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noun
A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The ball in the sport of tetherball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: athletic game
History
Compound of tether + ball.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
