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airballing

airballing is the present participle and gerund of airball.

Meaning of airball

Verb

airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)

  1. (transitive) To throw an airball.
    • Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship.2022 August 8, Jared Weiss, “Jayson Tatum opens up on lessons from Celtics’ finals loss, Kevin Durant trade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025
  2. (slang) To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.

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Questions about airballing

What is airballing the present participle and gerund of?
Airballing is the present participle and gerund of airball.

Words near airballing in the dictionary

  1. airbagged
  2. airbagless
  3. airbags
  4. airball
  5. airballed
  6. airballing
  7. airballs
  8. airband
  9. airbands
  10. airbase
  11. airbases

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