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Old Norse

[edit] Noun

A basketball

Singular
ball

Plural
balls

ball (plural balls)

  1. A solid or hollow sphere.
  2. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
  3. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
    'ball' of wool
  4. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
  5. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the ball into play.
  6. (ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
  7. (ballistics) A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
  8. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
  9. (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
  10. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
  11. (mildly vulgar, slang, in plural) Nonsense.
    That’s a load of balls, and you know it! — Synonyms — See WikiSaurus:Nonsense
  12. (slang, in plural) Courage.
    I doubt he’s got the balls to tell him off.
  13. (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
  14. (anatomy) The ball of a foot

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Infinitive
to ball

Third person singular
balls

Simple past
balled

Past participle
balled

Present participle
balling

to ball (third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)

  1. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

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ball

  1. (Australian rules football) 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.
    2007: 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. — AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone [1]

[edit] Etymology 2

From French < Late Latin ballare.

[edit] Noun

Singular
ball

Plural
balls

ball (plural balls)

  1. A formal dance.
  2. (informal) A very enjoyable time.
    I had a ball at that concert

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

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French balle - "ball".

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ball

  1. estimation, score

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  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [2]

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ball n. (ball-s, böll)

  1. dance

[edit] Irish

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From Old Irish ball < Proto-Celtic *ballo- < Proto-Indo-European *bhel-, *swell; cf. English ball, Greek φαλλός (phallós), penis).

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ball m.

  1. limb
  2. member

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First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ball baill
Vocative a bhaill a bhalla
Genitive baill ball
Dative ball baill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ball na baill
Genitive an bhaill na mball
Dative leis an mball

don bhall

leis na baill

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ball m., genitive, pl. buill

  1. A ball.
  2. A member. (of a group)
  3. An article, item.
  4. (body): An organ.
  5. A limb.

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Inflections of
ball
Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular
Common ball ballare ballast
Neuter ballt
Definite
singular
Masc. balle ballaste
All balla ballaste
Plural balla ballaste

ball ˈbal

  1. (slang) cool, hip, fun, entertaining
    Det är ballt att åka skateboard.
    "It’s cool to ride a skateboard."

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ball (more commonly balle) ˈbal

  1. (vulgar) The penis or testicles; schlong; balls .
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