A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

To play the bassoon. / To make a bassoon-like sound.

A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly. / (science fiction) An information hazard, especially a Langford's basilisk. / (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.

Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. / (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

To play basketball / To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball

The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity. / The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.

A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.

(dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant. / A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).

Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant). / Of or like a bastard (bad person). / Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross. / Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.