Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A game played by two teams on a rectangular court divided by a high net, in which each team, using up to three hits per effort to return the ball, tries to drive the ball over the net onto the ground on the opposing team's side.
- noun The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
game played on arectangular court between twoteams of two to sixplayers which involves striking aball back and forth over anet . - noun countable The
inflated ball used in such a game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
- noun a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
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Tequila volleyball is superior to all other forms of volleyball.
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Tequila volleyball is superior to all other forms of volleyball.
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Ballet and ski wear and volleyball is something you do on the court or the dance floor or the slopes.
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If their skills seem to be a match made in volleyball heaven, their temperaments on the sand also complement each other.
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Beach volleyball is a sport with a long tradition of partner-swapping.
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And beach volleyball is the only sport I can think of in which the men players wear more than the women players.
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And beach volleyball is great unedited letting see the cheerleaders and crowd go nuts during timeouts.
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Of course volleyball is dangerous, just look at the descriptions they use in the game: Spike, volley (of bullets), smash, attack, hit, bump ...
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Also lettered three times in volleyball as a middle blocker and outside hitter.
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His mom lettered in volleyball and basketball in college.
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