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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In a sea of club and school water polo programs in La Jolla, the La Jolla United Water Polo Club has something to prove. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025 The senior top performer was selected as the Sun Sentinel Broward boys water polo player of the year. Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025 Getting the film off the ground was a challenge: Beyond getting financed, the production navigated a location shoot in Bucharest, extremely hot weather and the logistics of teaching young actors to play water polo. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 June 2025 Set at an all-boys water polo summer camp, The Plague is on the precipice of horror, but this is no Friday the 13th. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 May 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 20 Jul. 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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