Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A game played with a very large inflated ball, usually some 6 feet in diameter and stoutly constructed, which two sides of varying numbers of men endeavor to push toward opposite goals.

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Examples

  • Zoe was still far from being her ball-chasing former self, but Neave found a game they could play: the push-ball game, Neave would push a tennis ball at Zoe, and the dog would push it back.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • Zoe was still far from being her ball-chasing former self, but Neave found a game they could play: the push-ball game, Neave would push a tennis ball at Zoe, and the dog would push it back.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • His shape was strikingly similar to that of a push-ball.

    Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921

  • Or at least the daily climb to it would have helped to reduce a push-ball figure, and thereby have improved the general appearance of the Canal Zone force.

    Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921

  • "You hit me on the nose with a push-ball," said I. "I'll do it again," said he.

    Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit Thorne Smith 1913

  • His skull was as big as a hogshead, or a push-ball, or a market wagon loaded with carrots.

    Welsh Fairy Tales William Elliot Griffis 1885

  • -- concluding with a push-ball match between teams of husky maidens who were apparently born on skates and raised on skates, and would not feel natural unless they were curveting about on skates.

    Europe Revised 1910

  • "I guess I lose if I have to answer that question now," he admitted, frankly; "but you keep your eye on Willie and the push-ball, and watch the professor change him into a big roaring captain of industry.

    The Lever A Novel William Dana Orcutt 1911

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