cherry-bomb

See also: cherry bomb

English

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Noun

cherry-bomb (plural cherry-bombs)

  1. (sports, US, slang) In the four square ball game, the act of spiking the ball or slamming it down with a great force to make it difficultfor a person to retrieve it in order to stay in the game.
    Coordinate term: tree-top (a cherry-bomb with an even more impressive force)