Dictionary
racquetball
noun rac·quet·ball \ˈra-kət-ˌbȯl\
: a game played on a court with four walls by two or four players who use rackets to hit a soft ball against the walls
: the ball that is used in racquetball
Full Definition of RACQUETBALL
: a game similar to handball that is played on a 4-walled court with a short-handled racket and a larger ball; also : the ball used in this game
See racquetball defined for English-language learners
See racquetball defined for kids
ADVERTISEMENT
First Known Use of RACQUETBALL
1965
Rhymes with RACQUETBALL
above all, aerosol, after all, alcohol, all in all, altar call, barbital, basketball, body wall, borough hall, buckyball, butanol, butterball, buttonball, cannonball, carryall, caterwaul, cattle call, Chinese wall, city hall, climbing wall, conference call, cortisol, cover-all, coverall, crystal ball, curtain call, Demerol, disenthrall, Donegal, entresol, ethanol, evenfall, free-for-all, gasohol, girasole, gopher ball, Grand Guignol, haute école, hiring hall, judgment call, know-it-all, knuckleball, Komsomol, matzo ball, Mendenhall, methanol, music hall, Montreal, Nembutal, off-the-wall, overall, overcall, overhaul, paddleball, parasol, party wall, Pentothal, preinstall, protocol, Seconal, Senegal, shopping mall, study hall, tattersall, tetherball, therewithal, timolol, uninstall, urban sprawl, volleyball, wailing wall, wake-up call, wall-to-wall, warts-and-all, waterfall, wherewithal
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: racy (adjective)Previous Word in the Dictionary: Racovian All Words Near: racquetball
ADVERTISEMENT
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up racquetball? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).