Definitions For Airball

Verb

(basketball) To throw an airball

Noun

AIRBALL (plural AIRBALLs) (basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely. : As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.

Etymology

air + ball The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

Anagrams

Barilla, barilla

Is Airball a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Airball is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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