Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A game in which two opposing teams attempt to push a heavy ball, 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, across a goal.
- noun The ball used in this game.
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- noun games, uncountable A team game where players attempt to push a large inflatable lightweight ball into the opponent's goal.
- noun countable The large ball used for this game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal
Etymologies
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push + ball
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Examples
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Vigorous informal games, having to do with floating and sinking balls and effigies: pushball, in which the players never seemed to know, or to care, upon which side they were playing; water-fights and ducking contests ....
Skylark Three Hans Waldemar Wessolowski 1927
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The ball of all sorts and sizes, from the marble to the pushball, would lead to endless scientific argument.
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Rational Review 2009
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