Definition of "jai-alai" []

• Same as pelota. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He feels sparks bursting beside his ear and feels them popping through the shirt covering his shoulder, as though sprites and fairies were setting quarks to spinning or playing jai-alai with neutrinos."
• "For an even more extreme example, think about a jai-alai throw: the ball gains a lot of its speed from rolling down the length of the basket."
• "The banana rug cake.... maybe the cake is on the infield at Fenway... stripes from the lawnmower? and the "banana rug" is really supposed to he a jai-alai xistera the thrower thingy?"