waterballn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌbɔl/,

/ˈwɑdərˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., ball n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + ball n.¹

†1. hour water-ball n. Obsolete [after hourglass n.] a device for measuring or indicating time by the rising and sinking of a ball in water.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > water-clock

water dial1546

water clock1601

water glass1633

clepsydra1646

hour water-ball1663

hydroscope1728

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index An Hour Water-ball.

1877 Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 79/2 An hour water-ball may be made of any metal.

†2. A water-filled globe of glass used to redirect light like a lens. Obsolete.Only found in Hooke.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > other specific artificial lights

waterball1665

water globe1696

episcotister1905

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia ix. 53 In this Production of Colours there is no need of..the Prisme, and Rainbow, or Water-ball.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xli. 181 The light of a window..collected..by a deep Convex-glass, or Water-ball.

†3. A wooden ball made so as to burn while floating in water. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires

moorburn1424

coal firea1450

commonty fire1573

moor-burning1610

stubble-firea1618

wheel-fire1662

night-fire1687

waterball1696

chip fire1795

neal-fire1813

bratchel1815

forge-fire1855

log-fire1878

electrical fire1900

slash fire1949

dumpster fire1957

chip pan fire1960

chip fire1985

1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 40 (heading) A Fire that will burn in the Water, or Water-Ball.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lxvi Water-balls or globes made of wood, which swim and burn upon the water.

1776 School Wisdom & Arts 299 The water-balls are commonly made of knitted cord bags or of wood.

a. Any of various games played with a ball by swimmers in water; spec. a team game resembling water polo.

ΚΠ

1913 Electr. Rev. 26 July 180/1 On Wednesday afternoon a waterball game between teams representing the active and associate members..resulted in a tie, the score being 9-9.

1933 Pittsburgh Courier 9 Sept. i. 6/6 The Homewood playground waterball team..lost the City of Pittsburgh waterball championship..by the score of 8 to 3.

1964 C. R. Brink Snow in River 245 Uncle Doug and the boys began a wild game of waterball, while I sat shivering on the dock.

1999 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 9 Anyone between the ages of eight and 14 can take part in the Wednesday night sessions which involve organised games such as waterball and raft races.

b. A game in which two teams propel a ball with jets of water from powerful hoses, (in later use) esp. (chiefly U.S.) one in which each team attempts to propel a ball suspended from an overhead cable over a line defended by the opposing team.Chiefly with reference to games played by firefighters at fêtes, fairs, or similar events.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]

swinging1610

shuggie-shue1653

bilboquet1743

kite-flying1804

cup and ball1836

kittly-benders1854

cakewalk1863

mudlarking1888

pogo1921

pogoing1921

yo-yo1932

waterball1950

laugher1973

karaoke1977

bouncy castle1986

paintball1987

bouncing castle1988

paintballing1989

zorbing1996

1950 Times of India 5 Nov. 15/4 (caption) This is waterball, as demonstrated recently in a forty-minute match by the Ingolstadt Fire Brigade.

1983 N.Y. Times 24 June c23/2 Then there is the usually hilarious ‘waterball’ competition. Before long, the [Fire Department] commissioner said, the teams are hosing each other.

2011 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 25 June b4 Next Saturday is the Bremen Firemen's Waterball with 15 to 20 teams in competition at 10 a.m.

5. U.S. A toy or ornament in the form of a transparent globe or dome that encloses a liquid in which particles or bubbles move, typically around a model of a scene, when it is shaken; = water globe n. (c) at water n. Compounds 7.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1974 Washington Post 6 Jan. (Potomac section) 12 (caption) Silver snow swirls around a 3-D scene of the Capitol, White House, Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial in the ‘Water Ball’ calendar.

1998 Indianapolis Star 17 Dec. a7 (advt.) 40% off..select holiday table accessories. Includes Santas, musicals, waterballs and nativity scenes.

2003 Furnit. Today Apr. (Kids Today Suppl.) 16/2 A variety of products, including waterballs, figurines and bookends.

6. A large, transparent, inflatable PVC ball which can be propelled across water by a person inside running or walking, usually as an entertainment or leisure activity.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > specific device or piece of equipment

water bomb1898

skyride1913

paintball1984

Zorb1996

geocache2000

waterball2007

2007 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. 15/4 The 48-year-old inventor prepared to walk across the Serpentine, at London's Hyde Park, in his ‘waterball’.

2010 Istria (Time Out Shortlist) 69/1 Rent out kayaks, pedal boats, windsurf rigs, waterballs, ski tubes and boats from main public beach.

2015 Loughborough Echo 26 June 12 There was also plenty for the whole family to enjoy on the day including..a bouncy castle, slides and water balls, a crazy golf course, a petting farm, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waterball
释义	waterballn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbɔl/, /ˈwɑdərˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., ball n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + ball n.¹ †1. hour water-ball n. Obsolete [after hourglass n.] a device for measuring or indicating time by the rising and sinking of a ball in water. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > water-clock water dial1546 water clock1601 water glass1633 clepsydra1646 hour water-ball1663 hydroscope1728 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index An Hour Water-ball. 1877 Cassell's Techn. Educator III. 79/2 An hour water-ball may be made of any metal. †2. A water-filled globe of glass used to redirect light like a lens. Obsolete.Only found in Hooke. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > other specific artificial lights waterball1665 water globe1696 episcotister1905 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia ix. 53 In this Production of Colours there is no need of..the Prisme, and Rainbow, or Water-ball. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xli. 181 The light of a window..collected..by a deep Convex-glass, or Water-ball. †3. A wooden ball made so as to burn while floating in water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires moorburn1424 coal firea1450 commonty fire1573 moor-burning1610 stubble-firea1618 wheel-fire1662 night-fire1687 waterball1696 chip fire1795 neal-fire1813 bratchel1815 forge-fire1855 log-fire1878 electrical fire1900 slash fire1949 dumpster fire1957 chip pan fire1960 chip fire1985 1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 40 (heading) A Fire that will burn in the Water, or Water-Ball. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lxvi Water-balls or globes made of wood, which swim and burn upon the water. 1776 School Wisdom & Arts 299 The water-balls are commonly made of knitted cord bags or of wood. 4. a. Any of various games played with a ball by swimmers in water; spec. a team game resembling water polo. ΚΠ 1913 Electr. Rev. 26 July 180/1 On Wednesday afternoon a waterball game between teams representing the active and associate members..resulted in a tie, the score being 9-9. 1933 Pittsburgh Courier 9 Sept. i. 6/6 The Homewood playground waterball team..lost the City of Pittsburgh waterball championship..by the score of 8 to 3. 1964 C. R. Brink Snow in River 245 Uncle Doug and the boys began a wild game of waterball, while I sat shivering on the dock. 1999 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 9 Anyone between the ages of eight and 14 can take part in the Wednesday night sessions which involve organised games such as waterball and raft races. b. A game in which two teams propel a ball with jets of water from powerful hoses, (in later use) esp. (chiefly U.S.) one in which each team attempts to propel a ball suspended from an overhead cable over a line defended by the opposing team.Chiefly with reference to games played by firefighters at fêtes, fairs, or similar events. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 1950 Times of India 5 Nov. 15/4 (caption) This is waterball, as demonstrated recently in a forty-minute match by the Ingolstadt Fire Brigade. 1983 N.Y. Times 24 June c23/2 Then there is the usually hilarious ‘waterball’ competition. Before long, the [Fire Department] commissioner said, the teams are hosing each other. 2011 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 25 June b4 Next Saturday is the Bremen Firemen's Waterball with 15 to 20 teams in competition at 10 a.m. 5. U.S. A toy or ornament in the form of a transparent globe or dome that encloses a liquid in which particles or bubbles move, typically around a model of a scene, when it is shaken; = water globe n. (c) at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1974 Washington Post 6 Jan. (Potomac section) 12 (caption) Silver snow swirls around a 3-D scene of the Capitol, White House, Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial in the ‘Water Ball’ calendar. 1998 Indianapolis Star 17 Dec. a7 (advt.) 40% off..select holiday table accessories. Includes Santas, musicals, waterballs and nativity scenes. 2003 Furnit. Today Apr. (Kids Today Suppl.) 16/2 A variety of products, including waterballs, figurines and bookends. 6. A large, transparent, inflatable PVC ball which can be propelled across water by a person inside running or walking, usually as an entertainment or leisure activity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > specific device or piece of equipment water bomb1898 skyride1913 paintball1984 Zorb1996 geocache2000 waterball2007 2007 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. 15/4 The 48-year-old inventor prepared to walk across the Serpentine, at London's Hyde Park, in his ‘waterball’. 2010 Istria (Time Out Shortlist) 69/1 Rent out kayaks, pedal boats, windsurf rigs, waterballs, ski tubes and boats from main public beach. 2015 Loughborough Echo 26 June 12 There was also plenty for the whole family to enjoy on the day including..a bouncy castle, slides and water balls, a crazy golf course, a petting farm, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1663
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