to be on the ball
V
Informal
to be on the ball
V
Informal
balls
N Plural
Vulgar, Testicles
balls
N Plural
Vulgar, Testicles
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English Definitions
ball
N
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
ball
N
a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
ball
N
an object with a spherical shape
ball
N
the people assembled at a lavish formal dance
ball
N
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
ball
N
a spherical object used as a plaything
N
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
ball
N
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
ball
N
a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
ball
N
the game of baseball
ball
N
a pitch that is not in the strike zone
ball
V
form into a ball by winding or rolling
N
heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain
ball bearing
N
bearings containing small metal balls
N
a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
N
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
N
a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder
N
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
N
floating ball that controls level in a water tank
N
feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
N
the baseball playing field
N
a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
N
the most formal gown; worn to a ball
N
a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball
N
a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team
N
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
N
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
N
a highly energetic and indefatigable person
ball of fire
N
someone whose career progresses rapidly
V
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
ball up
V
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
N
any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball
N
a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
ball-and-socket joint
N
a joint that can rotate within a socket
N
a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence
ball-breaker
N
a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
N
a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence
ball-buster
N
a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
ball-hawking
used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
N
a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal
ball-shaped
having the shape of a sphere or ball
ballad
N
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
ballad
N
a narrative poem of popular origin
N
a composer of words or music for popular songs
ballade
N
a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
N
a singer of popular ballads
ballast
N
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
ballast
N
coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
ballast
N
an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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