basketball

noun

spherical inflated ball used in the sport basketball
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/ / /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ / /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɑl/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English basketball From basket + ball.

A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
“to play basketball”
“He pursued basketball as his career.”
The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

verb

To play basketball.
“by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league”
To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.
“He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.”