Patball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Patball is a noun meaning (uncountable) A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
Meaning
(uncountable) A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
More Meanings
- (figurative) A back-and-forth situation.
- (countable) The ball used in the game of patball.
- (figurative) A pawn, a football.
Example Sentences
Don't you know that your very best friend is being made somebody's patball?
Opposite him sat Peter Thorneycroft and the patball went on and on and on. It's as though one hadn't left off last July - the same sort of professional debating, two heavyweights in a clinch because neither wants to knock the other out […]
Word Forms
- pat-ball
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patballer, wallball, pelota, pickleball, carpetball, pushball.
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