Definition of tetherball in US English:
tetherball
nounˈtɛðərˌbɔlˈteT͟Hərˌbôlˈtɛðərˌbɔl
A game in which two people use their hands or paddles to hit a ball suspended on a cord from an upright post, the winner being the first person to wind the cord completely around the post.
Example sentencesExamples
- With snake eyes and a bully like laugh, he devilishly teases his son in a friendly game of tetherball.
- Amanda could not help but notice the tetherball swinging only ever so slightly back and forth behind Red.
- Hey, Samantha, wanna play tetherball with me?
- ‘And you played tetherball with me at lunch, and you would always let me win,’ he chimed in.
- Emily played tetherball at recess with her students.
Definition of tetherball in US English:
tetherball
nounˈteT͟Hərˌbôlˈtɛðərˌbɔl
A game in which two people use their hands or paddles to hit a ball suspended on a cord from an upright post, the winner being the first person to wind the cord completely around the post.
Example sentencesExamples
- Emily played tetherball at recess with her students.
- ‘And you played tetherball with me at lunch, and you would always let me win,’ he chimed in.
- Hey, Samantha, wanna play tetherball with me?
- Amanda could not help but notice the tetherball swinging only ever so slightly back and forth behind Red.
- With snake eyes and a bully like laugh, he devilishly teases his son in a friendly game of tetherball.