stickball
stickball noun: a street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
Noun
stickball (countable and uncountable, plural stickballs)
- A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
- Boys were playing stickball in the damp, cold streets; dressed in heavy woollen sweaters and heavy trousers, they danced and shouted, and the ball went crack as the stick struck it and sent it speeding through the air.1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Penguin Classics (2001), page 34
- The ball used in this game.
Forms of stickball
| plural | stickballs |
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Origin of stickball
From stick + ball.
Words formed from stickball
Questions about stickball
- What does stickball mean?
- Stickball means a street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
- What part of speech is stickball?
- Stickball is a noun.
- What is the plural of stickball?
- The plural of stickball is stickballs.
Words near stickball in the dictionary
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