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ball

noun
  1. a pitch that is not in the strike zone
    “The pitcher threw nine straight balls before being yanked from the game.”
  2. the game of baseball
  3. round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
    “The ball travelled 90 mph on their serve.”
  4. a spherical object used as a plaything
    “The toddler played with their rubber ball in the bathtub.”
  5. a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
    “they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball”
    musket ball
  6. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
    “I was kicked in the balls and the culprit got away.”
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  7. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
    “the ball at the base of the thumb”
  8. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
    formal
  9. a compact mass
    “A ball of mud caught them on the shoulder.”
    clumpclodgloblumpchunk
  10. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance
    “the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded”
  11. an object with a spherical shape
    “a ball of fire”
    globeorb
verb
  1. to form into a ball by winding or rolling
    “I ball wool in the fall.”