English

Pronunciation

• AHD : bôl
• IPA : /bɔːl/
• SAMPA : /bO:l/

Homophones

• bawl

Noun

ball (plural balls )

1. A solid or hollow sphere.
2. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.
3. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside the strike zone.
4. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the ball into play.
5. (ballistics) A solid non-explosive missile for a cannon etc.
6. (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.
7. (mildly vulgar slang; usually in plural) A testicle

   - see WikiSaurus:testicles.

8. (in plural; mildly vulgar slang) Nonsense.

   That's a load of balls, and you know it! - Synonyms - See

9. A formal dance.
10. (colloquial) A very enjoyable time.

    I had a ball at that concert

11. A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over

Synonyms

• (testicle): bollock (vulgar), nut (mildly vulgar)
• (very enjoyable time): blast

Translations

any roughly spherical object

an object, generally spherical, used for playing games

baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone

pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play

mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point

mildly vulgar slang: testicle

in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense

formal dance

colloquial: a very enjoyable time

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Arabic: كرة
• Breton: mell f -où, pellenn f -où, polotenn f -où (1), bal m -ioù (7)
• Bulgarian: топка (topka) f (1), бал (bal) m (2)
• Chinese: 球
• Dutch: bal m (1,2,6), bal n (7), bol m (5)
• Esperanto: pilko (1), balo (7)
• German: Kugel f (5)
• Hungarian: labda
• Indonesian: bola
• Japanese: ボール (bōru), 玉 (たま , tama)
• Polish: piłka f (1), bal m (7), kula f (5)
• Romanian: minge f (1,2), bilã f (5)
• Russian: мяч (myach) (1), бал (bal) (7)
• Slovak: lopta f (1); guľa f (5, 6); ples m, bál m (7)

Transitive verb

to ball (balling, balled)

1. (vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

Synonyms

• (all vulgar slang) fuck, lay, screw, shag (British)

Translations

vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with

Derived terms

• ball game
• ballroom
• baseball
• basketball
• cricket ball
• football
• golf ball
• hardball
• netball
• ping pong ball
• soccer ball
• softball
• tennis ball

German

Pronunciation

• IPA : /bal/
• SAMPA : /bal/

Noun

Ball m (plural: Bälle )

1. ball (any roughly spherical object; spherical object used in games)

Synonyms

• Kugel f

Swedish

Adjective

ball

1. (slang) cool; knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation.

Noun

ball (more commonly balle )

1. (vulgar) penis