Meanings
nounplayball (plural playballs)
plural playballs
- A ball for use in games.
What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!
1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet1 more example
A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]
1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents
Origin
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playball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playball
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“playball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playball. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playball.
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