Meaning of airball | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
2. An unfunny joke or remark.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.”

“Johnson also could have tied the game, at 66-66 with 14 seconds left. But his jump shot was an airball. From that scramble Lopez emerged with the first of his key foul shots.”

“Bryant’s path to becoming a champion, after all, began with a series of infamous misses: his playoff airballs as a rookie against Utah. Clarkson sees those airballs as a metaphor for Bryant’s clunky start against the Jazz two decades later.”

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