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pickle ball

pickle ball is the alternative spelling of pickleball.

Meaning of pickleball

Noun

pickleball (countable and uncountable, plural pickleballs)

  1. (uncountable) A racquet sport resembling tennis, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, table tennis and wiffleball.
    • For the rapidly decreasing number of Americans who've never heard of pickleball, the obscure paddleball game is America's fastest growing sport for the second year in a row.2022 February 19, Shannon Mullen, “America's fastest growing sport is a cross between tennis, ping pong, and badminton”, in National, NPR, retrieved 19 Feb 2022
  2. (countable) The ball used in the sport of pickleball.

Forms of pickle ball

pluralpickle balls

Questions about pickle ball

What is pickle ball the alternative spelling of?
Pickle ball is the alternative spelling of pickleball.

Words near pickle ball in the dictionary

  1. pickings
  2. pickininnie
  3. pickininnies
  4. pickininny
  5. pickle
  6. pickle ball
  7. pickle balls
  8. pickle boat
  9. pickle boats
  10. pickle fork
  11. pickle forks

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