Softball
noun
A sport similar to baseball but played with a larger ball and on a smaller field.
I am going to play the softball game tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- play softball
- softball team
noun
A question that is very easy to answer.
The interviewer asked me a softball to make me feel comfortable.
Often appears as...
- softball question
- asks a softball
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A sport similar to baseball but played with a larger ball and on a smaller field.
I am going to play the softball game tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- play softball
- softball team
noun
A question that is very easy to answer.
The interviewer asked me a softball to make me feel comfortable.
Often appears as...
- softball question
- asks a softball
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Team Sport
Softball is a collective activity requiring teamwork and is often associated with school and community.
Our community center organizes a softball league every summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Associations
In some regions, softball is more commonly associated with female athletes, contrasting with baseball.
She was proud to represent her school on the girls' softball team.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
Mentioning softball can imply a casual, friendly approach to sports and social gatherings.
After the barbecue, we're going to have a casual game of softball.
Pro Tip 1/3Team Sport
Softball is a collective activity requiring teamwork and is often associated with school and community.
Our community center organizes a softball league every summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Associations
In some regions, softball is more commonly associated with female athletes, contrasting with baseball.
She was proud to represent her school on the girls' softball team.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
Mentioning softball can imply a casual, friendly approach to sports and social gatherings.
After the barbecue, we're going to have a casual game of softball.
Pro Tip 1/3Team Sport
Softball is a collective activity requiring teamwork and is often associated with school and community.
Our community center organizes a softball league every summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Associations
In some regions, softball is more commonly associated with female athletes, contrasting with baseball.
She was proud to represent her school on the girls' softball team.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
Mentioning softball can imply a casual, friendly approach to sports and social gatherings.
After the barbecue, we're going to have a casual game of softball.
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Aimee Mullins: Changing...
so she decided to call someone and start asking about it. So, why don't you tell that story? Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports. I played softball for five years growing up. I skied competitively throughout high school, and I got a little restless in college because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.
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Why our screens make us...
It's an incredible experience." A couple of months later, he was approached by a journalist from the New York Times, and they had a long phone call. At the end of the call, the journalist threw in a question that seemed like a sort of softball. He said to him, "Your kids must love the iPad." There's an obvious answer to this,
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Diving with Whales PIPE Nat...
me allowed me to make full-frame you know pictures of just the eye this very soulful eye of this whale you know but the size of a softball just looking at you even thinking and you know you just can't help but wonder what they're making you out as you just don't know you know in the days when the visibility
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Equality, sports, and...
Is the boys' soccer field better than the girls'? Are athletic trainers available to all teams equally? Does the baseball team get new uniforms every year, while the softball team gets them every three years? If you think there might be inequality in your schools,
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Why some people find...
Of course, there are many other examples of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller
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Becoming the CEO of...
fastpitch softball was over and for two years I operated under this terrible attitude I looked at everything that I couldn't do and I counted the things I actually decided one day I would probably never be a breakdancer and
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TIL: Why Mars's Ocean...
say what's make Mars the size of a softball urn would be the size of a bowling ball big difference in the universe size matters when Earth and Mars and all the other plans first formed they're very hot and they've been
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In search for the man...
that his number was disconnected, I let Abed and the crash go. Many years passed. I walked with my cane and my ankle brace and a backpack on trips in six continents. I pitched overhand in a weekly softball game
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Boxing Background PIPE...
was a softball truthfully as I get hit I'll start even moved a lot better hahaha didn't want to get hit again right so um you brought it something you said he was a southpaw yes and I wanted
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Inside a Baseball-Sized...
there you go look at baseball and nearly softball sized hail stones falling by the thousands Tim measured the biggest they collected at four inches nearly the
Video examples
Aimee Mullins: Changing...
so she decided to call someone and start asking about it. So, why don't you tell that story? Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports. I played softball for five years growing up. I skied competitively throughout high school, and I got a little restless in college because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.
Video examples
Why our screens make us...
It's an incredible experience." A couple of months later, he was approached by a journalist from the New York Times, and they had a long phone call. At the end of the call, the journalist threw in a question that seemed like a sort of softball. He said to him, "Your kids must love the iPad." There's an obvious answer to this,
Video examples
Diving with Whales PIPE Nat...
me allowed me to make full-frame you know pictures of just the eye this very soulful eye of this whale you know but the size of a softball just looking at you even thinking and you know you just can't help but wonder what they're making you out as you just don't know you know in the days when the visibility
Video examples
Equality, sports, and...
Is the boys' soccer field better than the girls'? Are athletic trainers available to all teams equally? Does the baseball team get new uniforms every year, while the softball team gets them every three years? If you think there might be inequality in your schools,
Video examples
Why some people find...
Of course, there are many other examples of how we see the world through own mind's eye. I'm going to give you just a few. So dieters, for instance, see apples as larger than people who are not counting calories. Softball players see the ball as smaller
Video examples
Becoming the CEO of...
fastpitch softball was over and for two years I operated under this terrible attitude I looked at everything that I couldn't do and I counted the things I actually decided one day I would probably never be a breakdancer and
Video examples
TIL: Why Mars's Ocean...
say what's make Mars the size of a softball urn would be the size of a bowling ball big difference in the universe size matters when Earth and Mars and all the other plans first formed they're very hot and they've been
Video examples
In search for the man...
that his number was disconnected, I let Abed and the crash go. Many years passed. I walked with my cane and my ankle brace and a backpack on trips in six continents. I pitched overhand in a weekly softball game
Video examples
Boxing Background PIPE...
was a softball truthfully as I get hit I'll start even moved a lot better hahaha didn't want to get hit again right so um you brought it something you said he was a southpaw yes and I wanted
Video examples
Inside a Baseball-Sized...
there you go look at baseball and nearly softball sized hail stones falling by the thousands Tim measured the biggest they collected at four inches nearly the
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.
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Linda Sanchez
American Politician
I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.
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Alan Jackson
American Musician
Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.
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Jordin Sparks
American Musician
I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.
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Jennie Finch
American Athlete
I was honored to wear 'Arizona' across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment.
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Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.
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Nia Jax
Australian Athlete
I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.
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Woody Allen
American Director
When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
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Carrie Underwood
American Musician
Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader.
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Jessica Mendoza
American Journalist
Softball is my life.
Quote examples
Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.
Quote examples
Linda Sanchez
American Politician
I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.
Quote examples
Alan Jackson
American Musician
Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.
Quote examples
Jordin Sparks
American Musician
I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.
Quote examples
Jennie Finch
American Athlete
I was honored to wear 'Arizona' across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment.
Quote examples
Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.
Quote examples
Nia Jax
Australian Athlete
I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.
Quote examples
Woody Allen
American Director
When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
Quote examples
Carrie Underwood
American Musician
Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader.
Quote examples
Jessica Mendoza
American Journalist
Softball is my life.
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