volleyball
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- noun
- /ˈvɑːlɪˌbɔːl/
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voleibol
- Immediately, I was called by the missionaries into a volleyball game with the boys my own age.
- play volleyball
- volleyball players
- a volleyball team
George Santos lied about playing volleyball at Baruch College.
- George Santos lied about playing volleyball at Baruch College.
- And he, he's a cool guy and he's on a volleyball team.
- No, so like my, my oldest daughter Alana, she's plays varsity volleyball.
- So every time I would go to LA in summer break, spring break, I had no friends, but I played volleyball, so I was always at the gym.
- I was in soccer, volleyball, track, what else?
- You love ping pong Volleyball is a deep, deep passion of yours.
- And the truth is it was in such at the heat of the battle in volleyball contact sport.
- But Hawaii happened to be like, it's the Mecca volleyball worldwide or just in the US?
- And then kind of being a, a, a sounding board for that like volleyball match, right, right.
Examples
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I'm also captain of the volleyball team.
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For example, when junior high students play volleyball, periods of extended inactivity occur.
Academic text (1993) -
I got to finish the girls' volleyball page by lunch.
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You guys going to a volleyball game or something?
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You always are just in the lobby when we're about to leave 'cause we play volleyball every Thursday.
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Man, girls' volleyball practice is at 4.00.
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Evidently, by all rights and with reason, volleyball had become a way of life.
Academic text (1994) -
Data revealed that female athletes had participated in volleyball significantly longer than the males.
Academic text (1994) -
Teaching Team Sports participants' tactical knowledge was assessed during game play of volleyball, basketball, and soccer.
Academic text (2012) -
She enjoys playing volleyball with her friends every weekend at the beach.
Synonyms
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A game where two teams use their hands to hit a ball over a net to land on opponents' side
Compounds
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A game where two teams use their hands to hit a ball over a net to land on opponents' side
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Volleyball comes from the part volley, which means a quick 'series of hits', and ball, because players hit the ball back and forth over a net. So the name shows the game is all about keeping the ball moving in volleys.