playball

See also: play ball

English

Etymology

play +‎ ball

Noun

playball (plural playballs)

1. A ball for use in games.
   • 1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet:

     What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!

   • 1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents:

     A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]

Spanish

Noun

playball m (uncountable)

1. (baseball) the shout of "play ball!" said to start a baseball game

Derived terms

• cantarse el playball