Meanings
nountape ball (countable and uncountable, plural tape balls)
plural tape balls · alternative tapeball
- countableA tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.
- uncountableThe game of cricket played using such a ball.
And kids like us spent long summer afternoons happily playing tapeball, our version of the national pastime, in the streets of our working-class neighborhood.
2018, J.H. Brown, Augie's War, page 182
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tape ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tape%20ball
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“tape ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tape%20ball. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tape ball,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tape%20ball.
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