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Ball

noun
/bɔːl/
Word Frequency: 29.2

Definitions

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leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.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.

Synonyms

chutzpahgutsnerveglobesphererollwadbonkfucklayscrewshag

Rhymes With

squallbanalappallpallcallgallforestallrecall
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