tetherball

[ teth -er-bawl ]
/ ˈtɛð ərˌbɔl /

noun

a game for two persons, in which each player, standing on each side of a post from the top of which a ball is suspended by a cord, hits the ball with the hand or a paddle in a direction opposite to that in which the other player hits it, the object being to coil the cord completely around the post.

Origin of tetherball

First recorded in 1895–1900; tether + ball1

Words nearby tetherball

tetched, tetchy, tete, teth, tether, tetherball, tethered cord syndrome, tethys, teton, teton range, tetr-

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