Any of various forms of pelota, a court sport, played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall or over a line or net against another team.
In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players.
A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
A sport, combining elements of golf and football, in which a rubber ball is repeatedly kicked from a marked area until it is successfully sunk into a bowl.
(tennis) Describing a tennis ball having a thicker felt woven more loosely around the ball's core, designed for hard court surfaces such as asphalt or concrete.
Alternative form of kerby (“ball game”) [(British) A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the ball against the opposite kerb and catch it on the rebound.]
Alternative spelling of pickleball [(uncountable) A racquet sport, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis.]
Alternative spelling of pickleball [(uncountable) A racquet sport, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis.]
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
A goal game combining elements of polo, lacrosse, and netball, played by teams of six players mounted on horseback and using a sponge rubber ball and a stick with a head like a cross and a handle and shaft like those of a polo stick.
(sports, games) a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags out opponents with rubber balls fired from air pistols or paintball guns, without the mess of paint, akin to dart tag
An old game played with a levered wooden trap by means of which a small ball is launched into the air so as to be struck by a player with a bat. The aim is to hit the ball furthest, either in one or several turns.
(UK, Australia, games) A children's game in which players stand in line with their feet apart, making a tunnel with their legs, down which the lead player propels a ball back to the last player, who runs with it to the front of the line and repeats; played competitively between teams for speed, or by a single team for recreation or exercise.
The lightweight bat used in the game of wiffleball
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