tetherball

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US/ˈtɛðɚˌbɔl/US, cot caught merger/ˈtɛðɚˌbɑl/UK/ˈtɛðəˌbɔːl/

noun

A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.

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Meanings

nountetherball (usually uncountable, plural tetherballs)

plural tetherballs

  1. uncountableusuallyA two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
  2. uncountableusuallyThe ball in the sport of tetherball.

Origin

Compound of tether + ball.

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Translations

Danish stangtennis
  • stangtennissport
Finnish salkopallo
  • salkopallosport
French spirobole, spiroballe
  • spirobolesport
  • spiroballesport
Italian tetherball
  • tetherballsport
Norwegian Bokmål smashball
  • smashballsport
Portuguese espirobol
  • espirobolsport
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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