basketballn.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːskᵻtbɔːl/,

/ˈbaskᵻtbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈbæskətˌbɔl/,

/ˈbæskətˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: basket n., ball n.¹

Etymology: < basket n. + ball n.¹ Compare korfball n.

A game played indoors or out of doors with a large inflated ball, which is thrown from player to player, the object being to score by casting it into one's opponents' goal, a basket fixed ten feet above the ground at each end of the field of play.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun]

basketball1892

hoop1922

roundball1936

1892 J. Naismith in Triangle (U.S.) Jan. 144 (heading) Basket Ball. We present to our readers a new game of ball.

1893 Birkenhead News 9 Dec. 7/5 Interesting Basket-Ball Match.

1898 Daily News 8 June 5/2 Vassar, Syracuse, Cornell, Wellesley, and Rosemary Hall have each their teams of girl basket-ball players.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 1 May 7/1 A game of ‘basket ball’, played by ten over-heated and dishevelled ladies in—bloomers!

1926 Encycl. Brit. New Suppl. I. 337/2 Basketball has become the national indoor game of the United States.

Draft additions June 2006

ˈbasketˌballer n.

ΚΠ

1898 Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. 7/1 Berkeley basket-ballers are the right sort.

2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. xvi. 255 He stooped from a basketballer's height, his enormous frame draped in a dust-colored suit and folded awkwardly behind the table.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	basketball
释义	basketballn. Brit. /ˈbɑːskᵻtbɔːl/, /ˈbaskᵻtbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈbæskətˌbɔl/, /ˈbæskətˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: basket n., ball n.¹ Etymology: < basket n. + ball n.¹ Compare korfball n. A game played indoors or out of doors with a large inflated ball, which is thrown from player to player, the object being to score by casting it into one's opponents' goal, a basket fixed ten feet above the ground at each end of the field of play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] basketball1892 hoop1922 roundball1936 1892 J. Naismith in Triangle (U.S.) Jan. 144 (heading) Basket Ball. We present to our readers a new game of ball. 1893 Birkenhead News 9 Dec. 7/5 Interesting Basket-Ball Match. 1898 Daily News 8 June 5/2 Vassar, Syracuse, Cornell, Wellesley, and Rosemary Hall have each their teams of girl basket-ball players. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 1 May 7/1 A game of ‘basket ball’, played by ten over-heated and dishevelled ladies in—bloomers! 1926 Encycl. Brit. New Suppl. I. 337/2 Basketball has become the national indoor game of the United States. Draft additions June 2006 ˈbasketˌballer n. ΚΠ 1898 Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. 7/1 Berkeley basket-ballers are the right sort. 2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. xvi. 255 He stooped from a basketballer's height, his enormous frame draped in a dust-colored suit and folded awkwardly behind the table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1892
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