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Definition of "inbounds" []

  • Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. (adjective)
  • Sports Within the designated boundaries. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inbounds" in a sentence
  • "That forced Richardson to inbounds from the sideline in the backcourt."
  • "Put all the statistical and probablistic posturing aside, and consider this: except for the possible botched last-minute inbounds passes by the Nuggests in Games 1 and 3, and the * massive* foul imbalance in 3, the Nuggets would have likely SWEPT the Lakers, 4-0. you don't even need a box score to tell you that."
  • "Bucknell attempted a long inbounds pass to Muscala, but the ball sailed out of bounds, turning it back over to the Spiders."
Words like "inbounds"
inbounds pass