roundball
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roundball
Where it comes from
From round + ball, to contrast with the elliptical ball in American football. Attested from the 1980s.
noun
- The sport of basketball.
Talk about this word "roundball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roundball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. roundball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roundball "roundball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roundball.Cite this
@misc{roundball_2026,
title = {roundball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roundball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
