wiffleball

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noun

A game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.

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Meanings

nounwiffleball (countable and uncountable, plural wiffleballs)

plural wiffleballs · alternative wiffle-ball · alternative wiffle ball · alternative whiffleball · alternative whiffle-ball · alternative whiffle ball

  1. USuncountablehobbiesA game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
  2. UScountableThe ball used in that game.

Origin

From (onomatopoeia) whiff (“to strike, to strikeout”) + ball. Not derived from whiffle, though both derive from same onomatopoeic sources, namely a sound of wind.

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APA

wiffleball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiffleball

MLA

“wiffleball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiffleball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wiffleball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiffleball.

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