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mushball

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mushball¹

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From mush + ball.

noun

  1. uncountable A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders. He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake.

mushball²

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* Coined in JGR Planets Research Article "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter". Various collaborators.

noun mushballs

  1. A Jovian hailstone consisting of a mix of water and ammonia.

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"mushball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mushball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{mushball_2026,
  title = {mushball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mushball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}