T-ball

English

Alternative forms

• tee ball, tee-ball

Noun

T-ball (countable and uncountable, plural T-balls)

1. (US, uncountable) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.

   His dad found that the store-bought baseball stand broke every time the bat hit the tee, but using a medium sized pylon let the kids play a full game of T-ball without any fuss.

2. (US, countable) The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of T-ball.

References

• OED 2006