ball

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

球

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

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

毛球

Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.

In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.

Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.

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

球体

Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.

The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.

A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.

A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.

A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.

Such bullets collectively.

A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.

A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.

The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

The globe; the earthly sphere.

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

球

波

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

坏球

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

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

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

An apparatus.

An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game

An apparatus.

An apparatus program with a ball.

A testicle.

A testicle.

Nonsense.

A testicle.

Courage.

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

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

One thousand US dollars.

A formal dance.

舞会

A very enjoyable time.

A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.

To form or wind into a ball.

To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

To have sexual intercourse (with).

To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).

To spend money extravagantly.

To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route).

To be hip or cool.

To play basketball.

To punish by affixing a ball and chain.

Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat.

An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.

An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.