"catch-ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: catch-balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} catch-ball (plural catch-balls)
  1. (games) A children's toss-and-catch game.
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  2. (business) A collaborative communication and strategic planning process where ideas, goals, and feedback are iteratively passed back and forth between different levels of an organization.
    Sense id: en-catch-ball-en-noun--oiBeZli Categories (other): Business, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: business

Alternative forms

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