Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

possession arrow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: pos-ses-sion ar-row
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.

Example Sentences

"Faced with all that countervailing authority, the best respondent could realistically hope for is that we declare §101(27) a jump ball. And under our clear-statement rule, a jump ball is as good as a possession arrow favoring the party opposing the abrogation of sovereign immunity."

Inflected Forms

possession arrows (plural)

Phrases

jump ball

Frequently Paired Words

jump ball

Questions

What does possession arrow mean?: An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.

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