whiffleball

Variant of whiffle ball

whiffle ball definition

☆ whiffle ball

  1. any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
  2. an informal baseball-like game played with a whiffle ball
Sometimes written whiffleball whif′·fle·ball′

Etymology: < Wiffle, a trademark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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