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⭕ Outer edge 🏀 Hoop in basketball 🖌️ To edge with 🔄 To bounce around
to rim

to rim

5.8
To roll or bounce around the edge of a hoop without going in
  • verb
  • /rɪm/
translation icon : dar en el aro
  • During the game, the ball often rims the edge.

Examples

  • During practice, he watched the ball rim the basket repeatedly, missing the shot.

  • He sighed in disappointment as the shot rimmed out at the last second.

  • The ball rimmed the basket dramatically before finally dropping through.

  • The basketball rimmed the hoop but didn't fall in.

  • The ball rimmed the hoop but didn't go in.

  • As the basketball approached the hoop, it rimmed the edge before bouncing back into the court.

  • She was disappointed to see her shot rim the hoop and not score.

Phrasal Verbs

to soar above the rim
  • Informal
7.7

To jump very high in basketball to dunk the ball

Compounds

rim blight
  • UK
9.9

A disease of tea plants that makes leaf edges turn yellow and brown

How Accurate

to rim
5.8

Surface Forms

rim infinitive
rimmed past
rimmed past participle
rimming present participle
rims third person singular

Etymology

Rim (used about a shot) comes from the old word for 'edge', so to rim the basket is for the ball to hit or roll around the hoop's edge and often not go in.