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jump ball definition

☆ jump ball

a ball tossed by the referee between two opposing players who must tip it to a teammate, as in beginning play

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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