noun
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- A round or ellipsoidal object.
- (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
Synonyms: chutzpah, guts, nerve, globe, sphere
verb
- To form or wind into a ball.
- To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- To play basketball.
- To punish by affixing a ball and chain
Synonyms: roll, wad, bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag
interjection
- An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
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