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

While balancing volleyball practice and school, Simpson would head to their home to support the new mother, giving her an early look at what exhausted first-time parents needed most. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026

Kim Slusser gave a speech at Thursday's event, sharing her daughter's story of having to share a volleyball team and an apartment with a transgender teammate without knowing the athlete was a biological male. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The stars of the novel are Six and Green, two Asian American trans women, social media stars of the men’s volleyball world and an online power couple. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Her father, Dave, suffered a heart attack in May while Hannah and her younger sister Harper, an incoming freshman at Oswego, were at practice during the club volleyball season. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 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