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Skee-Ball

Skee-Ball

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A game at an arcade where you roll balls up a ramp into holes for points
  • noun
  • /ˈskiː bɔːl/
translation icon : Skee-Ball
  • The children cheered as they watched their friend roll a ball down the Skee-Ball ramp.
  • playing Skee-Ball
  • won playing Skee-Ball

Examples

  • I also haven't cashed in my Skee-Ball win tickets. "You have the day," his father said.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • They all played Skee-Ball for a while, then walked the boards, acting like jerks, as they often did.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • One night, the four boys were playing Skee-Ball at the arcade on the Asbury Park boardwalk.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He traversed three rows of Skee-Ball lanes and wove his way through all the rake-a-prize machines.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • At the arcade, we took turns playing Skee-Ball and trying to score the highest points.

  • Jason scored 200 points in Skee-Ball by landing a ball in the 50-point hole.

Surface Forms

Skee-Ball singular
Skee-Balls plural
Skee Balls plural
Skee Ball singular

Etymology

Skee-Ball started as a brand name for a simple arcade game. The parts skee and ball make a picture of a ball rolling up a ramp, so Skee-Ball now means the game or the machine you play at the arcade.