palled English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)
(pall)
Etymology 2
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balled English
Verb
(head)
(ball)
ball Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
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# A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
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# (label) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
## A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
# A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.
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# (label) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
# The globe; the earthly sphere.
#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- Move round the dark terrestrial ball .
#* 1717 , (Alexander Pope), ""
- Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball , / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;
# (label) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
# The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
# An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days , chapter=3/19/2
, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
#* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 2, author=Aled Williams, work=BBC Sport Wales
, title= Swansea 2-0 Stoke
, passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}
(label) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.
# Any simple game involving a ball.
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# (label) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
# (label) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
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# (label) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
# (label) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
#* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC
, title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton
, passage=After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes. }}
A testicle.
# Nonsense.
- — Synonyms — See
# Courage.
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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (White)
Synonyms
* sphere
* globe
* (testicle) See
* (courage) chutzpah, guts, nerve
Derived terms
(solid or hollow sphere)
{{der3, ball and chain
, ball and socket
, ball-barrow
, ball bearing/ball-bearing
, ball boy/ballboyball-boy
, ball-cartridge
, ballclay
, ballcock
, ball-flower
, ball-game
, ball-girl
, ball lightning
, ball machine
, ball mill
, ball of fire
, ball of the foot
, ball of the thumb
, ballpark
, ball-player
, ballpoint
, ball-proof
, ball race
, ball up
, bandy-ball
, baseball
, basketball
, beachball/beach ball
, best-ball
, billiard ball
, blackball
, blowball
, blueball
, brandy-ball
, broomball
, buckyball
, butterball
, button-ball
, cannonball
, coalball
, cornball
, cricket ball
, croquet ball
, crystal ball
, cue ball
, dust-ball
, eight ball/eight-ball
, eyeball
, fastball
, fire-ball
, fishball
, football
, four ball
, freeball
, furball
, fuzz-ball
, game ball
, get the ball rolling
, goalball
, golf ball
, goofball
, greaseball
, hair-ball
, half-ball
, hand-ball
, hardball
, heel-ball
, highball
, holding the ball
, jump ball
, keep the ball rolling
, kickball
, korfball
, matzo ball
, meatball
, medicine ball
,
, mothball
, netball
, no ball
, object ball
, oddball
, on the ball
, paintball
, patball
, pinball
, ping-pong ball
, pithball
, play ball
, puffball
, punchball
, push-ball
, racquetball
, rollerball
, root-ball
, rugby ball
, scuzzball
, silver ball
, skittle-ball
, sleazeball
, slimeball
, smoke-ball
, snooker ball
, snowball
, soccer ball
, softball
, speedball
, spot the ball
, stink ball
, stoolball
, table-tennis ball
, tea ball
, tennis ball
, tchoukball
, the ball is in your court
, through ball
, time-ball
, too many balls in the air
, trackball, trackerball
, trap-ball
, volleyball
, washball}}
(testicle)
{{der3, ball-breaker
, ball-breaking
, ball-buster
, ball-busting
, balls-aching
, balls up (verb)
, balls-up (noun)
, ballsy
, have someone by the balls
, screwball}}
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To form or wind into a ball.
- to ball cotton
(label) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
To have sexual intercourse with.
(label) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- The horse balls'''; the snow '''balls .
To be hip or cool.
Synonyms
* (vulgar) bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag (British)
Interjection
( en interjection)
(label) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
- 2007: 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. — AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone [http://www.afl.com.au/FanZone/Rules/tabid/7892/Default.aspx]
Etymology 2
(m).
Noun
( en noun)
A formal dance.
(label) A very enjoyable time.
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Synonyms
* (very enjoyable time) blast, whale of a time
Derived terms
{{der3, ball-dress
, ballgown
, ballroom
, have a ball
, hunt ball
, masked ball
, open the ball}}
Related terms
* ballad
* ballade
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