murderballn.

Brit.

/ˈməːdəbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈmərdərˌbɔl/,

/ˈmərdərˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murder n.¹, ball n.¹

Etymology: < murder n.¹ + ball n.¹, after football n. or (in sense 2) basketball n., volleyball n.

1. Chiefly Military slang. A violent ball game incorporating elements of rugby and soccer but with few official rules.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > other forms of football > [noun]

Gaelic football1886

football1887

touch1936

murderball1976

futsal1987

1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 Mar. 24/2 Murderball has been banned from the town of Watford, near London.

1987 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Nov. The latest craze at US airbases is something called ‘murder-ball’, in which..‘one man runs with a ball and is tackled in an unorganised way by others’.

1995 S. Cullen Soldier Talk 117 Murder Ball, two teams of any size play a game similar to rugby but without any rules. The only aim is to score by putting the ball behind the opponents' score line.

2. Originally Canadian. A wheelchair sport played with a volleyball and incorporating elements of rugby, hockey, basketball, and volleyball. Now usually called wheelchair rugby, quad rugby.

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1981 Today 2 May 10/2 Developed four years ago by a group of Manitoba quadriplegics, murderball has spread throughout Canada.

1993 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 18 June e9 The first exposure I had to wheelchair sports was a couple of guys who smoked and drank and played something called ‘murder ball’.

2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 29 Oct. (Sport section) 19/7 The legalised mayhem known as wheelchair rugby, formerly and accurately known as murderball.

3. Originally Canadian. A children's game in which players on opposing teams attempt to hit each other with a large plastic ball; the ball used in this game.

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1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Aug. a2 Sometimes they play in the schoolyard. Baseball and soccer are popular, but one of the favorites is called murder ball. ‘We used to call it dodge ball, but they call it murder ball, and the way they throw the ball sometimes, it could almost be murder.’

1998 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 6 Aug. 5 The kid who blames you for throwing the murderball through the classroom window in Grade 5.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murderball
释义	murderballn. Brit. /ˈməːdəbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈmərdərˌbɔl/, /ˈmərdərˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murder n.¹, ball n.¹ Etymology: < murder n.¹ + ball n.¹, after football n. or (in sense 2) basketball n., volleyball n. 1. Chiefly Military slang. A violent ball game incorporating elements of rugby and soccer but with few official rules. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > other forms of football > [noun] Gaelic football1886 football1887 touch1936 murderball1976 futsal1987 1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 Mar. 24/2 Murderball has been banned from the town of Watford, near London. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Nov. The latest craze at US airbases is something called ‘murder-ball’, in which..‘one man runs with a ball and is tackled in an unorganised way by others’. 1995 S. Cullen Soldier Talk 117 Murder Ball, two teams of any size play a game similar to rugby but without any rules. The only aim is to score by putting the ball behind the opponents' score line. 2. Originally Canadian. A wheelchair sport played with a volleyball and incorporating elements of rugby, hockey, basketball, and volleyball. Now usually called wheelchair rugby, quad rugby. ΚΠ 1981 Today 2 May 10/2 Developed four years ago by a group of Manitoba quadriplegics, murderball has spread throughout Canada. 1993 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 18 June e9 The first exposure I had to wheelchair sports was a couple of guys who smoked and drank and played something called ‘murder ball’. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 29 Oct. (Sport section) 19/7 The legalised mayhem known as wheelchair rugby, formerly and accurately known as murderball. 3. Originally Canadian. A children's game in which players on opposing teams attempt to hit each other with a large plastic ball; the ball used in this game. ΚΠ 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Aug. a2 Sometimes they play in the schoolyard. Baseball and soccer are popular, but one of the favorites is called murder ball. ‘We used to call it dodge ball, but they call it murder ball, and the way they throw the ball sometimes, it could almost be murder.’ 1998 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 6 Aug. 5 The kid who blames you for throwing the murderball through the classroom window in Grade 5. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976
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