kick·ball (k?k?bôl?)n. A children’s game having rules similar to baseball but played with a large ball that is rolled toward homeplate instead of pitched and kicked instead of batted.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.kickball (?k?k?b??l) n1. (Team Sports, other than specified) a children’s ball game similar to baseball but played without bats and with a larger ball which the players kick2. (Team Sports, other than specified) the type of ball used for the game of kickballCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014