kick-ball

Noun

kickball (countable and uncountable, plural kickballs)

1. (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.

   Synonyms:

   soccer baseball

2. (countable) The ball used in the above sport.
   • 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.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166