ball

n//baːl//

balle, klot, boll, kula, nystan, bal, trampdyna, skitsnack, stake, knulla

  1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

  2. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

  3. A formal dance.

  4. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.

  5. (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.

  6. (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

  7. (in the plural) Courage.

  8. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

  9. (transitive, , intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).

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