Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to airball
Participle: airballed
Gerund: airballing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | airball |
| you | airball |
| he;she;it | airballs |
| we | airball |
| you | airball |
| they | airball |
Perfect
| I | have airballed |
| you | have airballed |
| he;she;it | has airballed |
| we | have airballed |
| you | have airballed |
| they | have airballed |
Past
| I | airballed |
| you | airballed |
| he;she;it | airballed |
| we | airballed |
| you | airballed |
| they | airballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had airballed |
| you | had airballed |
| he;she;it | had airballed |
| we | had airballed |
| you | had airballed |
| they | had airballed |
Future
| I | will airball |
| you | will airball |
| he;she;it | will airball |
| we | will airball |
| you | will airball |
| they | will airball |
Future Perfect
| I | will have airballed |
| you | will have airballed |
| he;she;it | will have airballed |
| we | will have airballed |
| you | will have airballed |
| they | will have airballed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | airball |
| you | airball |
| he;she;it | airball |
| we | airball |
| you | airball |
| they | airball |
Perfect
| I | have airballed |
| you | have airballed |
| he;she;it | have airballed |
| we | have airballed |
| you | have airballed |
| they | have airballed |
Imperfect
| I | airballed |
| you | airballed |
| he;she;it | airballed |
| we | airballed |
| you | airballed |
| they | airballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had airballed |
| you | had airballed |
| he;she;it | had airballed |
| we | had airballed |
| you | had airballed |
| they | had airballed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would airball |
| you | would airball |
| he;she;it | would airball |
| we | would airball |
| you | would airball |
| they | would airball |
Perfect
| I | would have airballed |
| you | would have airballed |
| he;she;it | would have airballed |
| we | would have airballed |
| you | would have airballed |
| they | would have airballed |
Imperative
| you | airball |
| we | Let's airball |
| you | airball |
Verbs conjugated like 'airball'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'airball'
airmail,
fireball,
pinball,
airdash,
airland,
appall,
appeall,
ball,
birdcall,
deball,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. * From air + ball.
2. * The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.
Sample Sentences
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Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship. [2022 August 8, Jared Weiss, “Jayson Tatum opens up on lessons from Celtics’ finals loss, Kevin Durant trade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025:]
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The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer. [2024 January 23, Zach Harper and Shams Charania, “Joel Embiid’s 70-point NBA welcome to Victor Wembanyama. Plus, Shams on Heat-Hornets trade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025:]