Meaning of airball | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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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