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Basket

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
"A basket of fake fruit adorned the table."
2.NounA bed for a cat.
3.NounA wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
4.NounIn an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
5.NounA set or collection of intangible things.
6.NounA circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
"The point guard drove toward the basket."
7.NounThe act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
"The last-second basket sealed the victory."
8.NounThe game of basketball.
"Let's play some basket."
9.NounA dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
10.NounThe penis and region surrounding it.
11.NounThe bulge of the penis seen through clothing.
12.NounIn a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
13.NounA protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon. A singlestick with a basket hilt.
14.NounA singlestick with a basket hilt.
15.NounA usually disc-like piece attached near the bottom of a ski pole to prevent it from sinking too deep into the snow.
16.NounThe gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
17.NounThe bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
18.NounBastard.
"Wait till I catch you, you little basket!"
19.NounA drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
"Don't smoosh the basket."
20.NounShort for basket of goods
21.VerbTo place in a basket or baskets.
22.VerbTo cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
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