English Explanatory Dictionary

airball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
  2. An unfunny joke or remark.
verb
  1. To throw an airball.
  2. To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.

Word forms

airball airballs airballing airballed

Etymology

* From air + ball. * The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

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