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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders. uncountable

   "He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake."

2. 2
   A Jovian hailstone consisting of a mix of water and ammonia.

Example

More examples

"He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mush + ball.

Etymology 2

* Coined in JGR Planets Research Article "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter". Various collaborators.

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