Ball
noun
A round object used in games or sports.
He kicked the ball into the net.
Often appears as...
- kick the ball
- throw a ball
noun
A formal occasion where people dance.
They danced all night at the ball.
Often appears as...
- go to a ball
- charity ball
noun
Courage or bravery.
You've got some balls challenging him to a fight.
Often appears as...
- have balls
- show balls
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
verb
To make or shape into a ball or balls.
He balled his fist tightly.
Often appears as...
- ball your fists
- ball some paper
noun
A set of things grouped together inside a spherical object.
She made a ball of clay.
Often appears as...
- ball of yarn
- ball of clay
noun
In baseball, a pitch delivered outside the strike zone.
That was a ball, it missed the strike zone.
Often appears as...
- call it a ball
- throw a ball
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A round object used in games or sports.
He kicked the ball into the net.
Often appears as...
- kick the ball
- throw a ball
noun
A formal occasion where people dance.
They danced all night at the ball.
Often appears as...
- go to a ball
- charity ball
noun
Courage or bravery.
You've got some balls challenging him to a fight.
Often appears as...
- have balls
- show balls
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
verb
To make or shape into a ball or balls.
He balled his fist tightly.
Often appears as...
- ball your fists
- ball some paper
noun
A set of things grouped together inside a spherical object.
She made a ball of clay.
Often appears as...
- ball of yarn
- ball of clay
noun
In baseball, a pitch delivered outside the strike zone.
That was a ball, it missed the strike zone.
Often appears as...
- call it a ball
- throw a ball
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used often when talking about children's activities and sports.
The children played with a ball at the park.
Pro Tip 2/3Sport-Specific Balls
Different sports have uniquely designed balls, like a football or basketball.
She dribbled the basketball skillfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
Phrases like 'on the ball' mean to be alert and efficient.
Our team is on the ball with this project.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used often when talking about children's activities and sports.
The children played with a ball at the park.
Pro Tip 2/3Sport-Specific Balls
Different sports have uniquely designed balls, like a football or basketball.
She dribbled the basketball skillfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
Phrases like 'on the ball' mean to be alert and efficient.
Our team is on the ball with this project.
Pro Tip 1/3Playful Context
Used often when talking about children's activities and sports.
The children played with a ball at the park.
Pro Tip 2/3Sport-Specific Balls
Different sports have uniquely designed balls, like a football or basketball.
She dribbled the basketball skillfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
Phrases like 'on the ball' mean to be alert and efficient.
Our team is on the ball with this project.
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Life lessons from a...
found this fabric and then I used a book like the cover of a book to make the mouse and these were handles on my parents cabinets and I just painted them white and then like a friend of mine was doing a play he needed a floury so can you make a flower and I said yeah sure I don't know how but I will and I found that it was like a tennis ball and I
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What can Schrödinger's...
Sure, that's easy. The ball will move upward until it gets to some highest point, then it will come back down and land in your hand again. Of course, that's what happens, and you know this because you have witnessed events like this countless times. You've been observing the physics of everyday phenomena your entire life.
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
Somebody gives you a you will look at a crystal ball, and you will see the future; the future will be accurate. But you need to share it with the world. OK, curiosity killed the cat, you take the bet, you look at the crystal ball. One hour later, you're sitting in a building of the national TV,
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What we can learn from...
can teach us about the physics of the very small, is precisely because they are so very big. Fourth the physics of the very strange. Certainly what I've said so far is crazy. Okay, if there's anything stranger I think it has to be dark energy. If I throw a ball into the air,
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How to speak monkey: The...
Uh-oh. He's playing a little too roughly, and Shakira screams, alerting her parents to help her. Her dad makes his way towards the ball of rolling fur and her brother stops. Shakira shakes herself and scratches herself to get the hair on her head back in place.
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels
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How does your body know...
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. We owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains.
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What are gravitational...
A mass in space creates a depression in space-time, and a ball rolling across a depression will curve like it's being attracted to the other mass. The bigger the mass, the deeper the depression and the stronger the gravity.
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Dung Beetles PIPE National...
beetles work together to assemble a suitable dung ball as the centerpiece of their new home one beetle burrows into the earth to help the dung ball settle in this
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Top 5 Tiger Moments PIPE...
to see a tiger hunting ball is extremely rare to capture it on camera
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Life lessons from a...
found this fabric and then I used a book like the cover of a book to make the mouse and these were handles on my parents cabinets and I just painted them white and then like a friend of mine was doing a play he needed a floury so can you make a flower and I said yeah sure I don't know how but I will and I found that it was like a tennis ball and I
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
Sure, that's easy. The ball will move upward until it gets to some highest point, then it will come back down and land in your hand again. Of course, that's what happens, and you know this because you have witnessed events like this countless times. You've been observing the physics of everyday phenomena your entire life.
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
Somebody gives you a you will look at a crystal ball, and you will see the future; the future will be accurate. But you need to share it with the world. OK, curiosity killed the cat, you take the bet, you look at the crystal ball. One hour later, you're sitting in a building of the national TV,
Video examples
What we can learn from...
can teach us about the physics of the very small, is precisely because they are so very big. Fourth the physics of the very strange. Certainly what I've said so far is crazy. Okay, if there's anything stranger I think it has to be dark energy. If I throw a ball into the air,
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
Uh-oh. He's playing a little too roughly, and Shakira screams, alerting her parents to help her. Her dad makes his way towards the ball of rolling fur and her brother stops. Shakira shakes herself and scratches herself to get the hair on her head back in place.
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels
Video examples
How does your body know...
Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. We owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains.
Video examples
What are gravitational...
A mass in space creates a depression in space-time, and a ball rolling across a depression will curve like it's being attracted to the other mass. The bigger the mass, the deeper the depression and the stronger the gravity.
Video examples
Dung Beetles PIPE National...
beetles work together to assemble a suitable dung ball as the centerpiece of their new home one beetle burrows into the earth to help the dung ball settle in this
Video examples
Top 5 Tiger Moments PIPE...
to see a tiger hunting ball is extremely rare to capture it on camera
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Pele
Brazilian Athlete
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
I like to create chances, to shoot when I play farther forward, but I also like playing deeper, as you have more time on the ball.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
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Diego Maradona
Argentinian Athlete
To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.
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Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian Athlete
When I have the ball at my feet, I'm in different world.
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Khalil Mack
American Athlete
The ball is the most important thing on the field.
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Amari Cooper
American Athlete
I just have to protect the ball, keep it secure.
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Jrue Holiday
American Basketball Player
I don't need the ball to always help the team.
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Marcus Mariota
American Athlete
I love throwing the deep ball.
Quote examples
Pele
Brazilian Athlete
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
Quote examples
Toni Kroos
German Athlete
I like to create chances, to shoot when I play farther forward, but I also like playing deeper, as you have more time on the ball.
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
Quote examples
Diego Maradona
Argentinian Athlete
To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.
Quote examples
Gus Van Sant
American Director
Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.
Quote examples
Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian Athlete
When I have the ball at my feet, I'm in different world.
Quote examples
Khalil Mack
American Athlete
The ball is the most important thing on the field.
Quote examples
Amari Cooper
American Athlete
I just have to protect the ball, keep it secure.
Quote examples
Jrue Holiday
American Basketball Player
I don't need the ball to always help the team.
Quote examples
Marcus Mariota
American Athlete
I love throwing the deep ball.
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