Etymology

• from air + ball
• 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 Tarheels after the Tarheel player Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

Noun

1. A shot which misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.

   As soon as the shot left his hands, the crowd yelled "Airball!"