playball

See also: play ball

English

Etymology

play + ball

Noun

playball (plural playballs)

  1. A ball for use in games.
    • 1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents
      A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene []
    • Jack London
      What a playball has this planet of ours become!

Spanish

Noun

playball m (uncountable)

  1. (baseball) The shout of "play ball!" said to start a baseball game

Derived terms

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