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hipball

hipball noun: an ancient Mesoamerican ball game where the ball was kept in play by striking it with the hip.

Noun

hipball (uncountable)

  1. An ancient Mesoamerican ball game where the ball was kept in play by striking it with the hip.

Origin of hipball

From hip + ball.

Questions about hipball

What does hipball mean?
Hipball means an ancient Mesoamerican ball game where the ball was kept in play by striking it with the hip.
What part of speech is hipball?
Hipball is a noun.

Words near hipball in the dictionary

  1. hip-shooter
  2. hip-shooters
  3. hip-shooting
  4. hip-shot
  5. HIPAA
  6. hipball
  7. hipberries
  8. hipberry
  9. hipbone
  10. hipbones
  11. hipdom

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