handball
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- noun
- /ˈhændˌbɔl/
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balonmano
- After school, we played a quick game of handball on the local courts.
- handball court
- play handball
- handball game
Me and Keith played a homeless guy in handball.
- Me and Keith played a homeless guy in handball.
- It was an odd time, you know, and played a lot of handball, which was a big deal back then.
Examples
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Specifically, eight outdoor basketball courts were available, second only to the number of handball courts.
Academic text (2012) -
I was trying to play handball, and he kept kicking the soccer ball into the court.
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I saw your bit on the handball court... you know, talking about being ready.
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Play handball with the Wall Street guys.
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I use the handball courts.
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Handball has really raised its profile in the UK as a result of the games, although it is already really big in Europe.
Blog text (12) -
It was an odd time, you know, and played a lot of handball, which was a big deal back then.
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I went to middle school in Harlem, so I knew that to get my New York fill, I had to visit the school where I was made fun of because I played handball with the boys.
Blog text (30) -
One hot afternoon, I parked my bike on a high, grassy knoll overlooking a handball court in Forest Park.
Fiction book (1993) -
A handball game had been scheduled that afternoon, and so Bernstein took Nathaniel along with him to the Horwich Center.
Fiction book (1995)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handball comes from the two simple words hand 'hand' and ball 'ball'. It pictures the game where players hit a ball with their hand, often against a wall.