Search Result for "jump ball":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jump ball
    n 1: (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession
         is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two
         players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate