noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole wordnet
3. 3
   The ball in the sport of tetherball. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

All synonyms

ballbingocheckerschessgamesport

Etymology

Compound of tether + ball.

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