Canadian English Meaning of ball
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Definitions and Meaning of ball in English
ball (n)
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
an object with a spherical shape
the people assembled at a lavish formal dance
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
a spherical object used as a plaything
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
a compact mass
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
a pitch that is not in the strike zone
ball (v)
form into a ball by winding or rolling
ball (n.)
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
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.
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.
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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.
The globe or earth.
A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
A pitched ball, not struck at by the batsman, which fails to pass over the home base at a height not greater than the batsman's shoulder nor less than his knee.
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.
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
FAQs About the word ball
ball
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games, a solid projectile that is shot by a musket, an object with a spherical shape, the people assembled at a
globe,orb,sphere,Bead,chunk,circle,egg,loop,ring,clump
block,Square,Cube,rectangle
balky => uncooperative, balkline => Boom, balkish => Cautious, balkingly => balkily, balking => balking,
