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water polo definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1884 a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball

Britannica Concise

Goal game, similar to soccer, that is played in water by teams of swimmers (seven per side) using a ball resembling a soccer ball. The name derives from a mid-19th-cent. version of the sport in which players rode barrels and struck the ball with sticks. A rough and demanding game, it is played by both men and women. Modern water polo was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1900.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Water polo is a game played in a swimming pool in which two teams of swimmers try to score goals with a ball.