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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
The ball used in that game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable
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History
From (onomatopoeia) whiff (“to strike, to strikeout”) + ball. Not derived from whiffle, though both derive from same onomatopoeic sources, namely a sound of wind.
