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tape ball

tape ball noun: a tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.

Noun

tape ball (countable and uncountable, plural tape balls)

  1. (countable) A tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.
  2. (uncountable) The game of cricket played using such a ball.
    • And kids like us spent long summer afternoons happily playing tapeball, our version of the national pastime, in the streets of our working-class neighborhood.2018, J.H. Brown, Augie's War, page 182

Forms of tape ball

pluraltape balls
alternative formtapeball

Origin of tape ball

From tape + ball.

Questions about tape ball

What does tape ball mean?
Tape ball means a tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.
What part of speech is tape ball?
Tape ball is a noun.
What is the plural of tape ball?
The plural of tape ball is tape balls.

Words near tape ball in the dictionary

  1. tapdancer
  2. tapdancers
  3. tapdances
  4. tapdancing
  5. tape
  6. tape ball
  7. tape balls
  8. tape deck
  9. tape decks
  10. tape delay
  11. tape delays

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