ball
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(noun) a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" |
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Related Words: delivery, pitch |
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(verb) form into a ball by winding, rolling, etc.; ball wool, for example |
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Related Words: roll, wind, wrap |
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(noun) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball" |
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Related Words: baseball, basketball, billiard ball, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bowl, bowling ball, cricket ball, croquet ball, field hockey ball, football, game equipment, golf ball, handball, lacrosse ball, marble, medicine ball, ninepin ball, ping-pong ball, playground ball, polo ball, pool ball, punchball, punching bag, punching ball, roulette ball, rugby ball, skittle ball, soccer ball, softball, squash ball, tennis ball, volleyball, wiffle, wiffle ball |
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(noun) a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" |
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Related Words: beach ball, plaything, snowball, toy |
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(noun) a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet" |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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(noun) a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" |
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Synonyms: chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump |
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Related Words: agglomeration, clew, clot, coagulum |
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(noun) a lavish formal dance; "she was the loveliest girl at the ball" |
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Related Words: cotilion, cotillion, dance, fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade ball, prom, promenade |
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(noun) any object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" |
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Synonyms: globe, orb |
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Related Words: bolus, camphor ball, fireball, globule, mothball, pellet, sphere, spherule, time-ball |
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(noun) a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" |
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Synonyms: musket ball |
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Related Words: pellet, shot |
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(noun) one of the two male reproductive glands; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" |
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Synonyms: ballock, bollock, egg, gonad, nut, testicle, testis |
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Related Words: ductless gland, endocrine gland, undescended testicle, undescended testis |
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