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Definition of Ball
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Ball
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cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.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. 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. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton. 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. Related Definitions:
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Ball Quotations
See the ball; hit the ball. Pete Rose It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! Ernie Banks Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. Blaise Pascal It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know. Willie Stargell Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Ball Translations
ball in Afrikaans is bal ball in Danish is bold, bal ball in Dutch is danspartij, bal ball in Finnish is tanssiaiset, pallo ball in German is Kugel, Kugel, Ball {m}, Ball ball in Italian is pallone, palla ball in Norwegian is ball ball in Portuguese is esfera ball in Spanish is pelota ball in Swedish is klot, nystan, kula, bal, boll |
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