Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A women's sport derived from basketball.
- n. The ball used in this sport.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
- n. a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
Etymologies
- net + ball (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Middleton attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, where she studied chemistry, biology and art and played a number of sports, including tennis, hockey and netball, which is similar to basketball.”
“Women rarely play soccer here- they play netball, which is a kind of variation on basketball.”
“Handball is best described as netball on speed, though some liken it to water polo (without the water), and others note that the body contact makes it similar to rugby (you can tackle the opposition from in front but not behind).”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“She will remain at the network calling netball and working on the boundary-line.”
“We lose out not only to men's rugby, but to netball, which is well established as the top female sport," said the team's captain,”
International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions
“They play a sport called netball, and a team wanted to call itself the "Master Baiters.”
“In Britain, basketball is called "netball" and is played at girls 'schools.”
The Wall Street Journal: Consider How Netball Is Played in the U.K.
“There had been complaints that some sports, such as netball, received no airtime.”
“NZ Football aims to attract more girls by offering football at times that do not clash with popular winter sports such as netball, and introducing a new format.”
“She was assigned a teaching job in a private business school and ended up instructing students in everything from English to sewing to "netball," an”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘netball’.
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Ball Games and Sports
A list of games and sports played with a ball, including names of the courts, fields and pitches in which they are played.
I'll start the list with Basque pelota, which is played in Id...Basque pelota, bocce, pitch, crease, cricket, bowls, field, gridiron, court, basketball, netball, soccer and 106 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
Tweets
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yarb Can't believe this hadn't been listed before. Dec 8, 2010
yarb It's an olympic sport! When I was in school all the girls played netball. It's very common in the UK and Australia.
I tried it once and I've got to say it seems a bit stupid. Basically it's like basketball but you're not allowed to move while you're holding the ball, and you're not allowed to jump when you shoot. Dec 8, 2010
hernesheir I had never heard of this womens' sport derived from basketball. Had you? I'm curious about it. Dec 8, 2010