Definition of balls Balls
/bɔˈlz/ - [bolz] - balls
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| ball - 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"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" | ||
| game equipment equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | ||
| baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| basketball a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | ||
| billiard ball ball used in playing billiards | ||
| bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce | ||
| bowl a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods | ||
| bowling ball, bowl a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling | ||
| cricket ball the ball used in playing cricket | ||
| croquet ball a wooden ball used in playing croquet | ||
| field hockey ball ball used in playing field hockey | ||
| football any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | ||
| golf ball a small hard ball used in playing golf; dimpled to reduce wind resistance | ||
| handball a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands | ||
| jack male donkey | ||
| lacrosse ball ball used in playing lacrosse | ||
| marble a small ball of glass that is used in various games | ||
| medicine ball heavy ball used in physical training | ||
| ninepin ball, skittle ball ball used to knock down ninepins | ||
| ping-pong ball light hollow ball used in playing table tennis | ||
| polo ball wooden ball that is struck with mallets in playing polo | ||
| pool ball ball used in playing pool | ||
| punch bag, punchball, punching ball, punching bag an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | ||
| racquetball a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets | ||
| roulette ball the ball used to play roulette | ||
| rugby ball inflated oval ball used in playing rugby | ||
| soccer ball an inflated ball used in playing soccer | ||
| playground ball, softball a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer | ||
| squash ball rubber ball used in playing squash | ||
| tennis ball ball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis | ||
| volleyball a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands | ||
| ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" | ||
| globe, orb | ||
| sphere any spherically shaped artifact | ||
| crystal ball a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers | ||
| camphor ball, mothball a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | ||
| time-ball a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory | ||
| fireball the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | ||
| fireball the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | ||
| globule a small globe or ball | ||
| spherule a small sphere | ||
| pellet a small sphere | ||
| ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" | ||
| clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk | ||
| agglomeration the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating | ||
| clot, coagulum a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | ||
| gob a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm" | ||
| ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" | ||
| anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| sole right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European | ||
| manus, mitt, paw, hand a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | ||
| ball - a lavish dance requiring formal attire | ||
| formal | ||
| dance an artistic form of nonverbal communication | ||
| cotilion, cotillion a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | ||
| fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade ball a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks | ||
| ball - a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" | ||
| plaything, toy an artifact designed to be played with | ||
| beach ball, beachball large and light ball; for play at the seaside | ||
| ball - the game of baseball | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| ball - the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded" | ||
| dance an artistic form of nonverbal communication | ||
| ball - United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) | ||
| Lucille Ball | ||
| ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" | ||
| ball - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" | ||
| testis, testicle, orchis, ballock, bollock, nut, egg | ||
| male reproductive gland the reproductive organs of a man | ||
| gonad, sex gland a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced | ||
| male reproductive system the reproductive system of males | ||
| family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals external male sex organs | ||
| arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles | ||
| testicular vein, vena testicularis a vein from the testicles | ||
| seminiferous tubule any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature | ||
| cobblers a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) | ||
| undescended testicle, undescended testis a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" | ||
| epididymis a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens | ||
| rete testis network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia | ||
| ductus deferens, vas deferens a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct | ||
| ball - a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" | ||
| musket ball | ||
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| ball - form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool" | ||
| twine, wrap, wind, roll make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ball (Noun)
A solid or hollow sphere. - ball (Noun)
An object, generally spherical, used for playing games. - ball (Noun)
A quantity of string, thread, etc. , wound into a spherical shape. - ball (Noun)
Any simple game involving a ball. - ball (Noun)
A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone . - ball (Noun)
An opportunity to launch the pinball into play. - ball (Noun)
A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc. - ball (Noun)
A jacketed non- expanding bullet, typically of military origin. - ball (Noun)
The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance the radius of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions. - ball (Noun)
The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space. - ball (Noun)
A testicle. - ball (Noun)
Nonsense. - ball (Noun)
That’s a load of balls, and you know it! — Synonyms — See Wikisaurus:nonsense. - ball (Noun)
Courage. - ball (Noun)
I doubt he’s got the balls to tell him off. - ball (Noun)
A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over. - ball (Noun)
A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate. - ball (Noun)
The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes. - ball (Noun)
A formal dance. - ball (Noun)
A very enjoyable time. - ball (Verb)
To have sexual intercourse with. - ball (Verb)
To be hip or cool.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ball (n.)
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. - ball (n.)
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. - ball (n.)
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football. - ball (n.)
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. - ball (n.)
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. - ball (n.)
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. - ball (n.)
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. - ball (n.)
A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. - ball (n.)
The globe or earth. - ball (v. i.)
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.)
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. - ball (v. t.)
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton. - ball (n.)
A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Round three-dimensional body whose surface has at each point the same distance from the center. -
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An object, generally spherical, used for playing games. -
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The male sex gland that produces sperm and male hormones, found in some types of animals. -
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A lavish formal dance. -
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A compact mass. -
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A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. -
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A hard ball being used for playing billards.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ball
bawl, n. anything round: any celestial body, esp. the 'globe:' the golden orb borne with the sceptre as the emblem of sovereignty: a globular body to play with in tennis, football, golf, billiards, &c.: any rounded protuberant part of the body: a bullet, or any missile thrown from an engine of war: a rounded mass of anything: a throw or delivery of the ball at cricket: a well-known game played with a ball.—v.i. to gather itself into a ball, become clogged.—ns. Ball′-cart′ridge, a cartridge containing both powder and ball [Ball and Cartridge]; Ball′-cock, the stopcock of a cistern, attached to one end of a lever, at the other end of which is a hollow metal ball which rises and falls with the
water, thus regulating the supply; Ball′-flow′er, an ornament of the
decorated style of Gothic architecture, resembling a ball placed in a
circular flower.—adj. Ball′-proof, proof against balls discharged
from firearms.—Ball and socket, a joint formed of a ball
partly enclosed in a cup, thus insuring great strength; Ball of the
eye, the eye within the lids and socket.—No ball, a ball
unfairly bowled.—Three golden or brass balls, the
sign of a pawnbroker.—To have the ball at one's feet, to
have a thing in one's power; To keep the ball up or
rolling, to keep from flagging; To take up the ball, to
take one's turn in anything.—Wide ball, one out of the
batsman's reach. [M. E. bal, Scand. böllr; cog. with Old
High Ger. ballo, pallo.]
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bawl, n. an entertainment of dancing.—n. Ball′room.—To open the ball, to begin the dancing, to begin operations. [O. Fr. bal, baller, to dance—Low L. ballare, referred by some to Gr. ballizein.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ball
In a general sense, implies a spherical and round body, whether naturally so or formed into that figure by art. In a military view it comprehends all sorts of bullets for fire-arms, from the cannon to the pistol: also those pyrotechnic projectiles for guns or mortars, whether intended to destroy, or only to give light, smoke, or stench.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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ball
Is a general term applied to every kind of spherical shot fired from a musket, rifle, or cannon. Leaden balls are chiefly used for the small-arms and iron for the artillery. See CARTRIDGE, SHOT, SHELLS.
Wikipedia 
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A ball is a round object that is used in sports and games, or sometimes other things. Balls are usually hollow and round but can be other shapes, such as oval and flat. In most games using balls, the game is all about the people using the ball.
Balls were used thousands of years ago by the early Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the Aztecs and earlier Mesoamerican peoples.
