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Noun
a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf.
Baseball . a pitched ball, not swung at by the batter, that does not pass over home plate between the batter's shoulders and knees.
Idioms
carry the ball
- to assume the responsibility; bear the burden
- You can always count on him to carry the ball in an emergency.
keep the ball rolling
- to continue or give renewed vigor to an activity already under way
- When their interest lagged, he tried to keep the ball rolling.
on the ball
- alert and efficient or effective
- If you don't get on the ball, you'll be fired.
- indicating intelligence or ability
- The tests show your students don't have much on the ball. The new manager has a lot on the ball.
play ball
- to begin or continue playing a game.
- to start or continue any action.
- to work together; cooperate
- union leaders suspected of playing ball with racketeers.
run with the ball
- to assume responsibility or work enthusiastically
- If management approves the concept, we'll run with the ball.
start the ball rolling
- to put into operation; begin
- The recreation director started the ball rolling by having all the participants introduce themselves.
Synonyms
noun
- hoedown , hoodang , hop , jump , mingle , prom , promenade , reception , shindignotes:a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly , apple , balloon , drop , globule , orb , pellet , pill , round , spheroidnotes:a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly , base-ball , basket-ball , bullet , caltrop , conglobation , conglomeration , crowfoot , dejectile , fandango (mexico) , football , globe , glomeration , lacrosse , marble , mass , missile , pome , pommel , projectile , sphere , spheroid , tether-ball
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