Concept cluster: Recreation > Sports equipment
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alley ball
n
(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use
attack
n
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
ball
n
(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
ball alley
n
(US, obsolete) A bowling alley
ball club
n
Alternative spelling of ballclub [(baseball) A baseball team.]
ballgame
n
Alternative spelling of ball game [Any game played with a ball.]
basket toss
n
(cheerleading) A stunt in which three or more bases toss a flyer into the air.
battleball
n
A form of dodgeball.
blooperball
n
(US) 16-inch softball: a variant of the game of softball, played with a larger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts.
bocce
n
(sports, countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
boules
n
bowls; a game played with metal balls.
bowling-green
n
Alternative spelling of bowling green [A finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of bowls.]
captain ball
n
(uncountable) A game in which teams of seven or more players compete to pass the ball to one team member who is stationed in a circle at their end of the playing area.
cherry-bomb
n
(sports, US, slang) In the four square ball game, the act of spiking the ball or slamming it down with a great force to make it hard for a person to retrieve it to stay in the game.
contact ball
n
A ball used for contact juggling, usually made of glass, plastic or acrylic and significantly larger and heavier than a juggling ball.
court sense
n
(basketball) A player's knowledge of all that is occurring in the game.
croquet mallet
n
(sports) The wooden mallet used in croquet to strike the ball
dink
v
(soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
dodgeball
n
A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
end line
n
(basketball) out of bounds line under the basket
fen cricket
n
(UK, dialect) The mole cricket.
football
n
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
freeball
n
(volleyball) A ball that has been hit from below the top of the net.
golf ball
n
(informal) A typeball.
hook
v
(soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
house ball
n
(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use
jack-ball
n
A ball used in boules.
kickback
n
(countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
Laker
n
(basketball) A player for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team
lawn-bowl
v
To practice or play in the sport of lawn bowling.
match ball
n
(soccer) The ball used in a match. It is often given to the man of the match after the game.
maximum
n
(snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
moonball
v
(tennis) To strike the ball in this way.
newcomb
n
A sport that is a variation of volleyball, but in which one may catch the ball.
outhole
n
(pinball) The hole at the bottom of a pinball table where each ball is eventually lost.
outlane
n
(pinball) One of the outer lanes toward the bottom of a pinball table that cause the ball to drain if not propelled back upwards.
pall-mall
n
Alternative form of pall mall [(historical) A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.]
patball
n
(uncountable) A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
pickleball
n
(countable) The ball used in the sport of pickleball.
pinspotter
n
Synonym of pinsetter (person or machine)
pitch
v
(transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
polo
n
(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
racquetball
n
(countable) A ball used for this sport.
road bowling
n
(Ireland) A game of skill where a heavy metal ball is thrown along a pre-determined course of rural roads, with the winner being the team with the fewest throws.
roly-poly
n
(uncountable) An old game in which balls are bowled into holes or thrown into hats placed on the ground.
roquet
v
In croquet, to hit another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken.
roundball
n
(US, slang, originally African-American English) The sport of basketball.
shagger
n
One who catches and returns a ball, usually out of play; one who fetches played balls; one who fetches shot game.
skittle alley
n
(bowling) The long narrow building in which skittles is played.
sliotar
n
a hard ball, similar in size to a baseball, used in hurling
sloshball
n
A drinking game resembling softball or kickball but with players having to drink beer from a keg when passing a base.
snitch
n
A ball used in the sport of Quidditch.
soccer football
n
(countable) Synonym of soccer ball
speedball
n
(uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
sportsball
n
(humorous, derogatory) Any sport involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
stickball
n
A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
stoolball
n
An old English sport resembling cricket.
striker
n
A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
Subbuteo
n
Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.
tapeball
n
Alternative form of tape ball [(countable) A tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.]
tenpin
n
(countable) Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.
toucher
n
(bowls) A ball lying in contact with the jack.
twister
n
A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
utility ball
n
A large ball used in children's physical education.
VB
n
(sports) Initialism of volleyball. [(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.]
volleyball
n
(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.
volleyer
n
(tennis) A player who hits volleys.
woodball
n
An Asian sport resembling croquet.
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