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  • noun sports A large, transparent, inflatable ball, inside which a person may be secured and then rolled downhill
  • verb sports To roll downhill or engage in sports in a zorb ball.

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Examples

  • • The play highlight of the night-one long food and drink and conversation party on the main platform, spreading to the houseboats-was various attendees taking short rides in the "zorb," a giant bubble one inserts oneself in, and flails about trying to "run" around on the water surface until exhaustion overtakes you.

    Reason Magazine 2009

  • • The play highlight of the night-one long food and drink and conversation party on the main platform, spreading to the houseboats-was various attendees taking short rides in the "zorb," a giant bubble one inserts oneself in, and flails about trying to "run" around on the water surface until exhaustion overtakes you.

    Reason Magazine 2009

  • Crawford Blyth runs Blyth's Boats in Barrow Park and bought four of the zorb balls to add to his boating company's fleet.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Crawford Blyth runs Blyth's Boats in Barrow Park and bought four of the zorb balls to add to his boating company's fleet.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • They also have a great luge and the zorb, both highly recommended.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2010

  • Crawford Blyth runs Blyth's Boats in Barrow Park and bought four of the zorb balls to add to his boating company's fleet.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • It makes me wonder why we don't have a zorb track at Maker Faire!

    MAKE Magazine 2010

  • Crawford Blyth runs Blyth's Boats in Barrow Park and bought four of the zorb balls to add to his boating company's fleet.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • For Zorbing locations and prices, go to www. zorb.com.

    unknown title 2009

  • My perfect day would be to zorb in the morning and spend the afternoon in a spa being pampered.

    British Blogs 2009

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  • Experience what it is like being a hamster.

    December 17, 2006

  • Ball nuts have a new outlet for indulging spherical fantasies — zorbing. Brought to you by the sensory-deprived souls who gave us bungee jumping and river sledging, New Zealanders with too much downtime, zorbing takes you into the game of globular physics. You are no longer a ballplayer; you are the ball. The sport involves the insertion of a human into the inner sphere of a giant double-skinned orb with air holes. A roll down a hillside sets off involuntary Olympics-style tumbling within. If you've ever wanted to flip like Mary Lou Retton or spin with the wild abandon of sneakers in a Maytag, zorbing may be your thing. No skills required, other than ability to hold down food.

    —"Let it roll," Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2003

    September 3, 2007

  • *feeling queasy*

    December 18, 2007