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Homophones
bawl

Etymology 1
ON.

Noun
Image:Basketball.jpeg|thumb|A basketball
en-noun

1. A solid or hollow sphere.
2. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
3. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

#: 'ball' of wool''

1. baseball A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
2. context|pinball An opportunity to launch the ball into play.
3. context|ballistics A solid, sperical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.
4. mathematics The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
5. context|mathematics|more generally The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
6. context|mildly|vulgar|slang|usually in plural A testicle.
7. context|mildly|vulgar|slang|in plural nonsense|Nonsense.

#: That�s a load of balls, and you know it! � Synonyms � See WikiSaurus:Nonsense

1. context|slang|in plural courage|Courage.

#: I doubt he�s got the balls to tell him off.

1. cricket A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
2. anatomy The ball of a foot

Synonyms
(testicle): See WikiSaurus:testicle
(slang: courage) chutzpah, guts, nerve

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "ball"
ball and chain
ball and socket
ball-barrow
ball bearing/ball-bearing
ball boy/ballboyball-boy
ball-breaker
ball-breaking
ball-buster
ball-busting
ball-cartridge
ballclay
ballcock
ball-flower
ball-game
ball-girl
ball lightning
ball machine
ball mill
ball of fire
ball of the foot
ball of the thumb
ballpark
ball-player
ballpoint
ball-proof
ball race
balls-aching
balls up (verb)
balls-up (noun)
ballsy
ball up
bandy-ball
baseball
basketball
beachball/beach ball
best-ball
billiard ball
blackball
blowball
blueball
brandy-ball
broomball
buckyball
butterball
button-ball
cannonball
coalball
cornball
cricket ball
croquet ball
crystal ball
cue ball
dust-ball
eight ball
eyeball
fastball
fire-ball
fishball
football
four ball
freeball
fuzz-ball
game ball
get the ball rolling
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goalball
golf ball
goofball
greaseball
hair-ball
half-ball
hand-ball
hardball
have a ball
have someone by the balls
heel-ball
highball
holding the ball
jump ball
keep the ball rolling
kickball
korfball
matzo ball
meatball
medicine ball
Minié ball
mothball
netball
no ball
object ball
oddball
on the ball
paintball
patball
pinball
ping-pong ball
pithball
play ball
puffball
punchball
push-ball
racquetball
rollerball
root-ball
rugby ball
screwball
scuzzball
skittle-ball
sleazeball
slimeball
smoke-ball
snooker ball
snowball
soccer ball
softball
speedball
spot the ball
stink ball
stoolball
table-tennis ball
tea ball
tennis ball
tchoukball
the ball is in your court
through ball
time-ball
trackball, trackerball
trap-ball
volleyball
washball
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Translations
trans-top|solid or hollow sphere
Arabic: ARchar|�رة (kóra) f
Chinese traditional/simplified: �,� (qiú)
Dutch: bol m
Esperanto: globo, sfero
Estonian: pall#Estonian|pall
Finnish: pallo
French: balle f, boule f
German: Kugel f, naut. Ball m
Greek: ��αί�α f (sfaíra)
Hebrew: ���ר m (kadur)
Italian: palla f
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Japanese: � (��, tamá), � (���, kyū)
Korean: 공 (gong), 구 (�, gu)
Latvian: lode f, bumba f
Polish: kula f
Portuguese: bola f
Russian: �а� (šar) m (usually solid), ��е�а (sféra) f (usually hollow)
Scots: baw
Serbian: lopta
Slovak: guľa f
Swedish: boll#Swedish|boll c (soft and/or hollow), klot#Swedish|klot n (mainly hard and/or solid), kula (solid, hard and small)
Telugu: బ�తి
Turkish: top#Turkish|top
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trans-top|object, generally spherical, used for playing games
Arabic: ARchar|�رة (kóra) f
Breton: bal, baloù p
Bulgarian: �опка (topka) f
Catalan: pilota f
Chinese traditional/simplified: �,� (qiú)
Czech: mí� m
Dutch: bal m
Esperanto: pilko
Estonian: pall#Estonian|pall
Finnish: pallo, kuula (e.g., in shot put, also colloquially)
French: (small, such as a cricket ball) balle f, (large, such as a football) ballon m
German: Ball m (hollow or soft), Kugel f (hard)
Greek: μ�άλα f (bála)
Hebrew: ���ר m (kadúr)
Hungarian: labda
Icelandic: bolti m
Ido: baloneto
Indonesian: bola
Italian: pallone m
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Japanese: ��� (b�ru), �� (mari), � (mari), 毬 (mari)
Kurdish: gog f, hol f, top f, tepik f, KUchar|ت�پ
Latvian: bumba f
Polish: pi�ka f
Portuguese: bola f
Romanian: bil� f
Russian: м�� (mja�) m (mostly for balls filled with air but there are exclusions such as baseball, golf ball and others), �а� (šar) m (for solid balls)
Scots: baw
Serbian: lopta, tapka
Slovak: guľa f, lopta f
Slovene: žoga f
Swahili: mpira, mipira p (noun 3/4)
Swedish: boll#Swedish|boll c, klot#Swedish|klot n (mainly hard and/or solid), kula c (small and hard)
Tagalog: bola
Telugu: బ�తి
Turkish: top#Turkish|top
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trans-top|quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape
Bulgarian: к�лбо (k�lbo) n
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��,�� (móu qiú)
Dutch: bolletje n, bolleke n (Flanders), kluwen n
Esperanto: bulo
Finnish: kerä, lankakerä
German: Knäuel n
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Japanese: � (��, tamá)
Polish: k��bek m
Russian: кл�бок (klubók) m
Serbian: klupka
Swedish: nystan n
Telugu: ��డ
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trans-top|baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone
Japanese: ��� (b�ru)
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trans-top|pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play
Finnish: pallo
trans-mid
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trans-top|ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile
Dutch: kogel m
German: Kugel f
trans-mid
Polish: kula f
Portuguese: bala m
Russian: �д�о (jadró) n
Slovene: krogla f
Swedish: kula c
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trans-top|mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point
Bulgarian: ��е�а (sféra) f
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��,�� (qiú�t�)
Finnish: pallo
French: boule f
German: Kugel f
Italian: palla f
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Japanese: � (���, kyū)
Polish: kula f
Portuguese: círculo m
Russian: ��е�а (sféra) f
Slovak: guľa f
Swedish: klot#Swedish|klot n
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trans-top|mildly vulgar slang: testicle
Catalan: pilotes, f|p
Dutch: bal m
Finnish: palli (mildly vulgar)
French: couille f (vulgar)
German: Ei n
Icelandic: kúla (used in plural, with def article)
Italian: palla f (mildly vulgar)
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Korean: �� (burAl), � (bul)
Kurdish: gun m
Polish: jajo n, jaja p
Portuguese: saco, bolas, ovos (vulgar)
Romanian: coi m (vulgar)
Russian: �й�о (jajtsó) n, �й�а (jájtsa) p
Scots: baw
Slovene: jajca f|p
Spanish: huevos p, cojones p
Swedish: kula#Swedish|kula c, balle c
Tagalog: itlog
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trans-top|in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense
Bulgarian: �опки (topki) f|p
Dutch: ballen m|p, kloten m|p
German: Mist m
Icelandic: kjaftæði n, rugl n
Italian: boiate f|p
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Polish: jaja n|p
Russian: м�д�ж (mudjóž) m, м�дежа (mudežá) p
Swedish: skitsnack n
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trans-top|in plural � slang � courage
Dutch: kloten aan z�n lijf m|p
Icelandic: kjarkur m
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Slovak: gule f|p
Slovene: jajca f|p
Swedish: stake#Swedish|stake c
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trans-top|cricket: a single delivery
trans-mid
Japanese: 正� (�����, seikyū)
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trans-top|(anatomy) the ball of a foot
Finnish: päkiä
trans-mid
Korean: ë³¼ (bol)
Russian: под��е�ка f (podúše�ka)
Swedish: trampdyna c
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ttbc|Breton: mell f, melloù, pellenn f, pellennoù, polotenn f, polotennoù (1), bal m, balioù (7)
ttbc|Hungarian: labda
ttbc|Indonesian: bola
ttbc|Romanian: minge#Romanian|minge f (1,2), bilã f (5)
ttbc|Slovak: guľa f (5,6)

Verb
en-verb

1. context|transitive|vulgar To have sexual intercourse with.

Synonyms
italbrac|vulgar bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag (British)

Translations
trans-top|vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with
Finnish: nussia (vulgar)
Italian: scopare, trombare
trans-mid
Russian: �д�и�� (jadrít�)
Swedish: knulla (vulgar)
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Interjection
ball

1. aussie-rules An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

#: 2007: A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd â�� a plea for a holding the ball free kick. &mdash; AFL Sydney Swans Rules Zone ¹

Etymology 2
From F. < LL. ballare.

Noun
en-noun

1. A formal dance.
2. colloquial A very enjoyable time.

#: I had a ball at that concert

Synonyms
(very enjoyable time): blast, whale of a time

Derived terms
ball-dress
ballgown
ballroom
have a ball
hunt ball
masked ball
open the ball

Related terms
ballad
ballade

Translations
trans-top|formal dance
Bulgarian: бал (bal) m
Crimean Tatar: bal#Crimean Tatar|bal
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��,�� (w� huì)
Czech: bál m
Dutch: bal n
Esperanto: balo
Estonian: ball#Estonian|ball
Finnish: tanssiaiset p
French: bal m
German: Ball m
Ido: balo
Italian: ballo m
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Japanese: ��� (�����, but�kai)
Polish: bal m
Portuguese: baile f
Russian: бал (bal) m
Serbian: ples, bal
Slovak: ples m, bál m
Slovene: ples m
Spanish: baile m
Swedish: bal#Swedish|bal c
Turkish: balo
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trans-top|colloquial: a very enjoyable time
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Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Crimean Tatar

Etymology
F.|crh balle - "ball".

Noun
ball

1. estimation, score

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

Icelandic

Noun
ball n (balls|ball-s, böll)

1. dance

Category:Icelandic nouns

Irish

Noun
ball m

1. member

Declension
ga noun m1|b|all|aill

Category:Irish nouns

Swedish

Adjective
sv-adj-reg
ball IPAchar|�bal

1. slang|lang=sv cool, hip, fun, entertaining

#: Det är ballt att åka skateboard.
#: "It�s cool to ride a skateboard."

Noun
ball (more commonly balle) IPAchar|�bal

1. context|vulgar|colloquial|lang=sv shlong (the penis); balls (testicles)

Category:Swedish adjectives
Category:Swedish nouns

ar:ball
zh-min-nan:ball
de:ball
et:ball
el:ball
fa:ball
fr:ball
ko:ball
hy:ball
io:ball
id:ball
is:ball
it:ball
kk:ball
ku:ball
lt:ball
hu:ball
ja:ball
no:ball
pl:ball
pt:ball
ru:ball
simple:ball
fi:ball
sv:ball
ta:ball
te:ball
vi:ball
tr:ball
uk:ball
zh:ball

• 2007-12-29 17:55 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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