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wiffleball

wiffleball noun: a game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.

wiffleball: a game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to...
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Noun

wiffleball (countable and uncountable, plural wiffleballs)

  1. (US, uncountable) A game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
  2. (US, countable) The ball used in that game.

Forms of wiffleball

pluralwiffleballs
alternative formwiffle-ball
alternative formwiffle ball
alternative formwhiffleball
alternative formwhiffle-ball
alternative formwhiffle ball

Origin of wiffleball

From (onomatopoeia) whiff (“to strike, to strikeout”) + ball. Not derived from whiffle, though both derive from same onomatopoeic sources, namely a sound of wind.

Questions about wiffleball

What does wiffleball mean?
Wiffleball means a game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
What part of speech is wiffleball?
Wiffleball is a noun.
What is the plural of wiffleball?
The plural of wiffleball is wiffleballs.

Words near wiffleball in the dictionary

  1. wiffle ball
  2. wiffle-ball
  3. wiffle-balls
  4. wiffle-waffles
  5. wiffle-woffles
  6. wiffleball
  7. wiffleballs
  8. wifflebat
  9. wifflebats
  10. wifi
  11. wifi-ing

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