"dodgeball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dodgeball.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dodgeballs [plural]
Etymology: dodge + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dodge|ball}} dodge + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dodgeball (countable and uncountable, plural dodgeballs)
  1. A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ball games, Sports
    Sense id: en-dodgeball-en-noun-v~gMKVFs Disambiguation of Ball games: 62 38 Disambiguation of Sports: 75 25
  2. The ball thrown in this sport. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a sport): baló presoner [masculine] (Catalan), 躲避球 (duǒbìqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), høvdingebold [common-gender] (Danish), trefbal [masculine] (Dutch), evitpilkado (Esperanto), evitludo (Esperanto), rahvastepall (Estonian), polttopallo (Finnish), balle aux prisonniers [feminine] (French), ballon-chasseur [masculine] (French), Völkerball [masculine] (German), μήλα (míla) [neuter, plural] (Greek), kidobós (Hungarian), brennibolti [masculine] (Icelandic), seachain [masculine] (Irish), ドッジボール (dojjibōru) (Japanese), 피구 (pigu) (alt: 避球) (Korean), kanonball [masculine] (Norwegian), dwa ognie [masculine, plural] (Polish), zbijak [masculine] (Polish), queimada [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), mata [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), вышиба́лы (vyšibály) [plural] (Russian), доджбо́л (dodžból) [masculine] (Russian), balón prisionero [masculine] (Spanish), spökboll [common-gender] (Swedish), yakartop (Turkish), yakantop (Turkish), osgoi'r bêl [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dodgeball-en-noun-mV9pt7zR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'a sport': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dodge ball Related terms: suicide (english: children's game), tag (english: children's game)

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