Usually means: Tip-off to start basketball game.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word jump ball:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. jump ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. jump ball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jump ball: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jump ball: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jump ball: Vocabulary.com
  6. jump-ball: Wordnik
  7. jump ball: Wiktionary
  8. jump ball: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. jump ball: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. jump ball: Dictionary.com
  11. Jump ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. jump ball: Rhymezone
  13. jump ball: FreeDictionary.org
  14. jump ball: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. jump ball: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. jump ball: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Jump ball: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  3. Jump ball: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jump ball: Wordcraft Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jump Ball: Croquet
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Jump ball: Sports Definitions

(Note: See jump_balls as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jump ball)

noun:  A method used to begin or resume play in basketball. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after it is tossed up into the air in between them by an official.
noun:  Metaphor for a contest too close to call.
noun:  In the context of general equities,
noun:  Deal in which no trading house has exclusivity (each firm is in direct competition for a piece of business).
noun:  No preference in picking a particular side (buy/sell) of a stock as profile, indicated during the block call, indicate that the sales force could have the stock either way.

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