ball
Meaning of ball
- a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.
a cricket ball
- (in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman.
his half century came off only forty balls
- the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
- squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape.
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.
Middle English: from Old Norse bǫllr, of Germanic origin.
noun- a formal social gathering for dancing.
Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball
a ball gown
early 17th century: from French bal ‘a dance’, from late Latin ballare ‘to dance’; related to Greek ballizein ‘to dance’ (also ballein ‘to throw’).
combining form, suffix- used in various derogatory terms as an intensifier.
sleazeball
goofball
Information about ball
- The plural form of ball is: balls.
- Languages in which ball is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of ball
ball
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- ball is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ball synonyms
Meaning globe:
Meaning testis:
testis, testicle, orchis, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
Meaning Ball:
Meaning clod:
clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
Meaning formal:
Meaning a spherical object; a ball or globe:
Meaning a small round particle of a substance; a drop:
Meaning a small sphere:
Meaning a sphere-like but not perfectly spherical body:
Meaning an ovoid body or surface:
Meaning a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface:
Meaning a very small drop of a liquid:
Meaning a small piece of glass, stone, or similar material that is threaded with others to make a necklace or rosary or sewn on to fabric:
Meaning a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole:
Meaning a social gathering at which people dance:
Meaning a false show or pretence:
Meaning a social gathering at which lively folk dancing takes place:
Meaning a paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort:
Meaning a hopping movement:
Meaning a club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music:
Meaning a dance to pop music:
Translation of ball
- German: Kugel, Ball, Ei, Hoden, ballen, Klumpen, Batzen
- French: boule, sphère, ballon, balle, testicule, gosse, couille, enrouler, bal, motte
- Spanish: bola, esfera, pelota, balón, testículo, enrollar, baile, bala
- Portuguese: bola, esfera, testículo, tomate, bolear, baile
- Italian: sfera, pallone, palla, testicolo, arrotolare, ballo, zolla, pallottola
Words that rhyme with ball
Ball, Caball, caball, teaball, stobball, blindball, endball, fieldball, handball, hardball, oddball, seedball, speedball, windball, Blueball, Daneball, Dieball, baseball, beeball, blueball, candleball, cueball, curveball, dodgeball, eyeball, fireball, gameball, greaseball, houseball, iceball, knuckleball, paddleball, probaseball, puddleball, skeeball, sleazeball, slimeball, wineball, buffball, goofball, korfball, puffball, slingball, brushball, demothball, earthball, fishball, highball, mothball, pithball