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handball

hand·ball
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hand-bawl]
    • /ˈhændˌbɔl/
    • /ˈhænd.bɔːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hand-bawl]
    • /ˈhændˌbɔl/

Definitions of handball word

  • noun handball a game, similar to squash, played by two or four persons who strike a small ball against a wall or walls with the hand. 1
  • noun handball the small, hard rubber ball used in this game. 1
  • noun handball A game similar to squash in which a ball is hit with the hand in a walled court. 1
  • noun handball sport 1
  • uncountable noun handball In Britain, handball is a team sport in which the players try to score goals by throwing or hitting a large ball with their hand. 0
  • uncountable noun handball In the United States and some other countries, handball is a sport in which players try to score points by hitting a small ball against a wall with their hand. 0
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Origin of handball

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, handball is from the late Middle English word handballe. See hand, ball1

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Parts of speech for Handball

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Handball

handball popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • paddleball

    a game played on a handball court following the same basic rules as handball, but in which players use short-handled, perforated paddles to hit a ball resembling a tennis ball.

  • serve

    to act as a servant.

  • double fault

    (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.

  • drop shot

    (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.

  • fives

    a cardinal number, four plus one.

  • front court

    the section of the court nearest the front wall in certain games, as squash or handball.
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