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stickball

[ stik-bawl ]

noun

  1. 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.


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Other Words From

  • stickballer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stickball1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; (broom)stick + ball 1
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Example Sentences

Although there’s a developed campground on the 19-acre lake, a mile away, dispersed camping is allowed on the expansive, grassy Ball Field, named after the stickball played here by Cherokee tribes as a means to resolve conflicts.

One day we were playing punchball—like stickball, only you used your fist to hit a Spaldeen or a bald tennis ball.

Remember those quaint ethnic communities, once teeming with stickball games and eggplant-shaped old women wielding rolling pins?

He was photographed playing stickball in the streets of Harlem and had pop songs written about him.

He knew the general rules of big-league baseball, but the kid-business of stickball did not register.

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