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cherry-bomb

cherry-bomb noun: in the four square ball game, the act of spiking the ball or slamming it down with a great force to make it difficult for a person to retrieve it in order to stay in the game.

Noun

cherry-bomb (plural cherry-bombs)

  1. (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 difficult for a person to retrieve it in order to stay in the game.

Forms of cherry-bomb

pluralcherry-bombs

Questions about cherry-bomb

What does cherry-bomb mean?
Cherry-bomb means in the four square ball game, the act of spiking the ball or slamming it down with a great force to make it difficult for a person to retrieve it in order to stay in the game.
What part of speech is cherry-bomb?
Cherry-bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of cherry-bomb?
The plural of cherry-bomb is cherry-bombs.

Words near cherry-bomb in the dictionary

  1. cherry tree
  2. Cherry Tree Hill
  3. cherry trees
  4. Cherry Valley
  5. cherry wood
  6. cherry-bomb
  7. cherry-bombs
  8. cherry-merry
  9. cherry-merry-bamboo
  10. cherry-pick
  11. cherry-picked

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