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Jump Ball

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Noun

1. jump ball

(basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jump Ball

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noun
basketball
a ball thrown high by the referee between two opposing players to put it in play, as after a stoppage in which no foul or violation was committed

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Jump Ball

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Basketball
a ball tossed by the referee between two opposing players who must tip it to a teammate, as in beginning play

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jump Ball

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n.
Basketball
A method of starting play or determining possession in which an official tosses the ball up between two opposing players who jump and try to tap the ball to a teammate.

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