airball
noun, verb
airball is spelled A-I-R-B-A-L-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, airball means “A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of airball is airballs.
How many letters and syllables are in airball?
| Letters | 7: A-I-R-B-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is airball?
Airball appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with airball?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as airball.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: barilla.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of airball
- airballs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- air ball
- airballing participle, present
- airballed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does airball mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.
- 2
slangAn unfunny joke or remark.
verb
- 1
To throw an airball.
- 2
slangTo make an awfully unfunny joke or remark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).