Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hipball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hip-ball
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient Mesoamerican ball game where the ball was kept in play by striking it with the hip.

Uncountable

Etymology

From hip + ball.

Usage

Questions

What does hipball mean?
An ancient Mesoamerican ball game where the ball was kept in play by striking it with the hip.
Where does hipball come from?
From hip + ball.

How to pronounce hipball

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