Meanings
noundodgeball (countable and uncountable, plural dodgeballs)
plural dodgeballs · alternative dodge ball
- countableuncountableA team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
Synonyms: touch the body
- countableuncountableThe ball thrown in this sport.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
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Translations
Catalan baló presoner
- baló presonera sport
Chinese Mandarin 躲避球
- 躲避球 (duǒbìqiú)a sport
Danish høvdingebold
- høvdingebolda sport
Dutch trefbal
- trefbala sport
Esperanto evitpilkado, evitludo
- evitpilkadoa sport
- evitludoa sport
Estonian rahvastepall
- rahvastepalla sport
Finnish polttopallo
- polttopalloa sport
French balle aux prisonniers, ballon-chasseur
- balle aux prisonniersa sport
- ballon-chasseura sport
German Völkerball
- Völkerballa sport
Greek μήλα
- μήλα (míla)a sport
Hungarian kidobós
- kidobósa sport
Icelandic brennibolti
- brenniboltia sport
Irish seachain
- seachaina sport
Japanese ドッジボール, 避球
- ドッジボール (dojjibōru)a sport
- 避球 (hikyū)a sport
Korean 피구
- 피구 (pigu)a sport
Norwegian kanonball
- kanonballa sport
Polish dwa ognie, zbijak
- dwa ogniea sport
- zbijaka sport
- zbijanya sport
Portuguese queimada, mata
- queimadaa sport
- mataa sport
Russian вышиба́лы, доджбо́л
- вышиба́лы (vyšibály)a sport
- доджбо́л (dodžból)a sport
Spanish balón prisionero
- balón prisioneroa sport
Swedish spökboll
- spökbolla sport
Turkish yakartop, yakantop
- yakartopa sport
- yakantopa sport
Welsh osgoi'r bêl
- osgoi'r bêla sport
Cite this entry
APA
dodgeball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodgeball
MLA
“dodgeball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodgeball. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dodgeball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodgeball.
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