stickball
noun [ U ] US uk/ˈstɪk.bɔːl/ us/ˈstɪk.bɑːl/
棍球（儿童玩的一种类似棒球的游戏，以木棍做棒击打像皮球）
a game similar to baseball played informally on the street with a stick for a bat, and a rubber ball
The neighbourhoods are filled with kids playing stickball. 街区里到处都是孩子在打棍球。
Bill Jr grew up hearing about his father's stickball prowess. 小比尔从小就听父亲炫耀他的棍球特长。
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- It's an area where his barefoot playmates play stickball.
- He still remembers the day a skinny-legged new kid on the block asked to join their stickball game.
- "It's like the Yankees playing a stickball team," he said.