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. |
Bearing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear |
Bearing
(n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self |
Bearing
(n.) Patient endurance |
Bearing
(n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it |
Bearing
(n.) Purport |
Bearing
(n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth |
Bearing
(n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports |
Bearing
(n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests. |
Bearing
(n.) Improperly, the unsupported span |
Bearing
(n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing |
Bearing
(n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates. |
Bearing
(n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl. |
Bearing
(n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc. |
Bearing
(n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
Bearing
(n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. |
Bearing cloth
() A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Bearing rein
() A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up |
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. |
Rush-bearing
(n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |
Whitworth ball
() A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun. |
ballup
balls-up
cockup
mess-up a | something badly botched or muddled |
| 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 |
base on balls
walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
| 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 |
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 |
| ball hawking | a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team |
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 |
perjury
bearing false witness
lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
| 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 |
beach ball
beachball | large and light ball, for play at the seaside |
| bearing | a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily |
bearing rein
checkrein | a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position |
| bearing wall | any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building |
| 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 |
cannonball
cannon ball
round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
charge bearing heraldic bearing
armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
| cricket ball | the ball used in playing cricket |
| croquet ball | a wooden ball used in playing croquet |
| crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
| cue ball | the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue |
| eight ball | a black pool ball bearing the number , should be the last to go in certain pool games |
| field hockey ball | ball used in playing field hockey |
| golf ball | a small hard ball used in playing golf, dimpled to reduce wind resistance |
| journal bearing | the bearing of a journal |
| lacrosse ball | ball used in playing lacrosse |
| medicine ball | heavy ball used in physical training |