Associations to the word «Softball»

Wiktionary

SOFTBALL, noun. A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
SOFTBALL, noun. (by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer.
SOFTBALL, noun. The ball used to play the sport.

Dictionary definition

SOFTBALL, noun. Ball used in playing softball.
SOFTBALL, noun. A game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats