Basketball

Definition

(Noun; Sport) Basketball: A game of running around in circles and occasionally throwing a ball into a hoop

Basketball: Two teams of giant flamingos playing basketball while riding unicycles across a rainbow-colored lake surface - now that's surreal!

Usage

I'm so good at basketball that when I shoot hoops the net runs away!

Insight

What do you call it when two basketball players try to score on each other? A slam dunk contest!

Origin

Basketball was invented by an ancient tribe who wanted to find out what would happen if they threw rocks into holes in the ground with sticks attached to them...and then someone said "Let's play!"

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