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backball

backball noun: a children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it.

Noun

backball (uncountable)

  1. A children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it.

Origin of backball

From back + ball.

Questions about backball

What does backball mean?
Backball means a children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it.
What part of speech is backball?
Backball is a noun.

Words near backball in the dictionary

  1. backative
  2. backazimuth
  3. backazimuths
  4. backbag
  5. backbags
  6. backball
  7. backband
  8. backbands
  9. backbar
  10. backbarrier
  11. backbarriers

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