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1.nounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass."a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"
2.nounA round or ellipsoidal object.
3.noun(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
4.nounA leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
5.nounA large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
6.verbTo form or wind into a ball."to ball cotton"
7.verbTo heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
8.verbTo have sexual intercourse with.
9.verbTo gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls."The horse balls; the snow balls."
10.verb(usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
11.verbTo play basketball.
12.verbTo punish by affixing a ball and chain
13.interjectionAn 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.