stickball
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈstɪkˌbɔl/
- Archaic
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stickball
- For hundreds of years, Choctaw in separate communities in Mississippi have come together for stickball games, accompanied by picnics, dancing, gambling, and community festivals.
- stickball game
And we would meet the whole group of us kids would meet, you know, and we would play stickball.
- And we would meet the whole group of us kids would meet, you know, and we would play stickball.
- But he would like, come out and we would play in that parking lot and around that building, like Manhunt, fucking soccer, soccer, stickball, like everything.
- It's a long time since boys played stick boy stickball in Brooklyn.
Examples
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We played stickball.
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Eh, I played a lot of stickball as a kid.
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Used to be able to play stickball on these streets.
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I remember playing stickball in Brooklyn, where I grew up.
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Young boys playin' stickball in the street
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There was a stickball game in progress under the glow of the side-street lampposts.
Fiction book (1999) -
As before, we hung out, we fought, we smoked cigarettes in alleys, and, yes, we played stickball.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the morning of August 12, a speculator from Ardmore, Indian Territory, attempted to organize a stickball game.
Academic text (1990) -
In the early 1900s, some Choctaw picnics in Mississippi featured baseball games on Friday nights, followed by dancing and stickball games on Saturday.
Academic text (2000) -
In the summertime, children often play stickball in the streets with a broomstick and a rubber ball.
Synonyms
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1.1
A game like baseball played on a smaller field with a larger ball
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1.0
A game played with a ball, like baseball or football
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2.0
A game played with a ball, like baseball or soccer
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2.0
A team game like baseball played on a smaller field with a bigger, softer ball
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1.6
A game like baseball where players use their feet to move a rubber ball to score runs
A team game like baseball where players hit a small ball and run around bases to score
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stickball comes from the two simple words stick and ball, because players used a broom or wooden stick and a rubber ball to play in city streets. So, stickball means the street game played with a stick and a ball.