraink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kosaratok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kosaraitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kosaruk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kosaraik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian košara, Slovene košara. The meaning “rejection” came into use in analogy with German Korb (“basket; rejection”), which in turn is due to a medieval custom of giving a bottomless basket as a symbol of unrequited love.

Nevetséges amikor a góliátok nem bedobják, hanem beteszik a labdát a kosárba.

1996, Ferenc Deák, “Félrecsúszott magyar győzelmi lehetőségek Atlantában”, in Kapu, volume 9, number 9:

It is ridiculous when these giants don’t throw but dunk the ball in the basket.

a concept or object relating to the team sport of basketball

(basketball) basket (circular hoop from which a net is suspended)

Az első kosarat Temesvári dobta, majd a magyar csapat elhúzott 10:3-ra.

1963, “Hosszabbítás után vereség az olaszoktól”, in Heti Híradó, volume 7, number 41:

Temesvári scored the first basket, after which the Hungarian team pulled away to a 10-3 lead.

(basketball) basket (putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points)


koš

kȍš (canonical inanimate masculine)
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kòš (nominative singular)
kôša (dual nominative)
kôši (nominative plural)
kôša (genitive singular)
kôšev (dual genitive)
kôšev (genitive plural)
kôšu (dative singular)
kôšema (dative dual)
kôšem (dative plural)
kòš (accusative singular)
kôša (accusative dual)
kôše (accusative plural)
kôšu (locative singular)
kôših (dual locative)
kôših (locative plural)
kôšem (instrumental singular)
kôšema (dual instrumental)
kôši (instrumental plural)


rimless

Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.

(basketball) Not touching the rim of the basket while passing through it.


man on

(soccer, basketball) An outcry warning a teammate of an approaching opponent, usually from the rear.


jump shot

(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump.


box out

en-verb

box out (third-person singular simple present boxes out, present participle boxing out, simple past and past participle boxed out)

boxes out (present singular third-person)
boxing out (participle present)
boxed out (participle past)
boxed out (past)

(basketball) To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.


kasta

head

kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

kastaði (indicative past singular third-person)
kastað (supine)
kastaður (masculine nominative singular)
köstuð (feminine nominative singular)
kastað (neuter nominative singular)
kastaðir (masculine nominative plural)
kastaðar (feminine nominative plural)
köstuð (neuter nominative plural)
kastaðan (accusative masculine singular)
kastaða (accusative feminine singular)
kastað (accusative neuter singular)
kastaða (accusative masculine plural)
kastaðar (accusative feminine plural)
köstuð (accusative neuter plural)
köstuðum (dative masculine singular)
kastaðri (dative feminine singular)
köstuðu (dative neuter singular)
köstuðum (dative masculine plural)
köstuðum (dative feminine plural)
köstuðum (dative neuter plural)
kastaðs (genitive masculine singular)
kastaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
kastaðs (genitive neuter singular)
kastaðra (genitive masculine plural)
kastaðra (feminine genitive plural)
kastaðra (genitive neuter plural)
kastaði (masculine nominative singular)
kastaða (feminine nominative singular)
kastaða (neuter nominative singular)
köstuðu (masculine nominative plural)
köstuðu (feminine nominative plural)
köstuðu (neuter nominative plural)
kastaða (accusative masculine singular)
köstuðu (accusative feminine singular)
kastaða (accusative neuter singular)
köstuðu (accusative masculine plural)
köstuðu (accusative feminine plural)
köstuðu (accusative neuter plural)
kastaða (dative masculine singular)
köstuðu (dative feminine singular)
kastaða (dative neuter singular)
köstuðu (dative masculine plural)
köstuðu (dative feminine plural)
köstuðu (dative neuter plural)
kastaða (genitive masculine singular)
köstuðu (feminine genitive singular)
kastaða (genitive neuter singular)
köstuðu (genitive masculine plural)
köstuðu (feminine genitive plural)
köstuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

(basketball) to shoot [with dative ‘something’]


push off

en-verb

push off (third-person singular simple present pushes off, present participle pushing off, simple past and past participle pushed off)

pushes off (present singular third-person)
pushing off (participle present)
pushed off (participle past)
pushed off (past)

(intransitive, basketball) to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.


APG

(basketball) Abbreviation of assists per game.


encestar

pt-verb

encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encestei, past participle encestado)

encesto (first-person present singular)
encestei (first-person preterite singular)
encestado (participle past)
encestar (impersonal infinitive)
encestar (first-person infinitive singular)
encestares (infinitive second-person singular)
encestar (infinitive singular third-person)
encestarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
encestardes (infinitive plural second-person)
encestarem (infinitive plural third-person)
encestando (gerund)
encestado (masculine participle past singular)
encestados (masculine participle past plural)
encestada (feminine participle past singular)
encestadas (feminine participle past plural)
encesto (first-person indicative present singular)
encestas (indicative present second-person singular)
encesta (indicative present singular third-person)
encestamos (first-person indicative plural present)
encestais (indicative plural present second-person)
encestam (indicative plural present third-person)
encestava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
encestavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
encestava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
encestávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
encestáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
encestavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
encestei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
encestaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
encestou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
encestamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
encestámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
encestastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
encestaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
encestara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
encestaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
encestara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
encestáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
encestáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
encestaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
encestarei (first-person future indicative singular)
encestarás (future indicative second-person singular)
encestará (future indicative singular third-person)
encestaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
encestareis (future indicative plural second-person)
encestarão (future indicative plural third-person)
encestaria (conditional first-person singular)
encestarias (conditional second-person singular)
encestaria (conditional singular third-person)
encestaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
encestaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
encestariam (conditional plural third-person)
enceste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encestes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enceste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
encestemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
encesteis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
encestem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
encestasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encestasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
encestasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
encestássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encestásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encestassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
encestar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
encestares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
encestar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
encestarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
encestardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
encestarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
encesta (imperative second-person singular)
enceste (imperative singular third-person)
encestemos (first-person imperative plural)
encestai (imperative plural second-person)
encestem (imperative plural third-person)
não encestes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não enceste (imperative negative singular third-person)
não encestemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não encesteis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não encestem (imperative negative plural third-person)


escolta

Borrowed from Italian scorta (“accompaniment”).


inbound

en-verb

inbound (third-person singular simple present inbounds, present participle inbounding, simple past and past participle inbounded)

inbounds (present singular third-person)
inbounding (participle present)
inbounded (participle past)
inbounded (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-inbound.wav

Smith inbounds the ball to Johnson.

(basketball) To pass a ball inbounds; to throw the ball in.


arrière

Inherited from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, from Latin ad + retrō.


chest pass

(basketball) A pass played with the ball at chest-height.


erä

erä (nominative singular)
erät (nominative plural)
erä (accusative nominative singular)
erät (accusative nominative plural)
erän (accusative genitive singular)
erät (accusative genitive plural)
erän (genitive singular)
erien (genitive plural)
eräin (genitive plural rare)
erää (partitive singular)
eriä (partitive plural)
erässä (inessive singular)
erissä (inessive plural)
erästä (elative singular)
eristä (elative plural)
erään (illative singular)
eriin (illative plural)
erällä (adessive singular)
erillä (adessive plural)
erältä (ablative singular)
eriltä (ablative plural)
erälle (allative singular)
erille (allative plural)
eränä (essive singular)
erinä (essive plural)
eräksi (singular translative)
eriksi (plural translative)
erättä (abessive singular)
erittä (abessive plural)
erin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
eräni (nominative singular)
eräni (nominative plural)
eräni (accusative nominative singular)
eräni (accusative nominative plural)
eräni (accusative genitive singular)
eräni (accusative genitive plural)
eräni (genitive singular)
erieni (genitive plural)
eräini (genitive plural rare)
erääni (partitive singular)
eriäni (partitive plural)
erässäni (inessive singular)
erissäni (inessive plural)
erästäni (elative singular)
eristäni (elative plural)
erääni (illative singular)
eriini (illative plural)
erälläni (adessive singular)
erilläni (adessive plural)
erältäni (ablative singular)
eriltäni (ablative plural)
erälleni (allative singular)
erilleni (allative plural)
eränäni (essive singular)
erinäni (essive plural)
eräkseni (singular translative)
erikseni (plural translative)
erättäni (abessive singular)
erittäni (abessive plural)
erineni (comitative plural)
eräsi (nominative singular)
eräsi (nominative plural)
eräsi (accusative nominative singular)
eräsi (accusative nominative plural)
eräsi (accusative genitive singular)
eräsi (accusative genitive plural)
eräsi (genitive singular)
eriesi (genitive plural)
eräisi (genitive plural rare)
erääsi (partitive singular)
eriäsi (partitive plural)
erässäsi (inessive singular)
erissäsi (inessive plural)
erästäsi (elative singular)
eristäsi (elative plural)
erääsi (illative singular)
eriisi (illative plural)
erälläsi (adessive singular)
erilläsi (adessive plural)
erältäsi (ablative singular)
eriltäsi (ablative plural)
erällesi (allative singular)
erillesi (allative plural)
eränäsi (essive singular)
erinäsi (essive plural)
eräksesi (singular translative)
eriksesi (plural translative)
erättäsi (abessive singular)
erittäsi (abessive plural)
erinesi (comitative plural)
erämme (nominative singular)
erämme (nominative plural)
erämme (accusative nominative singular)
erämme (accusative nominative plural)
erämme (accusative genitive singular)
erämme (accusative genitive plural)
erämme (genitive singular)
eriemme (genitive plural)
eräimme (genitive plural rare)
eräämme (partitive singular)
eriämme (partitive plural)
erässämme (inessive singular)
erissämme (inessive plural)
erästämme (elative singular)
eristämme (elative plural)
eräämme (illative singular)
eriimme (illative plural)
erällämme (adessive singular)
erillämme (adessive plural)
erältämme (ablative singular)
eriltämme (ablative plural)
erällemme (allative singular)
erillemme (allative plural)
eränämme (essive singular)
erinämme (essive plural)
eräksemme (singular translative)
eriksemme (plural translative)
erättämme (abessive singular)
erittämme (abessive plural)
erinemme (comitative plural)
eränne (nominative singular)
eränne (nominative plural)
eränne (accusative nominative singular)
eränne (accusative nominative plural)
eränne (accusative genitive singular)
eränne (accusative genitive plural)
eränne (genitive singular)
erienne (genitive plural)
eräinne (genitive plural rare)
eräänne (partitive singular)
eriänne (partitive plural)
erässänne (inessive singular)
erissänne (inessive plural)
erästänne (elative singular)
eristänne (elative plural)
eräänne (illative singular)
eriinne (illative plural)
erällänne (adessive singular)
erillänne (adessive plural)
erältänne (ablative singular)
eriltänne (ablative plural)
erällenne (allative singular)
erillenne (allative plural)
eränänne (essive singular)
erinänne (essive plural)
eräksenne (singular translative)
eriksenne (plural translative)
erättänne (abessive singular)
erittänne (abessive plural)
erinenne (comitative plural)
eränsä (nominative singular)
eränsä (nominative plural)
eränsä (accusative nominative singular)
eränsä (accusative nominative plural)
eränsä (accusative genitive singular)
eränsä (accusative genitive plural)
eränsä (genitive singular)
eriensä (genitive plural)
eräinsä (genitive plural rare)
eräänsä (partitive singular)
eriään (partitive plural)
eriänsä (partitive plural)
erässään (inessive singular)
erässänsä (inessive singular)
erissään (inessive plural)
erissänsä (inessive plural)
erästään (elative singular)
erästänsä (elative singular)
eristään (elative plural)
eristänsä (elative plural)
eräänsä (illative singular)
eriinsä (illative plural)
erällään (adessive singular)
erällänsä (adessive singular)
erillään (adessive plural)
erillänsä (adessive plural)
erältään (ablative singular)
erältänsä (ablative singular)
eriltään (ablative plural)
eriltänsä (ablative plural)
erälleen (allative singular)
erällensä (allative singular)
erilleen (allative plural)
erillensä (allative plural)
eränään (essive singular)
eränänsä (essive singular)
erinään (essive plural)
erinänsä (essive plural)
eräkseen (singular translative)
eräksensä (singular translative)
erikseen (plural translative)
eriksensä (plural translative)
erättään (abessive singular)
erättänsä (abessive singular)
erittään (abessive plural)
erittänsä (abessive plural)
erineen (comitative plural)
erinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *erä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä (“apart”). According to Koivulehto (1999), possibly an old borrowing from Proto-Indo-Iranian *er-, in which case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er (“separately, loosely”).

der

(sports) a subdivision of game time (can be a time-limited part of a match between two parties or, where the number of contestants exceeds the capacity of the sports facillity, a qualifying competition between a subset of contestants, the translation into English varies by sport)

(basketball) quarter or half, depending on rules applied