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Ball

noun

1.

Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games. "The mayor threw out the first ball" , "The ball rolled into the corner pocket"

2.

A solid projectile that is shot by a musket. Synonym: musket ball.

3.

An object with a spherical shape. Synonyms: globe, orb.

4.

The people assembled at a lavish formal dance.

5.

One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis.

6.

A spherical object used as a plaything.

7.

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989). Synonym: Lucille Ball.

8.

A compact mass. Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump.

9.

A lavish dance requiring formal attire. Synonym: formal.

10.

A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass. "He stood on the balls of his feet"

11.

The game of baseball.

12.

A pitch that is not in the strike zone.

verb

(past & past part. balled; pres. part. balling)

1.

Form into a ball by winding or rolling.

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"Ball" Quotes from Famous Books

... Hell-Gate, & kept up an incessant Fire assisted with the Cannon at Governrs Island: The Batteries from the City return'd the Ships the like Salutation: 3 Men agape, idle Spectators had the misfortune of being killed by one Cannon-Ball, the other mischief suffered on our Side was inconsiderable Saving the making a few Holes in some of the Buildings; one shot struck within 6 Foot of Genl Washington, as He was on Horseback riding into the Fort."—MS. Letter in R.I. Public ...

— The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn • Henry P. Johnston

... heavy, Jimmy," continued Samson, "dat I can't set up much. My han's is tied togedder wid cord, my feet's in an iron clevis, and a ball's chained to de clevis." ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

... to see it, you know: to have a pretty girl to take on my arm into a ball-room, or a big fellow to send to College: the Leafs always went to College in old times. He shall be Henry Leaf Ascott, that I am determined on; and if it's a girl, perhaps I may call her Johanna. My sister would like ...

— Mistress and Maid • Dinah Craik (aka: Miss Mulock)

... both called the Cat. About Vesoul when they cut the last corn they say, "We have the Cat by the tail." At Brianon, in Dauphin, at the beginning of reaping, a cat is decked out with ribbons, flowers, and ears of corn. It is called the Cat of the ball-skin (le chat de peau de balle). If a reaper is wounded at his work, they make the cat lick the wound. At the close of the reaping the cat is again decked out with ribbons and ears of corn; then they dance and make merry. When the ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... season in the skies. Sirius held the ascendant, and under his influence even the radiant band of the Celestials began to droop, while the great ball-room of Olympus grew gradually more and more deserted. For nearly a week had Orpheus, the leader of the heavenly orchestra, played to a deserted floor. The elite would no ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various

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