noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The ball thrown in this sport. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

touch the bodyutility ball

Example

More examples

"The kids are playing dodgeball."

Etymology

From dodge + ball.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.