airball

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. An unfunny joke or remark. slang
动词 v.
  1. To throw an airball. transitive
    — Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship.
  2. To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark. slang

词形变化

airballs plural airballs present,singular,third-person airballing participle,present airballed participle,past airballed past

词源

词源 1
* 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.
词源 2
* 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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