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The object is to wrap the string around the pole
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tetherball
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Wikipedia
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Tetherball is a North American game for two opposing players. The equipment consists of a stationary metal pole, from which is hung a volleyball from a rope or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole. Each player tries to hit the ball ...
WordNet
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n. 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
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also tether-ball , 1900, from tether (n.) + ball (n.1).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposte directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. 2 The ball in the sport of tetherball.
Usage examples of tetherball.
The blinds were half-closed, but she could still see the tetherball and hopscotch courts as well as the bottom portions of the slide and monkey bars.
Kids were teetertottering and swinging and batting the tetherball around its pole.