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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

... help Captain Pecklar; but the moment the tug goes wrong, I shall send a ball from my revolver ...

— Taken by the Enemy • Oliver Optic

... said I was goin' to begin at the beginnin', so I will, although the whole town knows as it was that fine scheme of Mr. Kimball's as set my ball bouncin' down hill. I was n't the only one as got rolled over 'n' throwed out feet up, but I don't know as bein' one of a number to lose money makes the money any more fun to lose. Mr. Dill was sayin' yesterday as he would n't have listened to nothin' but white for Lucy's weddin'-dress ...

— Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs • Anne Warner

... not; for I never went into the ball-room. This once that I spoke of was at a private party, and the dancing was on the lawn. ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... light pores in a golden meller flud through the winders, and makes the young lady twice as beautiful nor what she was before, which is onnecessary. She is magnificently dressed up in a Berage basque, with poplin trimmins, More Antique, Ball Morals and 3 ply carpeting. Also, considerable guaze. Her dress contains 16 flounders and her shoes is red morocker, with gold spangles onto them. Presently she jumps up with a wild snort, and pressin her hands to her brow, she exclaims, "Methinks ...

— Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers • Various

... stove with the warmth of her own blood, and the heavy quilts and red blankets grew warm wherever they touched her, though her breath sometimes froze on the coverlid. Before daylight, her internal fires went down a little, and she often wakened to find herself drawn up into a tight ball, somewhat stiff in the legs. But that made it all the easier to ...

— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather

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