stickball

IPA: stˈɪkbɔɫ

A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.
The ball used in this game.

Examples of "stickball" in Sentences

The film is noted for its portrayal of stickball.
I gather it's mostly a city sport, like stickball.
Stickball games are often played at stomp dance grounds.
Stickball was the main sport activity of the neighborhood.
His father had organized a stickball club called the Devils.
The earliest reference to stickball was in 1729 by a Jesuit priest.
Baer called the stickball photo of Mays his favorite image in sports.
The stickball games would involve as few as twenty or as many as 300 players.
There are three different styles of stickball based on how the ball is pitched.
Many rival Native American clans settled disputes through a game similar to modern day lacrosse called stickball, Williamson said as she showed children the traditional "stick" used to play the game.