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单词 wind-ball
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wind-balln.

Brit. /ˈwɪn(d)bɔːl/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌbɔl/, /ˈwɪn(d)ˌbɑl/
Etymology: < wind n.1 + ball n.1
An inflated ball; a game played with such a ball by striking it with the fist.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > ball or balloon > [noun]
ball?c1225
wind-ball1578
toss-ball1681
air ball1756
balloon1800
poi1817
gum ball1855
air balloon1883
beach-ball1940
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games
cache1444
hand in and hand out1478
cachepell1539
hand-out1540
knappan1573
wind-ball1578
balloon?1591
bord-and-cord1591
hurlingc1600
pize-balla1796
trigon1842
pallone1859
push-ball1895
throwball1895
punchball1908
wallyball1982
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 264 Diuers sortes of pastimes, as the Windball, the barre, fencing [Cf. Yver (1599) 156 b, comme de Pallemaille, de barre, d'escrime].
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 296/1 Follis,..a wind ball beaten with the fists to and fro in play.
a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) v. iv. 70 Els will wee make this thy Hed a wind Ball, to our fistes, straite.
1883 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. III. 1000 It recalls to my mind the windball of the demons. footn. Witches confessed they had been converted into balls, and gone bobbing round stark naked on tables and benches.
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