"moonball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonballs [plural]
Etymology: 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. Categories (topical): Tennis
    Sense id: en-moonball-en-noun-3xpo4RHn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Verb

Forms: moonballs [present, singular, third-person], moonballing [participle, present], moonballed [participle, past], moonballed [past]
Etymology: 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. Categories (topical): Tennis
    Sense id: en-moonball-en-verb-5~hVbVUl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for moonball meaning in English (2.5kB)

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