Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
Example: a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
Definition: A round or ellipsoidal object.
Definition: (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
Definition: A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
Definition: A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
verb
Definition: To form or wind into a ball.
Example: to ball cotton
Definition: To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
Definition: To have sexual intercourse with.
Definition: To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
Example: The horse balls; the snow balls.
Definition: (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
Definition: To play basketball.
Definition: To punish by affixing a ball and chain
interjection
Definition: 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.