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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1198
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Meanings
noun
- a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.E.g. a cricket ball
- (in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman.E.g. his half century came off only forty balls
- the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
verb
- squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape.E.g. Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate
- have sex with.
- (of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.
noun
- a formal social gathering for dancing.E.g. Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball
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Meanings
combining form
- used in various derogatory terms as an intensifier.E.g. sleazeball
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