mushball

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

mush +‎ ball

Noun[edit]

mushball (uncountable)

  1. (sports) A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
    • 2009 January 31, George Vecsey, “Phillies Pitchers of Old Revel in Past and Present”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake.

Etymology 2[edit]

  • Coined in JGR Planets Research Article "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter". Various collaborators.

Noun[edit]

mushball (plural mushballs)

  1. A Jovian hailstone consisting of a mix of water and ammonia.
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