Definition of volleyball
: a game played by volleying an inflated ball over a net; also : the ball used in this game
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Recent Examples of volleyball from the Web
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Shemanski, a 6-foot-3 right-side hitter, and Snyder, a setter, are two of several former Lincoln-Way North volleyball players who now call Lincoln-Way East home.
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TENNIS French Open, men’s and women’s third round, 4 a.m., TENNIS; 11 a.m., NBC 27, 41 VOLLEYBALLFIVB World League, Canada vs. United States, 2 p.m., NBCSN (same-day tape) KEY: FSKC – Ch.
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Fenwick athletic director Scott Thies said Lattner was a frequent visitor to Friars volleyball, basketball and football games through the years.
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Camp: Woodbridge High School will host a middle school volleyball camp 6:30-9 p.m., June 19-22.
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For the second time in the Ransom Evereglades School boys’ volleyball history, the Raiders won the District 14 Championship.
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Mr. Salazar, now 39 and a technology consultant, first met Ms. Cetner, 36 and a nurse practitioner at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, at a volleyball game in Manhattan in the fall of 2012.
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First was her former volleyball teammate who died in a lightning strike while in Army training at Fort Knox in Aug. 2010.
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BOYS VOLLEYBALLSite: Huntington Beach Edison High.
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1896
First Known Use of volleyball
1896
VOLLEYBALL Defined for English Language Learners
volleyball
playDefinition of volleyball for English Language Learners
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: a game in which two teams of players hit a large ball back and forth over a high net
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: the ball used to play volleyball
VOLLEYBALL Defined for Kids
volleyball
playDefinition of volleyball for Students
1 : a game played by two teams that hit a ball filled with air over a net without letting the ball touch the ground
2 : the ball used in volleyball
Learn More about volleyball
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See words that rhyme with volleyball Spanish Central: Translation of volleyball Nglish: Translation of volleyball for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of volleyball for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about volleyball
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