Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pat-ball
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.

Uncountable

noun

A back-and-forth situation.

Uncountable

noun

The ball used in the game of patball.

Countable

noun

A pawn, a football.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"Don't you know that your very best friend is being made somebody's patball?"

Etymology

From pat + ball.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pat-ball (alternative)

Derived Forms

patballer

Questions

What does patball mean?: A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
Where does patball come from?: From pat + ball.

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