Definition of Basketball play

1. Noun. A play executed by a basketball team.

Group relationships: Basketball, Basketball Game, Hoops
Generic synonyms: Play
Specialized synonyms: Pick, Switch, Give-and-go

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basketball Play

basket weave
basket willow
basket work
basketane
basketball
basketball backboard
basketball clinic
basketball coach
basketball court
basketball courts
basketball equipment
basketball game
basketball hoop
basketball hoops
basketball league
basketball play (current term)
basketball player
basketball players
basketball score
basketball season
basketball shot
basketball team
basketballer
basketballers
basketbrawl
basketcase
basketcases
basketed
basketeer

Literary usage of Basketball play

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Play, Comprising Games for the Kindergarten, Playground, Schoolroom and by Emmett Dunn Angell (1920)
"ONE GOAL BASKET-BALL This is a good game to use when four or six players are in the gymnasium and desirous of participating in a little basketball play. ..."

2. Spell & Write, Grade 4 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Christine Hood (2005)
"Potbellied pigs have been trained to dunk a basketball, play a piano, dance, and even ride a skateboard! Chirp, chirp! In China, most everyone believes ..."

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