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

Could, for instance, scholarships be shifted from a traditionally underperforming soccer team to a volleyball team that has enjoyed years of success? —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025

The Stanford women’s volleyball team will travel more than 33,700 miles by the end of the 2024-25 season, three times more than during their final Pac-12 season. —Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025

College volleyball teams forfeited matches last year against San Jose State, saying one of their players was transgender. —Andy Rose, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025

The panel of House and Senate members argued over whether to punish the universities for their DEI initiatives — diversity, equity and inclusion — or whether to reward the schools for recent actions, like refusing to compete with a volleyball team with a transgender athlete. —Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025

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
• catarrhal
• cortisol
• ethanol
• fireball
• gasohol

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