"moonball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moonballs [plural]
Etymology: From moon + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|ball}} moon + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonball (plural moonballs)
  1. (tennis) A medium-high offensive lob hit with topspin.
    Sense id: en-moonball-en-noun-3xpo4RHn Categories (other): Tennis, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Verb [English]

Forms: moonballs [present, singular, third-person], moonballing [participle, present], moonballed [participle, past], moonballed [past]
Etymology: From moon + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|ball}} moon + ball Head templates: {{en-verb}} moonball (third-person singular simple present moonballs, present participle moonballing, simple past and past participle moonballed)
  1. (tennis) To strike the ball in this way.
    Sense id: en-moonball-en-verb-5~hVbVUl Categories (other): Tennis, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Inflected forms

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