playball
See also: play ball
English
Etymology
play + ball
Noun
playball (plural playballs)
- A ball for use in games.
- 1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents
- A playball comprising a blend of rubber and a thermoplastic homopolymer of a styrene or substituted styrene […]
- 1909, Jack London, The Shrinkage of the Planet
- What a play-ball has this planet of ours become!
- 1971, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents
Spanish
Noun
playball m (uncountable)
- (baseball) the shout of "play ball!" said to start a baseball game
Derived terms
- cantarse el playball