Meaning ball
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The rounded part of the foot between the toes and the arch.
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The padded area of the foot between the big toe and the arch of the foot.
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"dancing party," 1630s, from French, from Old French baller "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance," from Greek ballizein "to dance, jump about" (see bal [..]
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1650s, "make into a ball," from ball (n.1). Sense of "to become like a ball" is 1713; that of "to copulate" is first recorded 1940s in jazz slang, either from the noun se [..]
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"round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (source also of Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root * [..]
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/ˈbɑːl/ noun plural balls 1 ball /ˈbɑːl/ noun plural balls Learner's definition of BALL 1  [count] : a usually round object that is used in a game or sport or as a toy a tennis/soccer ball go [..]
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The padded section of the foot between the big toe and the arch.
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The earth that surrounds the roots of a plant or tree during transplanting. balled and burlap:
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A small sphere used in playing golf, which is intended to be struck by a golf club and travel in the direction of the green for a particular hole on a golf course. (Golf Balls are like eggs; they're white, small, sold by the dozen, and you need to buy fresh ones every week!)
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Golf balls are accurately defined balls beginning from special material or a dimple cover up to exactly defined dimensions. Usually they are white colored. A golf ball should never be heavier than 45.93 gramme and shouldn't be smaller than 42,67 mm. Furthermore the ball compression is precisely set. That means it lays inbetween a spectrum of s [..]
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The mass of soil and roots of a pot-grown plant.
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 The earth that surrounds the roots of a plant or tree during transplanting.
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a small sphere used in playing golf, which is intended to be struck by a club and travel in the general direction of the green for a particular hole, if one is playing on a regulation golf course.
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form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool" round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; [..]
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What you hit. That little round thing with dimples primarily comes in white.
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weighing about 1.60 ounces and measuring 1.68 in. in diameter, a golf ball is made of rubber with outside pockmarks known as dimples.
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Only the size 5 ball is appropriate for the game.
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The every day usage term for golf ball
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A dimpled, rubber-covered, solid- or composite-cored, high-compression sphere with a weight of 1.62 ounces and a diameter of 1.68 inches that will enter a cup 4.25 inches in diameter and 4.0 inches de [..]
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The round object which we attempt to hit into the hole. Prior to the 17th century it was made of wood or wool in a leather cover. After the 17th century feathers were boiled and compressed, then sewn [..]
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The round object which we attempt to hit into the hole. Prior to the 17th century it was made of wood or wool in a leather cover. After the 17th century feathers were boiled and compressed, then sewn [..]
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an object which is completely round, often used for playing games. The same word also means a splendid dancing party
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The humble golf ball is at the centre of the game of golf. Originally it was made of wood or wool in a leather cover but later golf balls were made of rubber wound around a sloid core. Today, golf balls are made of solid compressed synthetic rubber with hundreds of concave surface indentations which aid in the flight of the ball.
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pilke
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balem
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bal
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koyl
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A very satisfactory omen, if beautiful and gaily-dressed people are dancing to the strains of entrancing music. If you feel gloomy and distressed at the inattention of others, a death in the family may be expected soon.   
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Originally a spherical projectile, now generally a fully jacketed bullet of cylindrical profile with round or pointed nose. Most commonly used in military terminology.
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(n) round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games(n) a solid projectile that is shot by a musket(n) an object with a spherical shape(n) the people assembled at a lavish formal dance(n) one of [..]
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To strike the ball under the line. To fail in one’s object. The allusion is to the game of tennis, in which a line is stretched in the middle of the court, and the players standing on each si [..]
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A military term for standard, full metal jacketed ammunition.
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Red for first-class and most club cricket, white for one-day matches (and, experimentally, women once used blue balls and men orange ones). It weighs 5.5 ounces ( 5 ounces for women's cricket and [..]
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The glowing image projected by the FRESNEL LENS. Gives glideslope reference while on landing approach. Short for MEATBALL. As used today, the Ball is yellow unless the aircraft is dangerously low, in [..]
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(bal masque, tableau ball) A Mardi Gras krewe's formal event and dance
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, sb. a large and compact shoal of herrings is called by fishermen ‘a ball.’
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A spherical projectile, normally of lead, as discharged from a firearm---as opposed to a cylindroid bullet
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Bullet. (The actual projectile.)
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May refer to Io or snowballing.
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An amber visual landing aid that the pilot uses to adjust aircraft-relative position to a desired final approach glideslope. The primary optical landing device on the carrier.
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a pitch which is called outside the strike zone, and which the hitter doesn't try and swing at.
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The period term is the ball. The terms Apple, Pill, Onion, and Horsehide are all 20th century slang.
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The period term is ball. Only in use after 1864, when called balls were introduced to the rules.
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as called by the umpire, a pitch that does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at by the batter
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the spherical object that the game revolves around!
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Smaller and considerably harder than a rugby ball, the American football is sphere-shaped and weighs between 14 and 15 ounces. The ball is covered in a grainy, tan-coloured leather and is often referred to as a pigskin.
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Round object thrown into the spinning roulette wheel. When it lands on one of the numbers, it determines the rewards on that spin.
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To have sex. "I hear Mountain's been balling your old girlfriend Harmony." 
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LIGHTNING
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Either a standard cylindrical bullet (see below) or literally a round ball which is often used in Black Powder guns, especially smoothbores.
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goh|bal, fromgem-pro|*balluz.
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The round object which we attempt to hit into the hole. Prior to the 17th century it was made of wood or wool in a leather cover. After the 17th century feathers were boiled and compressed, then sewn [..]
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