stickball
[ stik-bawl ]
/ ˈstɪkˌbɔl /
noun
a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
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Origin of stickball
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; (broom)stick + ball1
OTHER WORDS FROM stickball
stick·ball·er, nounWords nearby stickball
stick-built, stick-in-the-mud, stick-on, stick-to-it-ive, stick-up, stickball, sticker, sticker price, sticker shock, stickful, stickhandle
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Example sentences from the Web for stickball
One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEASTRemember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins?
Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia|Michael Moynihan|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEASTHe knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.
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