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   ball

   /bɔːl/

   noun

   • 1. a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game: "a cricket ball"
   • ▪ a spherical object or mass of material: "a ball of wool"
   • ▪ a solid non-explosive missile for a firearm. historical
   • ▪ a game played with a ball: "he comes across a group of kids playing ball"
   • ▪ baseball: North American "kids have been playing ball in that lot for almost a hundred years"
   • 2. (in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batter: "his half century came off only forty balls"
   • ▪ (in soccer) a pass of the ball in a specified direction or manner: "Whelan sent a long ball to Goddard"
   • ▪ (in baseball) a pitch delivered outside the strike zone which the batter does not attempt to hit: "he ignored it completely, and the umpire called it a ball"
   • 3. the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.
   • ▪ the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb.

   verb

   • 1. squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape: "Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate"
   • ▪ clench (one's fist) tightly: "she balled her fist so that the nails dug into her palms"
   • ▪ form a round shape: "the fishing nets eventually ball up and sink"
   • ▪ wrap the root ball of (a tree or shrub) to protect it during transportation.
   • 2. have sex with. vulgar slang North American
   • 3. (of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud. British

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse bǫllr, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

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