Meaning of red ball | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
2. First-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball". Mainly used to play tests.
   metonymically, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ball.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“A police-involved shooting is by definition a red ball and, by definition, a red ball requires every warm body.”

“The only exception to that edict was the Eighth, the French Quarter district, since any homicide at the core of the tourist area was such a potential red ball.”

“Australia is scheduled to play five red ball matches in two weeks.”

“Or are the red-ball and white-ball games diverging to the extent that it is possible to envisage a future where they are, to all intents and purposes, different sports?”

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