netball
/ˈnɛtˌbɔl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Some excellent photographs are taken of [...] members of the athletic club, "net-ball," "foot-ball," etc., [...]"
- "The next events were ones in which selected members of squads participated while the other members watched and cheered. These were net ball, hockey, tennis, and swimming, and followed in the order given."
- "In addition to the above prominent clubs, there are a number of cricket, tennis, net-ball, and football clubs in the Colony."
- "Outcome goals are related directly to end results – e.g. a netball player wants to score more goals / Performance goals are measured against past performance, e.g. a netball player wants to score more goals than in the previous match."
- "[W]hen I asked each person to nominate the best thing about netball, the overwhelming response was the friendships they had made. Netball friendships have carried people through form slumps, heartbreaking losses and personal tragedies, and it is these friendships that make the wins and the highs so much sweeter."
- "Another key skill in netball is the art of dodging; a quick, decisive change of direction to out-manoeuvre or wrong-foot a defender and be free to receive a pass or create a space to move into."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɛtˌbɔl/
- British English: /ˈnɛtbɔːl/