mushball

English

Etymology 1

mush +‎ ball

Noun

mushball (uncountable)

1. (sports) A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
   • 2009 January 31, George Vecsey, “Phillies Pitchers of Old Revel in Past and Present”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mushball (plural mushballs)

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