battleball

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noun

A form of dodgeball.

OriginEnglish ball ← Middle English bal ← Old English *beall →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounbattleball (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of dodgeball.

    At rec in the asphalted yard behind the cottage, he hit Linsey Lopez with a ball during a battleball game. The problem was that they were on the same team.

    2019, Jerome Gold, Children in Prison

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  9. Old English*beall
  10. Middle Englishbal
  11. Englishball
  12. Englishbattleball

From battle + ball.

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Cite this entry
APA

battleball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleball

MLA

“battleball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleball. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battleball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleball.

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