Definition
Basketball (baskit-bôl) n.
- A game played between two teams of five players each, the
object being to throw a ball through an elevated basket on the
opponent's side of a rectangular court. Players may move the
ball by dribbling or passing with the hands. - The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.
- A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players;
points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated
horizontal hoop [syn: basketball game, hoops]