"skittleball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skittleballs [plural]
Etymology: skittle + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|skittle|ball}} skittle + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} skittleball (countable and uncountable, plural skittleballs)
  1. (uncountable) A team sport in which players attempt to knock over the opposing team's skittle by throwing a ball. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ball games
    Sense id: en-skittleball-en-noun-xbp5m1cY Disambiguation of Ball games: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17
  2. (countable) The ball used in the game of skittles. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-skittleball-en-noun-UI4AlUMq

Inflected forms

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