basket vs hot-air balloon

basket

noun
  • The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel. 

  • A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. 

  • The game of basketball. 

  • A 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. 

  • The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points. 

  • The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing. 

  • A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop. 

  • A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method 

  • In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered. 

  • A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball. 

  • The male genitalia and region surrounding it. 

  • A set or collection of intangible things. 

  • The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. 

  • Bastard. 

verb
  • To place in a basket or baskets. 

  • To 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. 

hot-air balloon

noun
  • A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air; it carries passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath. 

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