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pickleball

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A racquet sport resembling tennis, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, table tennis and wiffleball.
  2. The ball used in the sport of pickleball.

Equivalents

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipukaball

Examples

“For the rapidly decreasing number⟳ of Americans who've never heard of pickleball, the obscure paddleball game is America's fastest growing sport for the second year in a row.”
“It’s hard to say⟳ whether Corona was actually playing pickleball or was just nowhere near Slowjamastan at the time of the burglary and thinks it’s funny to say⟳ he was playing pickleball.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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