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

Askew took the inbounds pass and drove to make a layup before the buzzer sounded for the win.

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Of course, because this is modern college football, we have replays, and so the officials had to do the whole forensics delay, break out the slo-mo and 4K and try to determine whether Cooper Jr.’s feet did land inbounds.

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After grabbing an inbounds pass in the backcourt, Dailey went in for a layup in which he was fouled, eventually making the free throw to complete a three-point play.

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And despite fumbling a lead in Game 4, the Lakers think Doncic should’ve been shooting free throws with a chance to take a lead with 30 seconds left after being tripped instead of turning the ball over on the inbounds pass that followed.

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Stefanovic has made the most of his 16.5 minutes per game, averaging 4.7 points and continuing to be practically unguardable curling around screens for jump shots off inbounds passes.

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