beach volleyball

noun

: volleyball played outdoors on sand with usually two players to a side

Magnus said beach volleyball is attractive to the network because it's popular among both men and women, domestically and globally, and still has a lot of room for growth.

—Jimmy Golen

Examples of beach volleyball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Valerie, 23, played beach volleyball at the University of Oregon. — Kevin Ko, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Chicago was an unofficial volleyball capital during Labor Day weekend with the DePaul match, the Wrigley Field event and the AVP beach volleyball championships at Oak Street Beach. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Because the cities of Long Beach and Pasadena manage their own homeless populations, the UCLA-USC team did not attempt to assess how many individuals would be displaced around venues in those cities, for sports including beach volleyball and diving. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Before beach volleyball, before USC, before Olympic gold, Ross was simply a tall, athletic kid whose father thought volleyball might be worth trying. — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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