softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl 
1
: a sport similar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
2
: a question requiring only an easy or simple response
Examples of softball in a Sentence
Do you want to play softball?
All the questions in the interview were softballs.
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State championships are worth 20 points and Montverde won titles in four sports: softball, girls soccer and boys and girls track & field.
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
The Star-Telegram released the Fort Worth All-Area girls soccer, boys soccer and softball teams last week.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2024
After the game, his mother, Debbie Hetman, a longtime softball coach at Santa Monica High, calls him and his wife.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
In other big news, softball and canoe slalom will move far outside the state — to Oklahoma City.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
The Star-Telegram released the Fort Worth All-Area girls soccer, boys soccer and softball teams last week.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2024
After the game, his mother, Debbie Hetman, a longtime softball coach at Santa Monica High, calls him and his wife.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
In other big news, softball and canoe slalom will move far outside the state — to Oklahoma City.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
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