pat-balln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpatbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈpætˌbɔl/,

/ˈpætˌbɑl/

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

Etymology: < pat v.¹ + ball n.¹

Chiefly British.

A. n.

1. A game in which a ball is hit back and forth between players; spec. (usually derogatory): tennis, esp. when played slowly and tactically or without strenuous exertion. Also: (in extended use) an activity resembling a game of pat-ball in some respect.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > other bat and ball games > [noun]

pat-ball1775

knur and spell1852

bumble-puppy1897

tether-ball1900

paddleball1930

goalball1947

Jokari1953

pickleball1975

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > games similar to baseball > [noun]

baseball1748

pat-ball1775

town ball1813

stickball1824

rounders1828

roundball1834

feeder1844

one-old-cat1856

softball1867

one-eyed cat1908

vigoroc1930

slow-pitch1934

fast-pitch1939

stoop ball1941

fastball1943

lob ball1949

whiffle-ball1954

Wiffle ball1955

T-ball1962

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun]

lawn tennis1874

tennis1878

pat-ball1890

patters1900

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. vii. 96 I might go home, and play at pat-ball with my sister.

1805 S. J. Pratt Hail Fellow! Well met! iv. ii. 180 Zoons, Dick, that's turning an honest man's head into a plaything; and murder into a game of pat-ball!

1890 S. W. Gore in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 282 This derisive name of ‘pat-ball’ was applied to lawn tennis by tennis and racket players.

1928 Daily Express 13 July 10/2 Some..want to ginger it up. They dislike seeing cricket turned into pat-ball.

1973 P. Geddes Ottawa Allegation xii. 160 When they spoke during the journey, it was like pat-ball.

2. figurative. Something which is passed backwards and forwards between people.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > exchange of words

give and take1837

pat-ball1927

ping-pong1934

exchange1939

back-and-forth1941

1927 Observer 17 Apr. 2/6 If this tyre duty is imposed, it is wrong that it should become the pat-ball of politics.

1941 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 104 289 Public-works policy obviously plays too important a part in our economy to be allowed to remain indefinitely the patball of accidental forces.

2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 9 Aug. 13 No such verbal patball with a male partner.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of, resembling, or suggestive of a game of pat-ball. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of play

pat-ball1890

all-court1919

stonewall1932

softballing1940

1890 S. W. Gore in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 285 The final blow to the ‘pat-ball’ game was given by the brothers Renshaw when they discovered that they could stand back at the service-line, and..volley.

1959 Economist 18 July 150/3 An astonishing amount of rather owlish erudition and a no less astonishingly patball standard of controversy.

1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' vi. 102 A crazy, pat-ball game that could stretch forever.

2002 Express (Nexis) 1 Jan. 65 Their's [sic] is the sort of patball badinage you might hear in the PE department showers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pat-ball
释义	pat-balln.adj. Brit. /ˈpatbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈpætˌbɔl/, /ˈpætˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pat v.¹, ball n.¹ Etymology: < pat v.¹ + ball n.¹ Chiefly British. A. n. 1. A game in which a ball is hit back and forth between players; spec. (usually derogatory): tennis, esp. when played slowly and tactically or without strenuous exertion. Also: (in extended use) an activity resembling a game of pat-ball in some respect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > other bat and ball games > [noun] pat-ball1775 knur and spell1852 bumble-puppy1897 tether-ball1900 paddleball1930 goalball1947 Jokari1953 pickleball1975 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > games similar to baseball > [noun] baseball1748 pat-ball1775 town ball1813 stickball1824 rounders1828 roundball1834 feeder1844 one-old-cat1856 softball1867 one-eyed cat1908 vigoroc1930 slow-pitch1934 fast-pitch1939 stoop ball1941 fastball1943 lob ball1949 whiffle-ball1954 Wiffle ball1955 T-ball1962 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] lawn tennis1874 tennis1878 pat-ball1890 patters1900 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. vii. 96 I might go home, and play at pat-ball with my sister. 1805 S. J. Pratt Hail Fellow! Well met! iv. ii. 180 Zoons, Dick, that's turning an honest man's head into a plaything; and murder into a game of pat-ball! 1890 S. W. Gore in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 282 This derisive name of ‘pat-ball’ was applied to lawn tennis by tennis and racket players. 1928 Daily Express 13 July 10/2 Some..want to ginger it up. They dislike seeing cricket turned into pat-ball. 1973 P. Geddes Ottawa Allegation xii. 160 When they spoke during the journey, it was like pat-ball. 2. figurative. Something which is passed backwards and forwards between people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > exchange of words give and take1837 pat-ball1927 ping-pong1934 exchange1939 back-and-forth1941 1927 Observer 17 Apr. 2/6 If this tyre duty is imposed, it is wrong that it should become the pat-ball of politics. 1941 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 104 289 Public-works policy obviously plays too important a part in our economy to be allowed to remain indefinitely the patball of accidental forces. 2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 9 Aug. 13 No such verbal patball with a male partner. B. adj. (attributive). Of, resembling, or suggestive of a game of pat-ball. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of play pat-ball1890 all-court1919 stonewall1932 softballing1940 1890 S. W. Gore in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 285 The final blow to the ‘pat-ball’ game was given by the brothers Renshaw when they discovered that they could stand back at the service-line, and..volley. 1959 Economist 18 July 150/3 An astonishing amount of rather owlish erudition and a no less astonishingly patball standard of controversy. 1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' vi. 102 A crazy, pat-ball game that could stretch forever. 2002 Express (Nexis) 1 Jan. 65 Their's [sic] is the sort of patball badinage you might hear in the PE department showers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1775
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