airball

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 External links

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[edit] 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 Tarheels after the Tarheel player Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

[edit] Noun

airball (plural airballs)

1. (basketball) A shot which misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.

   As soon as the shot left his hands, the crowd yelled "Airball!"

[edit] External links

• Charlotte Observer - 26th anniversary of the airball chant