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mushball

mushball noun: a variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.

Noun (1)

mushball (uncountable)

  1. A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
    • He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake.2009 January 31, George Vecsey, “Phillies Pitchers of Old Revel in Past and Present”, in New York Times

Noun (2)

mushball (plural mushballs)

  1. A Jovian hailstone consisting of a mix of water and ammonia.

Forms of mushball

pluralmushballs

Origin of mushball

From mush + ball.

* Coined in JGR Planets Research Article "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter". Various collaborators.

Questions about mushball

What does mushball mean?
Mushball means a variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
What part of speech is mushball?
Mushball is a noun.
What is the plural of mushball?
The plural of mushball is mushballs.

Words near mushball in the dictionary

  1. Mushakoji
  2. musharakah
  3. musharoon
  4. musharoons
  5. Musharraf
  6. mushball
  7. mushballs
  8. mushbooh
  9. mushbrain
  10. mushbrains
  11. mushed

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