Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Luisetti

American  
[loo-set-ee] / luˈsɛt i /

noun

  1. Angelo Hank, 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

In basketball lore, the game is won by the one-handed jump shooting of Stanford’s Hank Luisetti.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2011

“I talked to Luisetti, and he said, ‘I never had a jump shot; it was a running one-hander kind of near the basket,’ ” Christgau said.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2011

In his sophomore year, Forward Luisetti scored 32 points in 32 minutes during a Conference championship game.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three years ago, a team of Beemen ran up a string of 43 victories before finally losing to a steaming-hot Stanford bunch led by famed Shooter Hank Luisetti.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next night Luisetti, suffering from an injured eye, scored only 13 points, and Stanford was beaten 48-10-49.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training