Ball Word Meaning

Middle English (first recorded in place names and surnames, in the sense ‘a rounded hill’): related to Middle Dutch and Dutch bal, Old High German bal, German Ball, Old Norse bǫllr, also related to Latin follis ‘bellows’ and Greek phallos (see phallus)

a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game

round or ovoid object used in games

• a cricket ball

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batter

delivery of ball to batsman

• his half century came off only forty balls

the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.

rounded part of foot at base of big toe

squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape

form something into ball

• Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate

have sex with.

have sex with someone

(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.

(of flower) fail to open properly