athletic game - a game involving athletic activity

handball - a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

racquetball - a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets

fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

squash rackets, squash racquets, squash - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

volleyball, volleyball game - a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands

jai alai, pelota - a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

badminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

deck tennis - game played mainly on board ocean liners; players toss a ring back and form over a net that is stretched across a small court

netball - a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post

lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

pallone - an Italian game similar to tennis

server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point

volley - make a volley

serve - put the ball into play; "It was Agassi's turn to serve"