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Definition of 'ball'Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
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# A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
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# (label) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
## A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
# A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.
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# (label) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
# The globe; the earthly sphere.
#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- Move round the dark terrestrial ball .
#* 1717 , (Alexander Pope), ""
- Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball , / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;
# (label) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
# The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
# An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
#* {{quote-book|year=1922|author=(Michael Arlen)|title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days |chapter=3/19/2
|passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
#* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=October 2|author=Aled Williams|work=BBC Sport Wales
|title= Swansea 2-0 Stoke
|passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}
(label) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.
# Any simple game involving a ball.
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# (label) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
# (label) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
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# (label) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
# (label) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
#* {{quote-news|year=2010|date=December 29|author=Chris Whyatt|work=BBC
|title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton
|passage=After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes. }}
A testicle.
# Nonsense.
- — Synonyms — See
# Courage.
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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (White)
Synonyms
* sphere
* globe
* (testicle) See
* (courage) chutzpah, guts, nerve
Derived terms
(solid or hollow sphere)
{{der3|ball and chain
|ball and socket
|ball-barrow
|ball bearing/ball-bearing
|ball boy/ballboyball-boy
|ball-cartridge
|ballclay
|ballcock
|ball-flower
|ball-game
|ball-girl
|ball lightning
|ball machine
|ball mill
|ball of fire
|ball of the foot
|ball of the thumb
|ballpark
|ball-player
|ballpoint
|ball-proof
|ball race
|ball up
|bandy-ball
|baseball
|basketball
|beachball/beach ball
|best-ball
|billiard ball
|blackball
|blowball
|blueball
|brandy-ball
|broomball
|buckyball
|butterball
|button-ball
|cannonball
|coalball
|cornball
|cricket ball
|croquet ball
|crystal ball
|cue ball
|dust-ball
|eight ball/eight-ball
|eyeball
|fastball
|fire-ball
|fishball
|football
|four ball
|freeball
|furball
|fuzz-ball
|game ball
|get the ball rolling
|goalball
|golf ball
|goofball
|greaseball
|hair-ball
|half-ball
|hand-ball
|hardball
|heel-ball
|highball
|holding the ball
|jump ball
|keep the ball rolling
|kickball
|korfball
|matzo ball
|meatball
|medicine ball
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|mothball
|netball
|no ball
|object ball
|oddball
|on the ball
|paintball
|patball
|pinball
|ping-pong ball
|pithball
|play ball
|puffball
|punchball
|push-ball
|racquetball
|rollerball
|root-ball
|rugby ball
|scuzzball
|silver ball
|skittle-ball
|sleazeball
|slimeball
|smoke-ball
|snooker ball
|snowball
|soccer ball
|softball
|speedball
|spot the ball
|stink ball
|stoolball
|table-tennis ball
|tea ball
|tennis ball
|tchoukball
|the ball is in your court
|through ball
|time-ball
|too many balls in the air
|trackball, trackerball
|trap-ball
|volleyball
|washball}}
(testicle)
{{der3|ball-breaker
|ball-breaking
|ball-buster
|ball-busting
|balls-aching
|balls up (verb)
|balls-up (noun)
|ballsy
|have someone by the balls
|screwball}}
Verb
( en-verb)
(label) To form or wind into a ball.
- to ball cotton
(label) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
To have sexual intercourse with.
(label) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- The horse balls'''; the snow '''balls .
To be hip or cool.
Synonyms
* (vulgar) bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag (British)
Interjection
( en-interj)
(label) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
- 2007: A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick. — AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone [http://www.afl.com.au/FanZone/Rules/tabid/7892/Default.aspx]
Etymology 2
(m).
Noun
( en-noun)
A formal dance.
(label) A very enjoyable time.
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Synonyms
* (very enjoyable time) blast, whale of a time
Derived terms
{{der3|ball-dress
|ballgown
|ballroom
|have a ball
|hunt ball
|masked ball
|open the ball}}
Related terms
* ballad
* ballade
Similar to 'ball'bbl, bel, bull, bell, bol, bil, bill, bowel, bowl, boil, bail, boll, biol, bawl, buhl, bool, beal, boul, bael
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