airball

== English == === Alternative forms === air ball === Etymology === From air +‎ ball. The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim. === Noun === airball (plural airballs) (basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely. (slang) An unfunny joke or remark. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed) (basketball, transitive) To throw an airball. (slang) To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark. === Further reading === Charlotte Observer - 26th anniversary of the airball chant Slate - Invention of the "air ball" chant === Anagrams === Barilla, barilla