ball
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Is ball a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.countableuncountable
2. (mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.countableuncountable
3. (mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.countableuncountable
4. (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.countableuncountable
5. (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.Examples: "[…] the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball […]"; "I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it, and about eight Charges of Powder and Ball, charging them to be very good Husbands of both, and not to use either of them but upon urgent Occasion."; "[…] some headstrong Maroons were using a soldier of Captain Craskell’s ill, and compelling him to write to his commander, that it was too late to do any thing good, and that they wanted nothing, having got plenty of powder and ball […]"obsoleteuncountable
6. A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.Examples: "to ball cotton"Synonyms: roll up, wadtransitive
2. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
3. (transitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.Examples: "Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”"Synonyms: Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in untoUStransitivevulgar
4. (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.Examples: "the horse balls"; "the snow balls"ambitransitive
5. (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.participlepresentregionalslang
6. (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).Examples: "This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work)."; "All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out."
intj (English)
1. (sports) An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
2. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.Examples: "A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick."
noun (English)
1. (informal) A very enjoyable time.Examples: "I had a ball at that concert."Synonyms: blast, whale of a timeinformal
Definition source: Wiktionary