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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- 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.
Noun
[edit]airball (plural airballs)
- (basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
- As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.
Verb
[edit]airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)
- (basketball) To throw an airball
Further reading
[edit]- Charlotte Observer - 26th anniversary of the airball chant
- Slate - Invention of the "air ball" chant