kickball

English

Alternative forms

• kick-ball, kick ball

Etymology

From kick +‎ ball.

Noun

kickball (countable and uncountable, plural kickballs)

1. (sports, uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
2. (countable) The ball used in the above sport.
   • 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166:

     They bounced their kickball against the wall, flinging it at one another’s heads. It ricocheted between their bodies. Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.

Synonyms

sport

• soccer baseball

 

Translations

kicking sport

• Swedish: sparkboll c

a ball used in a game

• Swedish: sparkboll c