volleyball

noun

vol·​ley·​ball ˈvä-lē-ˌbȯl 

: a game played by volleying an inflated ball over a net

also : the ball used in this game

Examples of volleyball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Incredibly, Culver City High‘s boys’ volleyball team had just two home matches this season and still won a Southern Section Division 6 championship last week. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

Visitors can swim, picnic, play volleyball, or walk the water's edge and watch the Duluth skyline glitter. —Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026

Cole Tucker, also an infielder, was a first-round pick by the Pirates in 2012; dad played briefly in the Cardinals’ system in the 1980s; mom was a volleyball player at the University of Arizona. —Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026

Prior, 45, is married with two volleyball-playing daughters, one in college and the other about to join her. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing volleyball

• beach volleyball

Rhymes for volleyball

• aerosol
• alcohol
• arbitral
• basketball
• butanol
• cannonball
• carbinol
• cortisol
• ethanol
• fireball
• gasohol
• gossypol

Kids Definition

volleyball

noun

vol·​ley·​ball ˈväl-ē-ˌbȯl 

: a game played by volleying a large air-filled ball over a net

also : the ball used to play this game