stickball

[ stik-bawl ]

/ ˈstɪkˌbɔl /

noun

a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.

Origin of stickball

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; (broom)stick + ball¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stickball

stickballer, noun

Words nearby stickball

-stichous, stick, stick around, stick at, stick-at-it-ive, stickball, stick-built, stick by, stick down, sticker, sticker price

Example sentences from the Web for stickball

One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Remember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins?
Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia|Michael Moynihan|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.
The Fourth R|George Oliver Smith

单词	stickball
释义	stickball [ stik-bawl ] / ˈstɪkˌbɔl / noun a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat. Origin of stickball An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; (broom)stick + ball¹ OTHER WORDS FROM stickball stickballer, noun Words nearby stickball -stichous, stick, stick around, stick at, stick-at-it-ive, stickball, stick-built, stick by, stick down, sticker, sticker price Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stickball One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball. Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview\|Alex Belth\|February 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Remember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins? Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia\|Michael Moynihan\|January 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST He knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register. The Fourth R\|George Oliver Smith
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