volleyball
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- noun
- /ˈvɑːlɪˌbɔːl/
:
balón de voleibol
- In the park, children laughed and played while tossing a volleyball back and forth.
- serve a volleyball
- control the volleyball
And so the docents had a volleyball to show people how big the squid I actually was.
- And so the docents had a volleyball to show people how big the squid I actually was.
- You know, the the kickball, it was just a volleyball and somebody wrote kick on it with a marker or marks a lot.
Examples
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The players gathered around the court to practice their serves with the volleyball.
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Do you know how much a volleyball weighs?
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It's heavy, almost the size of a volleyball.
Fiction book (2000) -
Okay, so you are not allowed to use the volleyball or the tennis courts.
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They love their volleyball here at Blue Bay.
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I closed my eyes and imagined myself soaring above the net like my sister, slamming the volleyball into the opponent's court.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lisa slammed the volleyball.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the interviews, Ben described using balloons for students in wheelchairs who lack the flexibility and strength to control traditional volleyballs: "They are not able to move around and hit the volleyball."
Academic text (2012) -
Half of Teacher D's third grade lessons consisted of skill practice such as setting/serving a volleyball and passing/trapping a soccer ball.
Academic text (1994) -
At the beach, we set up the net and filled our cooler with drinks for a fun day of volleyball.
Synonyms
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A round object used in games like football or tennis
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Volleyball can also mean the ball used in that game, and it is called that because players 'volley' it—that is, hit it in a quick 'series of hits' across the net.