Kerbyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kerbsy

語源

kerb +‎ -y

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝbi/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kɜːbi/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
• 異形同音異義語: curby, kirby

名詞

kerby (uncountable)

1. (British) A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the ball against the opposite kerb and catch it on the rebound.
   • 2011, Adrian McKinty, Dead I Well May Be (page 133)

     It's dusk and there are a lot of kids out playing kerby and tag and football. For a December night, the weather isn't bad.

   • 2014, Simon Danczuk, Matt Baker, Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith

     I'd play kerby in the street for hours looking up at contrails stretching across grey slate skies, wishing I was on a plane too, jetting away to somewhere else.

   • 2014, Samantha Nash, All Muck and Mullets (page 43)

     The heat from the tarmac refracted the light and disturbed the vision of the children as they persisted in their game of kerby.