water polo

noun

: a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball

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Note: The All-CIF teams in boys and girls soccer and girls water polo were chosen by a coaches advisory board. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025 This annual regular-season water polo tournament usually hosts several of the top teams in the state. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025 Favorably, according to the current NET rankings Despite arrest, no-contact order, court admission, California high school water polo star continues to compete and teach There are signs that Stanford can bounce back next season. Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 The father of Lucas Osuna, a Belen Jesuit Preparatory School student who died at a water polo tournament Friday, mourned his son on a double post to Instagram and Facebook. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water polo

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water polo was in 1873

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“Water polo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20polo. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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water polo

noun
: a game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers

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