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kickball

15 1.6
A game like baseball where players use their feet to move a rubber ball to score runs
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪkˌbɔl/
  • US
translation icon : béisbol con los pies
  • On this particular day in May, the kickball game ended differently.
  • kickball game

So just like say, for example, we're playing kickball out in the front St.

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Examples

  • Next week, my graduate program is playing a kickball game to start off the new year.

    Blog text (7)
  • I was picked first for kickball teams at recess.

  • You could play kickball with us today.

  • I can play kickball and listen to my records.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A short distance away, the rest of the children were involved in a game of kickball.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Let's go play some kickball.

  • At noon, a group of boys played kickball.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • In fact, one principal encouraged her teachers to play class versus class games of kickball.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Several of the participants discussed the prevalence of games such as dodgeball, kickball, and relays.

    Academic text (2011)
  • During gym class, we divided into teams to play kickball on the grassy field.

Synonyms

ball game
vskickball
58 1.0

A game played with a ball, like baseball or football

is the particular version played like baseball where players kick the ball
ballgame
vskickball
23 2.0

A game played with a ball, like baseball or soccer

is a specific form played like baseball but using kicking instead of batting

How Organized

footballing
  • UK
1 2.5
kickball
  • US
15 1.6

Surface Forms

kickball singular
kickballs plural

Morphology

kickball = kick + ball (transparent) = kick + ball

A straightforward compound of 'kick' + 'ball'; the meaning of the game is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Kickball is simply the two words kick and ball joined together, where kick means 'to hit with the foot' and ball means 'a round object'. So the name tells you how to play: it is a game like baseball where players 'kick' a ball to run and score.