whiffle ball

whiffle ball
n.
< Wiffle, a trademark
1. any of various lightweight, hollow plastic balls with several large air holes that cause them to abruptly curve or sink when thrown, hit, etc.
2. an informal baseball-like game played with a whiffle ball: Sometimes written whiffleball

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