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b-ball

American  
[bee-bawl] / ˈbiˌbɔl /

noun

Informal.
  1. the game of basketball.


b-ball British  
/ ˈbiːˌbɔːl /

noun

  1. informal basketball

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of b-ball

1965–70; b- (for basket ( def. ) ) + ball 1 ( def. )

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The image of Black resurrection through b-ball is at once celebratory, chilling and poignant.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2023

Quit b-ball the following year and told the coach it was because my mom said my grades weren’t good enough.

From Golf Digest Jan. 6, 2020

Bob Hall: A Globetrotter trick was to put up a finger And set there a b-ball and spin it.

From Washington Post Jan. 29, 2015

Now, I am off to seek my version of gold by trouncing George Clooney wannabes in b-ball at the Hollywood YMCA.

From Forbes Sep. 1, 2012

But Thomas had moved on without me, and was getting b-ball lessons from his new friend, Pete.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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