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ball
has definitions from the fields of baseball,games,arms,anatomy,zoology,sexuality,dance,sport,performing arts
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[ noun ] (games) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
Examples "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve" "the mayor threw out the first ball" "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Jim_Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first_baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . Carey singled on a slow bouncing ball to short which Robinson cut_across to field and threw wide to first . (The Dallas Morning News,...)His statistical record that year , when Texas won only one game and lost nine , was far from impressive : he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards , punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards . In their first three games , the Longhorns have had the ball 41 times and scored 16 times , or 40 per_cent their total passing yardage in three games , 447 on 30 completions in 56 attempts , is only 22 yards short of their total passing yardage in 1959 , when they made 469 on 37 completions in 86 tries . The Texans won the game through ball control , with Quarterback Cotton_Davidson throwing only 17 passes . Related terms game_equipment football baseball marble roulette_ball medicine_ball field_hockey_ball croquet_ball pool_ball rugby_ball bowl bocce_ball golf_ball handball bowling_ball ninepin_ball ping-pong_ball polo_ball lacrosse_ball punching_bag wiffle cricket_ball soccer_ball softball squash_ball racquetball tennis_ball volleyball billiard_ball basketball |
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[ noun ] (arms) a solid ball shot by a musket
Synonyms Examples "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Thus he wired J._P._Lower_and_Sons of Denver : `` Have you any percussion hand_grenades for throwing in a house or across a well loaded with balls or shrapnel shot ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] any object with a spherical shape
Examples "a ball of fire" Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)Two clotted balls the color of mucus rolled between fiery lids . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Six months later , Hal_Yarrow stood in the observation_dome of the Gabriel and watched the ball of Earth dwindle above him . |
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[ noun ] (dance) a lavish formal dance
Examples "she was the loveliest girl at the ball" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Was it a birthday ball ? Or was it her own first ball as mistress of this big house , a Van_Rensselaer bride from way upstate near Albany , from Rensselaerwyck . |
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology,sexuality) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Examples "she kicked him in the balls and got away" Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)`` They 'll get them by God and let them bring them down here to me , just let them , God I 'll slice their balls right off '' . |
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[ noun ] a spherical object used as a plaything
Examples "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)His hands snatched at an imaginary bucket , swooping down hard to grab it and coming_away with equal snap like a ball that 's been bounced hard . Related terms |
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[ verb ] form into a ball by winding, rolling, etc.; ball wool, for example
Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Gun stiffened , his hands balling into fists at his sides . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport,games) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run
Synonyms Examples "he played baseball in high school" "there was a baseball game on every empty lot" "play ball!" Related terms ball_game field_game three-hitter no-hit_game daisy_cutter one-hitter rounders perfect_game four-hitter steal professional_baseball softball hardball five-hitter stickball two-hitter pitching error pitch batting grounder plunk liner bunt fielding fly catching base_hit fair_ball out baseball_play tag foul pitcher catcher hit walk bat ballplayer pitching home_plate walk base_on_balls single mound baseball_diamond major_league shortstop outfielder drive_in pitch pop batter fan out steal minor_league error right-handed_pitcher batting_average double batting blast fastball ballpark base_runner batting_coach ball_game first_baseman base_hit second_baseman liner batting_average fielding_average foul plunk fumble fielding ground_out bunt bunt bounce_out triple fly aboard bat strike_out grounder tag nab pinch_hitter infielder wind_up run_bases no-hit ball-hawking hitless batting_order third_baseman assist farm_team putout catching cut_down starting_pitcher bat_boy pitching_coach die backstop catch bear_down fumble sacrifice closer triple_crown screwballer fair retire foul in-bounds fly foul connect tag texas_leaguer pull ground ground flare shoestring_catch fair_ball bat submarine switch-hit bat safe triple-crown put_out whiff baseball_equipment backstop ground_rule cleanup baseball_coach lead baseball_play strikeout out away |
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[ noun ] (performing arts) United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 320
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[ noun ] (baseball) a pitch that is not in the strike zone
Examples "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" Related terms |
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