netball Meaning of "netball"

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Definition(s):

  • (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

Usage(s):

  1. Australian retailer Aheda Zanetti, 38, says she was inspired to design her Burqini after watching young Muslim girls struggle to play netball in bulky layers.
  2. Within minutes of the bell ringing for lunch, scores of us would line up around the perimeter of the bitumen netball court.
  3. Pollini and Nono spend part of each summer at Conductor Claudio Abbado's house in Sardinia, playing netball and cards and, of course, arguing politics.

Quotes

  1. "It's working well for cricket, its been working well for rugby and netball but in soccer they are still debating it, I don't understand because video technology has proved to assist in terms of minimising wrong decisions," Bacher said.
    on Jul 5, 2010 By: Ali Bacher Source: Calcutta Telegraph

  2. "I'm actually in the country this time so that helps, and my personal life is all sorted and I'm just really enjoying my netball at the moment," said George. "I think also the big thing for me was whether I was good enough as well, because...
    on May 27, 2009 By: Temepara George Source: New Zealand Herald

  3. "They are playing beautiful netball," Van Dyk said of Mkoloma and Waititi. "They turn the ball over incredibly and the Pulse do get a lot of turnover ball, so we have to make sure we catch them off guard."
    on May 2, 2008 By: Irene van Dyk Source: Stuff.co.nz

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