Definitions
1.NounAny game played with a ball."Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game."
2.NounA specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game."George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game."
3.NounA sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame."The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish."
4.NounAffair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
5.NounA decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over."If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game."