court game

Noun
  1. An athletic game played on a court (synset 100480087)
    associated with:
    • server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point
    • volley - make a volley
    • serve - put the ball into play
    is a type of: athletic game - a game involving athletic activity
    subtypes:
    • handball - 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
    • racquetball - a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets
    • fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
    • squash, squash rackets, squash racquets - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
    • volleyball, volleyball game - a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
    • jai alai, pelota - a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket
    • badminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
    • basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
    • deck tennis - game played mainly on board ocean liners; players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court
    • netball - a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
    • lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
    • pallone - an Italian game similar to tennis

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