whiffle

Example Sentences

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Pickleball is played with a paddle and a plastic ball similar to a whiffle ball.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2022

Although, she does have a knack for tossing those little whiffle balls into the most unreachable places possible.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 14, 2020

When my son was 3, we signed him up for a whiffle ball team at our local park.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2019

We were playing whiffle ball, thwacking it across the backyard.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2018

V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c. n.; wuther†; stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate†; blow up.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark