airball

Etymology

 * 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.
 * 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.

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.

Verb

 * 1)  To throw an airball