beeball
See also: bee ball
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Respelling of b-ball.
Noun edit
beeball (uncountable)
- (slang) Basketball.
- 2001, John Bateson, Chocolate and Bombs Forever, page 59:
- “Anyone want to see a good beeball game? My old alma mater, Ryderling High, is playing Sunset.”
- 2015, Tracy Amos, Flying with Crows:
- “Bee-ball?” Mike asked. “I got an hour.”
[…] It was looking to both of them that there might be no game today; just shots and dribbles and conversation.
Etymology 2 edit
Blend of Beeman + ball, after its inventor Clarence W. Beeman.
Noun edit
beeball (uncountable)
- (dated) A team sport with elements of rugby and football/soccer.
- 1951, Wayne University Bulletin, page 161:
- Special methods for the teaching of speed ball, soccer, touch football, beeball, field ball, […]