stickball

stick·ball | \ ˈstik-ˌbȯl

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Definition of stickball

: baseball adapted for play in streets or small areas and using a broomstick and a lightweight ball

Examples of stickball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web LATIN Born in Puerto Rico, Quijano grew up playing mambo and stickball on Kelly Street in the Bronx, a breeding ground for New York Latin musicians of the era. — Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard, "Joe Quijano, 'King of Pachanga' and Salsa Pioneer, Dies at 83," 5 Apr. 2019 Some of Mullin’s fondest memories are of playing roller hockey, stickball and boxball with Roddy on the street in front of their family’s small row house. — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, "Chris Mullin back with Warriors after brother’s death changes his path," 7 Oct. 2019 Back in South Ozone Park, there were the boys who played stickball, and then there were Patrick J. Cadden and me. — Kevin Fisher-paulson, SFChronicle.com, "To a boy from Queens who toughed out 9/11 with the thick o’ the Irish," 9 Sep. 2019 Decades later, the Little Italy neighborhood is home to annual stickball tournaments, including the one during Labor Day weekend. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "12 things to do in San Diego this weekend: Barona Powwow, Latinx New Play Festival, Sand Sculpting Challenge," 30 Aug. 2019 In our neighborhood, kids played stoop ball, hopscotch and stickball, with a broomstick. — Marc Myers, WSJ, "How Dionne Warwick Fought to Be Heard," 7 Aug. 2018 While other kids gathered in the streets for pickup games of stickball and skelly, Doug, a big kid with thick glasses in dark plastic frames, preferred the company of books. — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, "The Tragic End to a Longtime Black-Car Driver’s Campaign Against Uber," 15 May 2018 Gertrude grew up on a farm with five brothers and one sister, climbing walnut trees, playing stickball and fishing for trout. — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, "Gertrude Jeannette, Actor, Director and Cabdriver, Dies at 103," 26 Apr. 2018 In My Happy Days in Hollywood, Marshall takes us on a journey from his stickball-playing days in the Bronx to his time at the helm of some of the most popular television series and movies of all time. — Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian, "Why ‘Happy Days’ — and the Fonz — Never Truly ‘Jumped the Shark’," 1 Oct. 2017

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“Stickball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stickball. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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