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. |
Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. |
Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie |
Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification |
Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel |
Breach (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations |
Breach (n.) A bruise |
Breach (n.) A hernia |
Breach (n.) A breaking out upon |
Breach (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in |
Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out |
Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. |
Football (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. |
Kicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kick |
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. |
Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. |
Puddle-ball (n.) The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. |
Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. |
Spouse-breach (n.) Adultery. |
Whitworth ball () A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun. |
breach | a failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
anticipatory breach constructive breach | a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance |
breach of duty | a breach of due care |
breach of the covenant of warranty | a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title |
breach of promise | failure to keep a promise (of marriage) |
breach of trust | violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him |
breach of trust with fraudulent intent | larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking |
breach of warranty | a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty |
material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
partial breach | a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages |
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 |
kick boot kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot, he gave the ball a powerful kick, the team's kicking was excellent |
place kick place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
football score | the score in a football game |
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 |
kick kicking | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics, the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements, the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him |
football football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
professional football | football played for pay |
touch football | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
rugby rugby football rugger | a form of football played with an oval ball |
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 |
soccer association football | a football game in which two teams of players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
ball hawking | a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team |
football play | (American football) a play by the offensive 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 |
disorderly conduct disorderly behavior disturbance of the peace breach of the peace | any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled |
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 |