basket
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈbæskɪt/
- The basket counts and the Cougars have tied the game.
- shoot baskets
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Watch on YouTubeLike John Salley had to be just like under the basket, right?
- Like John Salley had to be just like under the basket, right?
- And you also have to have the desire to put the ball into the basket.
- We would do the straight up, like we would practice the straight up of verticality at the basket.
- One day, me bimbo Coles, and I mean me mugsy Bogues and and and Sprew are shooting at a basket.
- I was giving my team reliable shots close to the basket, which forced the defense to collapse a little bit and gave them more room on the perimeter.
- So, so kid drove to the basket and it's weird because your mind, it thinks in normal speed, you don't actually think slow, your mind thinks.
Examples
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Protect the basket, come on, move your feet.
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She'd rather let Teri take an outside shot than be beaten to the basket for a layup.
Fiction book (1998) -
You cut underneath the basket and I'll pass to you.
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Try to sink a basket.
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The other players headed to the basket, hoping for a rebound.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why was he driving to the basket pushing me out of bounds, man, You lethal shooter, shoot it.
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As I hesitated, both of my teammates continued to the basket, actually passing each other beneath it.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was giving my team reliable shots close to the basket, which forced the defense to collapse a little bit and gave them more room on the perimeter.
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He can curl to the basket, he can back cut, he can chase the basketball.
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To win the game, he shot the ball and made sure it went through the basket.
Synonyms
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1.7
A metal ring with a net that players throw a basketball through
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2.4
A metal hoop holding the net that a basketball must go through to score
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1.4
A horizontal metal ring with a net that players try to throw a basketball through
Idioms
Compounds
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3.2
A basket for carrying and measuring fruit or vegetables that holds about 35 litres
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2.7
A space on a website or app where you keep items you plan to buy before you pay
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9.9
A deep-water sponge with a delicate, glassy, net-like structure from East Asian waters
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7.7
A large tropical fern with long feathery leaves often grown in pots for decoration
- Specialized
An arch with a wide, flat curve made from parts of three circles, often used in bridges and large buildings
- US
A North American tree with strong flexible wood used to make baskets and leaves that turn gold in autumn
- Specialized
A sea animal like a starfish with many thin, branched arms around a round middle body
A plant that lives for one year with purple, basket-like flower heads used to decorate gardens
- US
A card game using two decks and four jokers where jokers and twos are wild and players form sets
Surface Forms
Etymology
Basket is used in basketball because the first goals were real fruit baskets (often peach baskets) nailed to a wall, so players threw the ball into a basket. That's why the hoop with a net is still called a 'basket' — it is the target the ball must go through.