sportsball
sportsball noun: any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
Noun
sportsball (uncountable)
- Any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
- It may seem counterintuitive, but I hate watching sports in a sports bar. Sports bars are where other sportsball fans go, and generally speaking, I’m not really into sportsball fans, especially not a roomful of drunk and angry ones.2016 November 23, Tricia Romano, “How To Have The Worst Thanksgiving Ever (On Purpose)”, in The Stranger, Seattle, page 18
- I don't know much about most sportsball teams, but hockey players seem to be the hottest.
Who's your favorite?2018 October 20, anonymous author, “Hot hockey players”, in The Data Lounge, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2024
Origin of sportsball
From sports + ball. Based on football, basketball, baseball, etc. Traditionally often claimed to originate from 4chan and its cultural sentiments (compare normalfag).
Words formed from sportsball
- sportsballer
- sportsballing
Questions about sportsball
- What does sportsball mean?
- Sportsball means any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
- What part of speech is sportsball?
- Sportsball is a noun.
Words near sportsball in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sportsball (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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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sportsball.wav.
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