kickball
nounEtymology From kick + ball.
1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
2
The ball used in the above sport.
- They bounced their kickball against the wall, flinging it at one another’s heads. It ricocheted between their bodies. Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166:
- Derived terms
- kickballer