inbounds

[ in-boundz ]

adjective

1. Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
2. Basketball. of or relating to passing the ball onto the court from out of bounds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inbounds¹

First recorded in 1960–65; adj. use of prepositional phrase in bounds

Example Sentences

If that type of inbounds skier was willing to hike, we knew that the pandemic wouldn’t slow down demand and that any ski associated with touring would sell deeply.

From Outside Online

Dort caught the block, though, and tried to throw the ball out of bounds off Harden to give his team an inbounds play and a chance to set up a winning shot.

From FiveThirtyEight

We thought we had won, but then the referees let the Soviets make another inbounds play with one second on the clock.

From The Daily Beast