different between nutball vs netball

English

Alternative forms

• nut ball

Etymology

nut +? ball

Noun

nutball (plural nutballs)

1. (informal) A crazy person.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:mad person.

Anagrams

• bull ant

English

Etymology

From net +? ball.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?tb??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?b?l/
• Hyphenation: net?ball

Noun

netball (countable and uncountable, plural netballs) (ball games)

1. (uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
2. (countable) The ball used in this sport.

Alternative forms

• net ball (dated)
• net-ball (dated)

Derived terms

• netballer
• netballing (adjective)

Translations

References

Further reading

• netball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ten-ball

Portuguese

Noun

netball m (uncountable)

1. netball (a sport)