airball

词形变化

airballs 复数 airballs airballed airballing airballs 三单 airballing 现在分词 airballed 过去式 airballed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.

    体育 游戏

    As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.

  2. 2.

    An unfunny joke or remark.

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To throw an airball.

    及物 体育 游戏
  2. 2.

    To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.

    俚语

词源

* 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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