softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl 
1
: a sport similar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
2
: a question requiring only an easy or simple response
Examples of softball in a Sentence
Do you want to play softball?
All the questions in the interview were softballs.
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And does Nebraska’s softball team really need to be playing at Rutgers?
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Mattingly being kicked off a fictional softball team for refusing to shave his sideburns.
—Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Don Mattingly, the Yankees’ star first baseman of the 1980s and early '90s, voiced himself in that episode when his character was thrown off a company softball team by plant owner Montgomery Burns for allegedly sporting sideburns.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Norco 10, Murrieta Mesa 1: In a battle between two of the top softball teams in the Southland, Norco prevailed behind Ashley Duran and Dillyn Eckenrod, both of whom hit home runs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Mattingly being kicked off a fictional softball team for refusing to shave his sideburns.
—Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Don Mattingly, the Yankees’ star first baseman of the 1980s and early '90s, voiced himself in that episode when his character was thrown off a company softball team by plant owner Montgomery Burns for allegedly sporting sideburns.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Norco 10, Murrieta Mesa 1: In a battle between two of the top softball teams in the Southland, Norco prevailed behind Ashley Duran and Dillyn Eckenrod, both of whom hit home runs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Softball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/softball. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
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