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ball
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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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combining form
  • used in various derogatory terms as an intensifier.
    E.g. sleazeball

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