Meaning of kerby | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the ball against the opposite kerb and catch it on the rebound.
   UK, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A ghost town in Plumas County, California, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.

Examples

“It's dusk and there are a lot of kids out playing kerby and tag and football. For a December night, the weather isn't bad.”

“I'd play kerby in the street for hours looking up at contrails stretching across grey slate skies, wishing I was on a plane too, jetting away to somewhere else.”

“The heat from the tarmac refracted the light and disturbed the vision of the children as they persisted in their game of kerby.”

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