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[1] a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
[2] a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf.
[3] a game played with a ball, especially baseball: The boys are out playing ball.
[4] Baseball . a pitched ball, not swung at by the batter, that does not pass over home plate between the batter's shoulders and knees.
[5] Military . a solid, usually spherical projectile for a cannon, rifle, pistol, etc., as distinguished from a shell. projectiles, especially bullets, collectively.
[6] any part of a thing, especially of the human body, that is rounded or protuberant: the ball of the thumb.
[7] a round mass of food, as of chopped meat, dough, or candy.
[8] Slang : Vulgar . a testis.
[9] balls, Slang : Vulgar . boldness; courage; brashness. nonsense (often used as an interjection).
[10] bolus(def 1) .
[11] Horticulture . a compact mass of soil covering the roots of an uprooted tree or other plant.
[12] Literary . a planetary or celestial body, especially the earth.
[13] Mathematics . (in a metric space) the set of points whose distance from the zero element is less than, or less than or equal to, a specified number.
[14] to make into a ball (sometimes followed by up ): The children were balling up snow to make a snowman.
[15] to wind into balls: to ball cotton.
[16] Slang : Vulgar . to have sexual intercourse with.
[17] to form or gather into a ball: When the spun sugar balls, the candy has cooked sufficiently.
[18] Slang : Vulgar . to have sexual intercourse.
[19] ball up , Slang . to make or become utterly confused; muddle: The records had been all balled up by inefficient file clerks.
[20] ball the jack , Slang . to act with speed. to stake everything on one attempt.
[21] carry the ball , to assume the responsibility; bear the burden: You can always count on him to carry the ball in an emergency.
[22] drop the ball , to make a mistake or miss an opportunity at a critical moment.
[23] keep the ball rolling , to continue or give renewed vigor to an activity already under way: When their interest lagged, he tried to keep the ball rolling.
[24] on the ball , alert and efficient or effective: If you don't get on the ball, you'll be fired. indicating intelligence or ability: The tests show your students don't have much on the ball. The new manager has a lot on the ball.
[25] play ball , to begin or continue playing a game. to start or continue any action. to work together; cooperate: union leaders suspected of playing ball with racketeers.
[26] run with the ball , to assume responsibility or work enthusiastically: If management approves the concept, we'll run with the ball.
[27] start the ball rolling , to put into operation; begin: The recreation director started the ball rolling by having all the participants introduce themselves.
[28] John . died 1381, English priest: executed as one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt (1381)
[29] a spherical or nearly spherical body or mass a ball of wool
[30] a round or roundish body, either solid or hollow, of a size and composition suitable for any of various games: football, golf, billiards, etc
[31] a ball propelled in a particular way in a sport a high ball
[32] any of various rudimentary games with a ball to play ball
[33] cricket a single delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman
[34] baseball a single delivery of the ball by a pitcher outside certain limits and not swung at by the batter
[35] a solid nonexplosive projectile for a firearm Compare shell (def. 6) such projectiles collectively
[36] any more or less rounded part or protuberance the ball of the foot
[37] slang a testicle See balls
[38] vet science another word for bolus
[39] horticulture the hard mass of roots and earth removed with the rest of the plant during transplanting
[40] ball of muscle Australian a very strong, fit, or forceful person
[41] have the ball at one's feet to have the chance of doing something
[42] keep the ball rolling to maintain the progress of a project, plan, etc
[43] on the ball informal alert; informed
[44] play ball informal to cooperate
[45] set the ball rolling or start the ball rolling to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
[46] the ball is in your court you are obliged to make the next move
[47] (tr) to make, form, wind, etc, into a ball or balls to ball wool
[48] (intr) to gather into a ball or balls
[49] taboo , slang , mainly US to copulate (with)
[50] a social function for dancing, esp one that is lavish or formal
[51] informal a very enjoyable time (esp in the phrase have a ball )

Words nearby Balled

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Origin of Balled

11175–1225; Middle English bal, balle < Old French < Germanic *ballaz; compare Old Norse bǫllr, Old High German bal, ballo, balla, German Ball, Dutch bal; perhaps akin to Latin follis leather bag; see ballock(s)

Words that may be confused with Balled

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ballbald, balled, bawled

Other words from Balled

ball·er , noun

Word origin for Balled

C17: from French bal (n), from Old French baller (vb), from Late Latin ballāre to dance, from Greek ballizein