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kick ball

kick ball is the alternative form of kickball.

Meaning of kickball

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

Forms of kick ball

pluralkick balls

Questions about kick ball

What is kick ball the alternative form of?
Kick ball is the alternative form of kickball.

Words near kick ball in the dictionary

  1. kick at an open door
  2. kick at the can
  3. kick at the cat
  4. kick back
  5. kick backs
  6. kick ball
  7. kick balls
  8. kick boat
  9. kick boats
  10. kick bollocks scramble
  11. kick bollocks scrambles

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