basketball
sustantivoverbocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl//
- Estados Unidos//ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl//
- //ˈbæs.kɪt.bɑl//
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
sustantivo
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A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
to play basketball
He pursued basketball as his career.
Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-fired plants.
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The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English basketball From basket + ball.
verbo
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informalTo play basketball.
by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league
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informalTo throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.
He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.
Formas
- plural
- basketballs
- pasado
- basketballed
- participio
- basketballed
- gerundio
- basketballing
- 3.ª persona del singular
- basketballs
basketball · A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
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