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Ball

Ball Meaning & Definition
Ball Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ball?

[n] a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
[n] a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
[n] round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"
[n] a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"
[n] a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
[n] one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
[n] a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
[n] a lavish formal dance
[n] a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
[n] the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"
[n] an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
[v] form into a ball by winding, rolling, etc.; ball wool, for example

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ball: ballock | baseball | baseball game | bollock | chunk | clod | clump | egg | glob | globe | lump | musket ball | nut | orb | orchis | testicle | testis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ball: action | agate | assemblee | assembly | assignation | at home | bal | bal costume | bal masque | ball bearing | balloon | bar shot | barn dance | baseball | baseball bat | basketball | bat | battledore | bauble | be intimate | bead | big time | bird shot | bladder | blob | blocks | blowout | boll | bolus | bowl | brawl | bubble | buckshot | bulb | bulbil | bulblet | bullet | cannon shot | cannonball | case shot | caucus | checkerboard | chessboard | clew | clot | club | cockhorse | cocktail party | coffee klatch | cohabit | colloquium | come together | commission | commit adultery | committee | conclave | concourse | conglobulate | congregation | congress | conventicle | convention | convocation | copulate | costume party | council | country dance | couple | cover | cricket bat | crossbar shot | cue | dance | date | diddle | diet | dinner | dinner party | discus | doll | doll carriage | donation party | duck shot | dumdum bullet | egg | eisteddfod | ejecta | ejectamenta | ellipsoid | ensphere | entertainment | expanding bullet | fancy-dress ball | festivity | fete | football | forgathering | fornicate | forum | frig | fun | fun and games | funmaking | game | garden party | gathering | geoid | get-together | gewgaw | gimcrack | globe | globelet | globoid | globule | glomerulus | gob | gobbet | golf club | good time | grape | grapeshot | great fun | handball | have sex | have sexual relations | hen party | high old time | high time | hobbyhorse | hop | house party | house-raising | housewarming | jack-in-the-box | jacks | jackstones | jackstraws | Kaffeeklatsch | kickshaw | knickknack | knob | knot | langrel shot | laughs | lawn party | lay | levee | lie with | lovely time | make it with | make love | make out | manstopping bullet | marble | marionette | mask | masked ball | masque | masquerade | masquerade ball | masquerade party | mate | meet | meeting | mig | missile | mixer | mothball | mount | mushroom | oblate spheroid | orb | orbit | orblet | oval | ovoid | panel | paper doll | party | pellet | pick-up sticks | picnic | pill | pinball | pinwheel | play | plaything | pleasant time | plenum | projectile | prolate spheroid | prom | promenade | puppet | pushball | quoit | quorum | racket | rag doll | rally | reception | record hop | rendezvous | rifle ball | rocking horse | rondure | round | round shot | rubber ball | screw | seance | serve | service | session | shell | shindig | shindy | shot | shower | shrapnel | sit-in | sitting | sleep with | slug | smoker | snowball | softball | soiree | sphere | spherify | spheroid | spherule | split shot | sport | square dance | stag | stag dance | stag party | steelie | surprise party | symposium | synod | taw | tea dance | teetotum | tetherball | the dansant | top | toy | toy soldier | trajectile | trinket | turnout | volleyball | wad | whiffle ball | whim-wham

See Also | 1-hitter | 2-hitter | 3-hitter | 4-hitter | 5-hitter | agglomeration | anatomical structure | arteria testicularis | ball game | ballgame | base hit | baseball | baseball play | basketball | batting | beach ball | billiard ball | bingle | bocce ball | bocci ball | boccie ball | bodily structure | body structure | bolus | bowl | bowling ball | bunt | camphor ball | catching | clew | clot | coagulum | cobblers | complex body part | cotilion | cotillion | cricket ball | croquet ball | crystal ball | dance | dance | delivery | ductus deferens | epididymis | error | fair ball | family jewels | fancy-dress ball | field hockey ball | fielding | fireball | five-hitter | fly | fly ball | football | foul ball | four-hitter | game equipment | globule | gob | golf ball | gonad | ground ball | grounder | hand | handball | hardball | hopper | internal spermatic artery | lacrosse ball | line drive | liner | male genital organ | male genitalia | male genitals | male reproductive gland | male reproductive system | manus | marble | masked ball | masquerade ball | medicine ball | misplay | mitt | mothball | ninepin ball | no-hit game | no-hitter | one-hitter | out | paw | pellet | pellet | perfect game | ping-pong ball | pitch | pitching | playground ball | plaything | plunk | plunker | polo ball | pool ball | professional baseball | prom | promenade | promenade | punchball | punching bag | punching ball | racquetball | rete testis | roll | roulette ball | rounders | rugby ball | safety | seminiferous tubule | shot | skittle ball | snowball | soccer ball | softball | softball | softball game | sole | spermatic cord | sphere | spherule | squash ball | stickball | stickball game | structure | tag | tennis ball | testicular artery | testicular vein | three-hitter | time-ball | toy | twine | two-hitter | undescended testicle | undescended testis | vas deferens | vena testicularis | volleyball | wiffle | wiffle ball | wind | wrap

Ball In Webster's Dictionary

\Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b["o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. 2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. 3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}. 4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called {bullets}. 5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball. 6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller. 7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. 8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. --White. 9. The globe or earth. --Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison. {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. --Knight. {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock. {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign or shop. Syn: See {Globe}.
\Ball\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Balled} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Balling}.] To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
\Ball\, v. t. 1. (Metal.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. 2. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
\Ball\, n. [F. bal, fr. OF. baler to dance, fr. LL. ballare. Of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ? to toss or throw, or ?, ?, to leap, bound, ? to dance, jump about; or cf. 1st {Ball}, n.] A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
\Ball\, n. (Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to pass over the home base at a height not greater than the batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee.

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