Ball
(n.) Any round or roundish body or mass |
Ball
(n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. |
Ball
(n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football. |
Ball
(n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm |
Ball
(n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air |
Ball
(n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock |
Ball
(n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body |
Ball
(n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses |
Ball
(n.) The globe or earth. |
Ball
(v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay |
Ball
(v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. |
Ball
(v. t.) To form or wind into a ball |
Ball
(n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. |
Ball-flower
(n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding. |
Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Court tennis
() See under Tennis. |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Machine
(n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine
(n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine
(n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine
(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine
(n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine
(n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine
(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Minie ball
() A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel. |
Puddle-ball
(n.) The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. |
Serving
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serve |
Serving
() a. & n. from Serve. |
Tennis
(n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. |
Tennis
(v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. |
Whitworth ball
() A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun. |
| ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone, he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him |
change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
curve curve ball
breaking ball
bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
| passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not, allows a base runner to advance a base |
submarine ball
submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
| fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
| foul ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fly
fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed, an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate |
service serving
service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
ball game
ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
| ball | the game of baseball |
googly
wrong 'un
bosie
bosie ball | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
| no ball | unlawfully delivered ball in cricket, the umpire called it a no ball |
| deck tennis | game played mainly on board ocean liners, players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court |
tennis
lawn tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court |
| professional tennis | playing tennis for money |
royal tennis
real tennis
court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
table tennis
Ping-Pong | a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball |
| ball hawking | a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team |
tennis stroke
tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
let
net ball | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court, the ball must be served again |
ball-buster
ball-breaker | a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing, Vietnam was a ball-breaker |
| tennis lesson | a lesson in playing tennis |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
| ball | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games, the ball travelledmph on his serve, the mayor threw out the first ball, the ball rolled into the corner pocket |
| ball | a spherical object used as a plaything, he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub |
| ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
ball bearing
needle bearing
roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
| ball cartridge | a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder |
ballcock
ball cock | floating ball that controls level in a water tank |
ball field
baseball field
diamond | the baseball playing field |
| ball gown | the most formal gown, worn to a ball |
| ball-peen hammer | a hammer with one round and one flat end, used in working metal |
| ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
beach ball
beachball | large and light ball, for play at the seaside |
| billiard ball | ball used in playing billiards |
bocce ball
bocci ball
boccie ball | wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce |
bowling ball
bowl | a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun
Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator
calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
cannonball
cannon ball
round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |