Meaning of ball | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
   countable, uncountable
2. An English surname.
3. A formal dance.
4. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass
5. To confuse; bungle.
6. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
   countable, uncountable
7. A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
8. A very enjoyable time.
   informal
9. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape
10. To have control over someone; have someone at one's mercy.
11. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
    countable, uncountable
12. In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
    countable, uncountable
13. A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).
14. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
15. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane. In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere. The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point. The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point
16. A pitch outside the strike zone that is not struck at by the batter.
17. The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
    countable, uncountable
18. In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere
19. A party or gathering for dancing:dance.
20. The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
    countable, uncountable
21. The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point
22. in machinery etc, small steel balls that help the revolving of one part over another. koeëllaers مُحَمِّل الكُريات сачмен лагер rolamentos kuličkové ložisko das Kugellager kugle ρουλεμάνcojinete, apoyo de bolas kuullaager بلبرینگ kuulalaakerit roulement à billes מֵסַב כָּדוִּרי kuglični ležajevi golyóscsapágy bantalan peluru kúlulegur cuscinetto a sfere ボールベアリング 볼 베어링 rutulinis guolis lodīšu gultnis kogellagers kulelager łożyska kulkowe یوه ډوله پرزه ده esfera rulment (cu bile) шарикоподшипни...
    etc
23. A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
    countable, uncountable
24. A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
    countable, uncountable
25. a valve in a cistern. balvlotterklep صُنْبور أوتوماتيكي مُتَّصِل بِعَوّامه كُرويّهية клапа boia kohoutek s kulovým plovákem das Schwimmventil kugleventil βαλβίδα ντεπόζιτου llave de bola, llave de flotador kuulkraan شناور kuulaventtiili robinet à flotteur מצוף गोला-टोंटी automatski pipac s kuglicom golyósszelep klep vatnsventill með flotholti galleggiante 浮玉弁 부구판 plūduras pludiņš injap bebola balkraan flottørkran, kuleventil zawór spustowy لامبوزن bóia flotor шаровой клапан kohútik s guľovým ...
26. Such bullets collectively.
    obsolete, uncountable
27. a pen having a tiny ball as the writing point. balpuntpen قَلَم حِبْر جاف топче на върха на химикал esferográfica kuličkové pero der Kugelschreiber kuglepen στιλό διαρκείας esferográfica pastapliiats قلم kuulakärki stylo bille עֵט כָּדוּרִי गोल नोक वाली कलम kemijska olovka golyó bolpen kúlupenni penna a sfera ボールペン 볼펜 šratinukas lodīšu pildspalva pen bermata bebola balpenkulepenndługopis خودكار قلم esferográfica stilou (cu bilă) шариковая ручка guľôčkové pero kemični svinčnik hemijska olovka ...
28. A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
    countable, uncountable
29. a ballpoint pen. balpuntagtig قَلَم حِبْر جاف химикал esferográfica kuličkový Kugelschreiber-... kugle- που διαθέτει σφαιρική γραφίδα esferográfico kuul- خودکار kuulakärkikynä à bille כָּדוּרי बॉल पेन kemijski golyóstoll bolpen kúlu- a sfera ボールペンの 끝에 둥근심이 있는 šratinis lodīšu pildspalva sejenis pen bal- kule- kulkowy خودكار قلم esferográfica cu bilă шариковый guličkový kemični (za pisalo) sa kuglicom na vrhu kulspets- (ปากกา) ลูกลื่น 有圓珠的 кульковий بال پوائنٹ قلم đầu bi 圆珠笔形的
30. The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
    countable, uncountable
31. quick, alert and up-to-date. The new manager is really on the ball. op en wakker, aan die brand, wakker يَقِظ، مُنْتَبِه، واعٍ бърз alerta na výši auf Draht på mærkerne; hurtig i vendingen; kvik γρήγορος, ενημερωμένος, σε ετοιμότητα estar al tanto, estar alerta tasemel هشیار و کاردان بودن ajan tasalla à la hauteur לִהְיוֹת בָּעִנייָנִים सावधान, किसी स्थिति से पूर्ण सम्पर्क रखना pripravan gyors siap siaga klár, með á nótunum aggiornato 有能である 빈틈 없이 kupinas naujų idėjų manīgs; veikls peka bijdeh...
32. The globe; the earthly sphere.
    countable, uncountable
33. to start or keep something going, especially a conversation. He can be relied on to start the ball rolling at parties. die bal aan die rol sit يَجْعَلُ الشَّيئ مُستَمِرّا поддържам movimentar snažit se, aby řeč nestála, rozproudit etwas in Gang setzen få gang i ting; holde gående ξεκινώ μια διαδικασία ή/και κρατάω αμείωτο το ρυθμό της poner en marcha, emprender; mantener en marcha vestlust alustama, vestlust ülal hoidma شروع به کاری کردن؛ ادامه دادن pitää käynnissä lancer, soutenir la convers...
    especially
34. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
    countable
35. Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
    uncountable
36. A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
    countable
37. An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
    countable
38. A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
    countable
39. a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)
    countable
40. An apparatus.
    countable
41. An apparatus program with a ball.
    countable, metonymically, uncountable
42. A testicle.
    countable, mildly, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar
43. Nonsense.
    countable, in-plural, mildly, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar
44. Courage.
    countable, in-plural, mildly, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar
45. A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
    countable, historical, uncountable
46. A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
    countable, historical, uncountable
47. One thousand US dollars.
    countable, singular, singular-only, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“a ball of spittle; a fecal ball”

“a ball of wool; a ball of twine”

“[…] the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball […]”

“I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it, and about eight Charges of Powder and Ball, charging them to be very good Husbands of both, and not to use either of them but upon urgent Occasion.”

“[…] some headstrong Maroons were using a soldier of Captain Craskell’s ill, and compelling him to write to his commander, that it was too late to do any thing good, and that they wanted nothing, having got plenty of powder and ball […]”

“This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.”

“the ball of the thumb”

“c. 1712', Joseph Addison, Ode to the Creator of the World What, though in solemn Silence, all / Move round the dark terrestrial Ball!”

“Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball, / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;”

“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”

“Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.”

“The children were playing ball on the beach.”

“George played his college ball at Stanford.”

“If you get to a million points, you get another ball.”

“After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno—Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut—nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.”

“Shetland increased the lead in the 22nd minute when Kirkness shot first time from a ball that was fired into the area from outside the 25-metre line.”

“Mark Wright sent a speculative ball for me to chase after and I found myself leaving Tony Adams in my wake, with only Seaman to beat.”

“Hitler has only got one ball, / Göring has two but very small, / Himmler is rather sim'lar, / But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all.”

“That’s a load of balls, and you know it!”

“I doubt he’s got the balls to tell you off.”

“The laxative alterative has not this advantage, the aloes, of which it is composed, being extremely bitter, and therefore requiring to be given in the form of a ball.”

“I'ma let these niggas have it, go on stage and throw a forty ball”

“Forty ball all in these leather jeans Diamonds studs, I make a bum nigga think twice”

“Forty ball on my wrist, nigga, I cashed out on it (Damn) Forty bands on my neck, nigga, I maxed out on it (Damn)”

“Dropped a twenty ball in Gallery Department”

“We still have pictures from the ball we had in August 2008.”

“I had a ball at that concert.”

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