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- noun A
team sport whose main objective is tododge orcatch balls thrown by the opposition. - noun The ball thrown in this sport.
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Examples
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Anonymous said ... lol so true, the small and fast (like me) are gods at survival in dodgeball
I hated gym. Jessica Hagy 2007
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Adjusting to the rhythms of American life, I immersed myself in dodgeball, Saturday morning cartoons and sugary cereal.
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Rove reminds be of Ben Siller’s character in dodgeball when he hits the women when she is already out and headed for the bench.
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David Broder commented that Clinton plays "dodgeball" on the question of leaving Iraq:
Hillary Clinton on Ending the War in Iraq: A Lack of Presidential Leadership 2007
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It's also unrelated to handball, which is totally different, and is played with something usually referred to as a "dodgeball", named after the sport for which it was created.
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In the film, overweight teachers recover painful gym class memories, as a reenactment flashes of a 1950s-style gym teacher making children perform unspeakable tasks like push-ups, sit-ups, and jumping jacks before he informs them with blood-curdling severity, “Okay, boys and girls, today we’re gonna play a game called dodgeball.”
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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An official with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education said the game isn't listed among dangerous activities the group bans, such as dodgeball, but it isn't one they'd endorse, either.
ajc.com - News 2010
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An official with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education said the game isn't listed among dangerous activities the group bans, such as dodgeball, but it isn't one they'd endorse, either.
ajc.com - News 2010
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• HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (10 p.m. Tuesday) takes another look at schools that have banned things such as dodgeball and instituted activities such as "shadow tag," jump rope without the rope and "air-fives" (because high-fives violate the no-touching rule).
Freep.com - RSS 2009
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Go to the CAX Web site and type "dodgeball" in the search window.
treeseed commented on the word dodgeball
Dodgeball (or dodge ball) is the name of a traditional game taught in physical education classes in the U.S. and Canada as well as other such parts of the world, usually in elementary school, but is played in middle, high school, college and as a professional sport as well. It is also popular in informal settings and is often played by schoolchildren on a playground or in a gym. There are many variations of the game, but each involve players trying to avoid being hit by a ball that players on the other team are throwing at them.
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January 28, 2008
john commented on the word dodgeball
Verb meaning to acquire a company and destroy it through neglect, as Google did to dodgeball.com. Example: "Do you think Yahoo! is going to dodgeball jumpcut?"
March 5, 2009
bilby commented on the word dodgeball
Generally known as poison ball in Australia. The (children's) game, that is.
March 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word dodgeball
I loved poison ball as a kid. Also, at my school we played a variation called king ball.
March 5, 2009
zaggan commented on the word dodgeball
Doge Duck Dip Dive and......Doge!
May 28, 2009