Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.

  2. (figuratively, uncountable)A back-and-forth situation.

  3. (countable)The ball used in the game of patball.

  4. (figuratively, uncountable)A pawn, a football.

Origin

From pat + ball.

From pat + ball.

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Forms

plural: patballs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpatballer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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