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English
Etymology
From kick + ball.
Noun
kickball (countable and uncountable, plural kickballs)
- (sports, uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
- (countable) The ball used in the above sport.
2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166:They bounced their kickball against the wall, flinging it at one another’s heads. It ricocheted between their bodies. Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.
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