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basketball player

basketball player noun: a person who plays basketball, especially professionally.

basketball player: a person who plays basketball, especially professionally
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Noun

basketball player (plural basketball players)

  1. A person who plays basketball, especially professionally.
    Synonyms:
    basketballer, hooper

basketball player meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

basketball player in Tagalog

person who plays basketball
basketbolista

basketball player in Arabic

person who plays basketball
لَاعِب كُرَة سَلَّة

basketball player in Malay

person who plays basketball
pemain bola keranjang, pemain basket

basketball player in Indonesian

person who plays basketball
pebasket, pemain basket
More languagesFewer languages
basketball player in Persian
بسکتبالیست basketbâlist

Synonyms of basketball player

Forms of basketball player

pluralbasketball players
alternative formbasketball-player

Questions about basketball player

What does basketball player mean?
Basketball player means a person who plays basketball, especially professionally.
What is basketball player in Tagalog?
Basketball player in Tagalog is basketbolista. See Basketball player meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is basketball player?
Basketball player is a noun.
What is the plural of basketball player?
The plural of basketball player is basketball players.

Words near basketball player in the dictionary

  1. basketball courts
  2. basketball goal
  3. basketball goals
  4. basketball hoop
  5. basketball hoops
  6. basketball player
  7. basketball players
  8. basketball shoe
  9. basketball shoes
  10. basketball shorts
  11. basketball-player

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