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单词 tetherball
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tetherball

[ teth-er-bawl ]
/ ˈtɛð ərˌbɔl /

noun

a game for two persons, in which each player, standing on each side of a post from the top of which a ball is suspended by a cord, hits the ball with the hand or a paddle in a direction opposite to that in which the other player hits it, the object being to coil the cord completely around the post.

Origin of tetherball

First recorded in 1895–1900; tether + ball1

Words nearby tetherball

Tete, tête-à-tête, tête-bêche, teth, tether, tetherball, tethered cord syndrome, Tethys, Tet offensive, Teton, Teton Range
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Example sentences from the Web for tetherball

  • Is it any wonder that control of Congress is swinging back and forth like a tetherball?

    After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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