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playball

UK/ˈpleɪˌbɔːl/US/ˈpleɪˌbɔl/

playball noun: a ball for use in games.

Noun

playball (plural playballs)

  1. A ball for use in games.
    • What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet
    • A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents

playball meaning in Tamil

playball in Tamil

அடிபந்து

Forms of playball

pluralplayballs

Origin of playball

From play + ball.

Questions about playball

What does playball mean?
Playball means a ball for use in games.
What is playball in Tamil?
Playball in Tamil is அடிபந்து. See Playball meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is playball?
Playball is a noun.
How do you pronounce playball?
Playball is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌbɔːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of playball?
The plural of playball is playballs.

Words near playball in the dictionary

  1. playathons
  2. playback
  3. playback singer
  4. playback singers
  5. playbacks
  6. playball
  7. playballs
  8. playbarn
  9. playbarns
  10. playbill
  11. playbills

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: playball (page history and authors); playball (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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