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What does basketball mean?

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Noun
  1. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  2. (basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
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The nearest trashcan became a basketball hoop as I tossed my wadded paper plate into it.
He was yanked into an all guy group of basketball jocks and football jocks.
Indeed, I have always regarded basketball as a game for big jessies who don't want to admit they are really playing netball.
There are lots of great sports, from basketball to wrestling, football to water polo.
There are soccer and basketball teams, and camel racing is a popular spectator sport.
The tactics and playing of the game are not unlike basketball or water polo.

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