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fistball

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A European sport in which players attempt to hit a ball over a net with fists or arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fist + ball.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vuisbal — Sport
  • Arabic: كرة القبضة (kurat al-qabḍa) — Sport
  • Asturian: faustball — Sport
  • Bashkir: фистбол (fistbol) — Sport
  • Catalan: fistbol — Sport
  • Chinese Cantonese: 草地排球 (cou2 dei6 paai4 kau4) — Sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮士德球 (fúshìdéqiú) — Sport
  • Czech: faustball — Sport
  • Danish: nævebold — Sport
  • Dutch: vuistbal — Sport
  • Finnish: nyrkkipallo — Sport
  • French: fistball — Sport
  • German: Faustball — Sport
  • Bavarian German: faustboi — Sport
  • Indonesian: fistball — Sport
  • Italian: fistball — Sport
  • Japanese: ファウストボール (fausutobōru) — Sport
  • Korean: 피스트볼 (piseuteubol) — Sport
  • Norwegian: fistball — Sport
  • Persian: فیستبال (fistbâl) — Sport
  • Polish: fistball — Sport
  • Portuguese: faustebol — Sport
  • Russian: фистбо́л (fistból) — Sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: šakomet — Sport
  • Slovak: faustbal — Sport
  • Spanish: faustball — Sport
  • Swedish: fistboll — Sport
  • Ukrainian: фістбол (fistbol) — Sport