dodgeball
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.
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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 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From dodge + ball.From dodge + ball.
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Forms
plural: dodgeballsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.