Synonym: basketball game, hoops. Similar words: basket, set back, get by, cut back, base, ball, basic, balls. Meaning: [ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl] 
n. 1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop 2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball.
n. 1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop 2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball. 271. In nineteen seventy-one, she began coaching college sports. She became the women's athletics coordinator and women's basketball coach at Elon College in North Carolina.