Meaning of ball game | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any game played with a ball.
2. A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
3. A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
   historical
4. Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
   figuratively
5. A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.
   figuratively, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.”

“George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.”

“The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.”

“Think things over, Callahan. Get with it. It's a whole new ball game these days.”

“If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game.”

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