Used in a Sentence

quidditch

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quidditch.

Editorial note

The second is where he's been elected to the quidditch team.

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Definitions3
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Quick take

(by extension) Muggle quidditch

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quidditch gathered in one view.

noun

(by extension) Muggle quidditch

noun

A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Quidditch. [A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quidditch.

noun

(by extension) Muggle quidditch

noun

A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Quidditch. [A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.]

Example sentences

1

The second is where he's been elected to the quidditch team.

2

Who was the first Seeker, the King's idiot son who wanted to play Quidditch but couldn't understand the rules?

3

Use your imagination to bring your favorite scenes to life, whether it’s the Quidditch pitch or the stately Great Hall.

4

Much like quidditch, you can't do a decent battle game in 3D because there are too many ways to go around each other.

5

Useless trivia: I believe Hassan Mostafa is the referee from the Quidditch World Cup in the fourth Harry Potter book.

6

Maybe we can do something with magnets inside an electrified metal Quidditch arena...

7

The world we live in is one where caber tossing, curling, boxing, cheese rolling, quidditch, and sepak takraw (to name just a few) are all sports.

8

A clean room would be having a description for the game of quidditch (game rules are not copyrightable just like specifications for software) and then writing a background story to explain it without ever having read a single word of Harry Potter.

Quote examples

1

Because when you under deliver on a government contract they can throw your ass into jail faster than you can say "Quidditch".

2

That would solve one of the many, many problems with "Muggle Quidditch".

3

"Young people, with their compulsive text-messaging and hyperactive pop culture metabolism, are more enchanted by wide-eyed, quidditch-playing Harry Potter" What a completely random sentence.

4

I misunderstood what you meant by "they exclusively model the language first, and then incidentally, the world." But assuming you mean that they develop their world model incidentally through language, is that very different than how I develop a mental world-model of Quidditch, time-turner time travel, and flying broomsticks through reading Harry Potter novels?

Proper noun examples

1

Quidditch should be so much nicer with this robot.

2

I can't read this and not think Quidditch-minus-Snitch.

3

If someone has read the canon HP books, they can probably infer Azkaban, Horcruxes, Polyjuice, portkeys, Quidditch, and so on will make an appearance in some fashion.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quidditch in a sentence?

The second is where he's been elected to the quidditch team.

What does quidditch mean?

(by extension) Muggle quidditch

What part of speech is quidditch?

quidditch is commonly used as noun.