"wallyball" meaning in All languages combined

See wallyball on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wallyballs [plural]
Etymology: Invented by Joe Garcia in 1979, from wall and volleyball. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wall}} wall, {{m|en|volleyball}} volleyball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wallyball (countable and uncountable, plural wallyballs)
  1. (uncountable) A fast-paced sport, a version of volleyball played in a racquetball court, where it is legal to hit the ball off of the walls. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Volleyball
    Sense id: en-wallyball-en-noun-pP9PoBpI Disambiguation of Volleyball: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10
  2. (countable) The ball used in this sport. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-wallyball-en-noun-jCztRPNh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rebound volleyball

Inflected forms

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