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Box out
To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.
📖 Definitions of "Box out"
verb
- 1
To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.
- 2
(by extension) To arrange a situation so as to exclude (someone).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Box out"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| post upverb | To enter any information, data etc (into a register, account, record etc). |
| reboundnoun | (basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player. |
| outreboundverb | (basketball) To get more rebounds than |
| screennoun | A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. |
| repostnoun | (Internet) The act of posting again; the material thus posted. |
| inboundnoun | (logistics) An inbound shipment. |
| tip offverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To alert or inform (someone), especially confidentially. |
| packnoun | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. |
| pickverb | To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. |
| outboxnoun | A box holding papers to be transmitted to others, usually by mail. |
| sag offverb | To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so. |
| checknoun | An inspection or examination. |
| goaltendverb | (basketball) To engage in goaltending, interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket |
| counternoun | One who counts. |
| ballnoun | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| basketballnoun | (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. |
| get openverb | (sports) Of a player in a team sport, to evade defenders and thereby create a gap allowing another player to pass the ball to that player. |
| bet outverb | (poker) To be the first in a round to put money in the pot. |
| receiveverb | (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something. |
| back upverb | (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost. |
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