A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
A formal dance.
We still have pictures from the ball we had in August 2008.
An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
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.
An English surname.
A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).
From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto...
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To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
To have sexual intercourse (with).
Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”