Definition
boxballs
noun
- Plural of boxball; a street game played with a rubber ball and chalk-drawn boxes on pavement, similar to hopscotch or four square.
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; also called boxball or box ball
Examples
- The children played boxballs on the sidewalk after school.
- We drew boxballs on the driveway with chalk for the neighborhood kids.
- Boxballs was a popular playground game in the 1980s.
- She taught her younger brother how to play boxballs.
- The rules of boxballs vary depending on the region.