"tetherball" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛðɚˌbɔl/ [General-American], /ˈtɛðɚˌbɑl/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger], /ˈtɛðəˌbɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tetherball.wav Forms: tetherballs [plural]
Etymology: Compound of tether + ball. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|tether|ball}} Compound of tether + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} tetherball (usually uncountable, plural tetherballs)
  1. A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ball games, Playground games, Sports
    Sense id: en-tetherball-en-noun-M7X8Ulb~ Disambiguation of Ball games: 82 18 Disambiguation of Playground games: 94 6 Disambiguation of Sports: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 93 7
  2. The ball in the sport of tetherball. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-tetherball-en-noun-BHIKSI-m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sport): stangtennis [common-gender] (Danish), salkopallo (Finnish), spirobole [masculine] (French), spiroballe [feminine] (French), tetherball [masculine] (Italian), smashball [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), espirobol [masculine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'sport': 47 53

Inflected forms

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