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

to rim

1 5.8
To roll or bounce around the edge of a hoop without going in
  • verb
  • /rɪm/
: 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
1 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.