basket
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈbæskɪt/
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- The basket counts and the Cougars have tied the game.
- shoot baskets
Like 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
37
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
- 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
A space on a website or app where you keep items you plan to buy before you pay
A deep-water sponge with a delicate, glassy, net-like structure from East Asian waters
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.