Usually means: Shot misses rim, backboard entirely.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. air-ball, air ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. air ball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. air ball: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. air-ball: Wordnik
  5. air ball: Wiktionary
  6. air ball: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. air ball: Dictionary.com
  8. Air ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. air ball: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. air ball: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Air Ball: Backgammon
  2. Air ball: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (air ball)

noun:  (basketball) A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop.
noun:  (by extension) Any ball-like object that widely misses its intended target when thrown.

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