dodgeball
dodgeball · dodgeballs
вышибалы, доджбол
Völkerball
A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the oppositionA team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
/ˈdɒd͡ʒˌbɔl/
» Would you rather play dodgeball or volleyball?
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
(countable, uncountable)The ball thrown in this sport.
Völkerball
вышиба́лыvyšibály, доджбо́лdodžból
Examples
10 sentencesWould you rather play dodgeball or volleyball?
Tom and his friends were playing dodgeball.
Which would you rather play, dodgeball or volleyball?
Why don't we play dodgeball?
Ga-ga is a variant of dodgeball.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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a sport:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a sport:
Origin
From dodge + ball.From dodge + ball.
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Forms
plural: dodgeballsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsDeriveddodgeballer
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable