dodgeball

See also: dodge ball

English

Etymology

dodge +‎ ball

Noun

dodgeball (countable and uncountable, plural dodgeballs)

A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.
The ball thrown in this sport.

Translations

a sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 躲避球 (zh) (duǒbìqiú)
Danish: høvdingebold c
Finnish: polttopallo (fi)
French: balle aux prisonniers (fr) f, ballon-chasseur m
German: Völkerball (de) m
Greek: μήλα (el) n pl (míla)
Japanese: ドッジボール (ja) (dojjibōru)

Korean: 피구 (ko) (pigu; 避球)
Norwegian: kanonball m
Portuguese: queimada (pt) f
Russian: вышиба́лы pl (vyšibály), доджбо́л m (dodžból)
Spanish: balón prisionero m
Swedish: spökboll (sv) c
Turkish: yakartop (tr), yakantop (tr)

See also

suicide (children's game)
tag (children's game)

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