Basketball Slang

A

• Air ball


• Airball


• Aley oop


• And one

B

• Back court


• Backboard abuser


• Backdoor


• Backside screen


• Ball screen


• Ballin


• Bank shot


• Baseline


• Big man


• Blind pass


• Block


• Boards


• Box out


• Break the ice


• Brick


• Bunny


• Bury


• Butter


• Buzzer-Beater

C

• cager


• Camped out


• Center circle


• Charge


• Cherry pick


• Chickenwing


• Closing out


• Coast to coast


• Cold


• Cookies


• Crossover dribble


• Cut

D

• Dead ball


• Delay offense


• Dime


• Dipsy doo


• Dishing off


• Double down


• Double figures


• Double pump


• Doubled


• Downtown


• Draw the foul


• Drive


• Drop step

E

• Easy basket

F

• Fake


• Fan the ball


• Fast break


• Feed


• Filling the lane


• Flagrant foul


• Foul out


• Foul trouble


• Franchise player

G

• Ghost ride the whip


• Give and go


• Glass


• Glass cleaner


• Goaltending


• Good look

H

• Handle


• High percentage shot


• High post


• Hook shot


• Hop(s)


• Hops

J

• Jump ball


• Jump shot

L

• Layup


• Lock down


• Long bomb


• Loose ball foul


• Low post

M

• Mid post

N

• Numbers

O

• Over the back foul

P

• Paint


• Perimeter


• PF


• PG


• Pick and Pop


• Pick and Roll


• Pick up game


• Pivot


• Posterized


• Push

Q

• Quadruple double


• Quick whistle

R

• Rain maker


• Rainbow shot


• Rock

S

• Schooled


• Scoring opportunity


• Second chance points


• SF


• SG


• Sixth man


• Slam dunk


• Stripped


• Strongside


• Stuff


• Swing man


• Swish

T

• Technical foul


• The Rack


• Top of the mountain


• Travel


• Triple double

W

• Weak side


• Wet


• Windmill


• Wing