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单词 pickleball
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pickleballn.

Brit. /ˈpɪklbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈpɪk(ə)lˌbɔl/, /ˈpɪk(ə)lˌbɑl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pickle n.1, ball n.1
Etymology: < pickle n.1 + ball n.1The game was invented by Washington House of Representatives member Joel Pritchard (later Lieutenant Governor of Washington) and friends in the 1960s. The semantic motivation of the name is uncertain.
U.S.
A game similar to tennis played with short paddles and a light perforated plastic ball.Quot. 1974 illustrates a proprietary name for the paddles, balls, and net used in the sport.
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pickleball1975
1974 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Oct. TM272/1 Toys and sporting goods..Pickle-ball..filed 9-10-73.]
1975 Des Moines (Iowa) Sunday Reg. 29 June d1/1 Pickle ball is played with a wooden paddle slightly bigger than a table tennis paddle. The ball is plastic with holes in it.
1979 Sports Illustr. 23 July 70/3 Enthusiasts everywhere will be vindicated when we field our first Olympic pickleball team.
2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 July d3/2 If you take a game of tennis and slow it down—smaller court, slower racket, harder-to-hit ball—you get pickleball.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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