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Quidditch

Quidditch

3 9.9
A sport played on flying broomsticks in the Harry Potter stories
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɪdɪtʃ/
  • Literature
translation icon : quidditch
  • We just played Quidditch.
  • Quidditch World Cup
  • a Quidditch game
  • a Quidditch match

Gary, didn't you just say what is the fun of Quidditch in outer space?

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Examples

Compounds

Team sport like Quidditch, played on the ground without magic and with changed rules

Surface Forms

Quidditch singular
Quidditches plural

Etymology

Quidditch was invented by J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter stories, and she has said the idea and the name came to her while travelling on a train. A helpful way to remember the word is to think of the short sound quid as a 'quick' or quirky name for a flying game. So Quidditch is the name of the broomstick sport in the books.