Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carrying violation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: car-ry-ing vi-o-la-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The violation that occurs when a player places the palm of his hand under the ball while dribbling. As long as a player's hand is on top of the ball, he can dribble it above his shoulder.

Inflected Forms

carrying violations (plural)

Questions

What does carrying violation mean?: The violation that occurs when a player places the palm of his hand under the ball while dribbling. As long as a player's hand is on top of the ball, he can dribble it above his shoulder.

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