[broom-bawl, broo
m-] 
| a game similar to ice hockey, usually played on a rink, in which the players, often not wearing skates, use brooms instead of hockey sticks to shoot a volleyball into the opponent's goal. |
| broom·ball (brōōm'bôl', brŏŏm'-) n. A kind of ice hockey that is played with the players using brooms and a soccer ball instead of hockey sticks and a puck and wearing shoes or boots instead of ice skates. broom'ball'er n. |