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Stickball

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stickball gamenouna form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle

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stickball gamenouna form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle
stickballernounA stickball player.
floorballnounAn indoor ball game played with a stick like hockey.
stickworknoun(sports) Use of the stick in lacrosse, hockey, etc.
street hockeynoun(Canada, US) An informal version of hockey (ice hockey) played on a quiet street, with a ball instead of a puck.
stickmannounA simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso.
shintynoun(sports, uncountable) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
kickballnoun(sports, uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit.
streetballnounStreet basketball.
bandyballnoun(sports, historical) An old game resembling hockey.
townballnounAny of various games resembling rounders and baseball, played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
stoop ballnounAlternative spelling of stoopball. [(games, New York City) A game played by bouncing a ball off a step or stoop.]
ball hockeynoun(Canada) Street hockey.
speedballnoun(slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
stoopballnoun(games, New York City) A game played by bouncing a ball off a step or stoop.
stickhandlingnoun(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) Skillful manipulation of the puck or ball with a player's stick, allowing the player to maintain control of the puck or ball.
stool-ballnounAn old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide.
backsticknoun(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
softballnoun(sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
bandynoun(sports, uncountable) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.

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