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roundball

roundball noun: the sport of basketball.

Noun

roundball (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) The sport of basketball.

Origin of roundball

From round + ball, to contrast with the elliptical ball in American football. Attested from the 1980s.

Words formed from roundball

Questions about roundball

What does roundball mean?
Roundball means the sport of basketball.
What part of speech is roundball?
Roundball is a noun.

Words near roundball in the dictionary

  1. roundaboutness
  2. roundabouts
  3. roundarm
  4. roundback
  5. roundbacks
  6. roundball
  7. roundballer
  8. roundballers
  9. rounde
  10. rounded
  11. rounded down

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