airball
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- noun
- /ˈɛrˌbɔl/
- Jargon
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tiro fallido
- He launched an airball during the game, completely missing the hoop and backboard.
- shot an airball
- airball in three shots
- three airballs
Examples
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It is allowable to refer to the hemorrhoid in disguised terms such as "... even when given a free throw, an airball was delivered ... airball ..."
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The hot button topic here is instead Lin's airball.
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She's a huge airball fan and the Windbreakers are finally in the playoffs.
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Airball!
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And if you have a look at a wide open, game-winning triple, you can't shoot an airball.
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Not every airball field has a snake, not every woodsball field allows for flanking, and not every speedball course is on flat ground.
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It is allowable to refer to the hemorrhoid in disguised terms such as "... even when given a free throw, an airball was delivered ... airball ..."
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After missing the shot completely, the player was embarrassed to have thrown an airball.
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The crowd gasped when he attempted a three-pointer and ended up with an airball.
Synonyms
A badly thrown or hit object that flies fast and misses the target
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Airball joins air and ball to paint a simple picture: the ball goes through 'air' and hits nothing. So in basketball an airball is a shot that completely misses both the hoop and the backboard.