stickball
[ stik-bawl ]
/ ˈstɪkˌbɔl /
noun
a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
Origin of stickball
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25;
(broom)stick +
ball1
OTHER WORDS FROM stickball
stick·ball·er, nounWords nearby stickball
stick-built,
stick-in-the-mud,
stick-on,
stick-to-it-ive,
stick-up,
stickball,
sticker,
sticker price,
sticker shock,
stickful,
stickhandle
Example sentences from the Web for stickball
One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview |Alex Belth |February 16, 2014 |DAILY BEASTRemember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins?
Weren’t Those the Bad Old Days? The Poison of New York City Nostalgia |Michael Moynihan |January 6, 2014 |DAILY BEASTHe knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.
The Fourth R |George Oliver Smith