quidditch
quidditch Lexical Profile
quidditch Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A fictional aerial team sport from the Harry Potter series, played on flying broomsticks by two teams of seven players using four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, and the Golden Snitch.
"In the novel, the championship quidditch match only ends when the Seeker successfully catches the elusive Golden Snitch."
A real-world, mixed-gender contact sport adapted from the fictional game, in which players run on a field while holding broomsticks between their legs and compete using volleyballs and dodgeballs (officially renamed quadball in 2022).
"Our university's club quidditch team travels across the region to compete in intercollegiate tournaments."
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined by British author J.K. Rowling in her 1997 novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as the name of a wizarding sport, later adapted in 2005 into a real-world collegiate game that was officially renamed 'quadball' in 2022.
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