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Handball, any of a family of games played in walled courts or against a single wall, with a small rubber or synthetic ball that is struck with hand or fist against the wall. The object is to cause the ball to rebound with variations of power or speed and at such an angle that the opposition cannot return it. There are three versions of handball: one-wall, three-wall, and four-wall. Each may be played by two...