patball

noun4

1. •
   A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
2. •
   (figurative) A back-and-forth situation.
3. •
   The ball used in the game of patball.
4. •
   (figurative) A pawn, a football.

   • Don't you know that your very best friend is being made somebody's patball? — 2003