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battleball

noun

Etymology

From battle + ball.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as battleball — “battle + ball”

Definitions

  1. A form of dodgeball.

    • At rec in the asphalted yard behind the cottage, he hit Linsey Lopez with a ball during a battleball game. The problem was that they were on the same team.

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