stickball
/ˈstɪkbɔːl
/noun [mass noun] North American
An informal game played with a stick and a ball, derived from the rules of baseball or lacrosse.We played great games of stickball, punch ball and three man basketball on snowy playgrounds when I was a kid without an adult in sight....
- Even baseball has been translated into an urban street sport with stickball.
- I always think of him playing stickball with the kids of New York after a major league game.
- throw one's weight about (or around)
- throw one's weight behind
- throw (or cast or shed) light on
- throw (or catch) someone off balance
- throw (or chuck)a seven
- throw (or knock) someone for a loop
- throw (or pour) cold water on
- throw-over
- throw people together
- throw pillow
- throw rug
- throw shade
- throw shapes
- throw someone a bone
- throw someone a curve
- throw someone a curveball
- throw someone out
- throw someone over
- throw someone to the dogs
- throw someone to the lions
- throw someone to the wolves
- throw someone under the bus
- throw something away
- throw something back in someone's face
- throw something down