Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basketball shorts

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: bas-ket-bal-l shorts
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Relatively long and baggy shorts of the kind worn by basketball players.

Questions

What does basketball shorts mean?: Relatively long and baggy shorts of the kind worn by basketball players.

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