Handball

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Handball \Hand"ball`\ (h[a^]nd"b[add]l`), n.
     1. A small ball, usually made of rubber, thrown or struck
        with the hand in various games.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it


        to and fro between them with the hands, or, when played in
        a walled court or against a single wall, striking it in
        turns against a wall, until one side or the other fails to
        return the ball.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  handball
       n 1: a small rubber ball used in the game of handball
       2: a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by
          two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their
          hands