ball
verb/bɔːl/
/bɔːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ball | /bɔːl/ /bɔːl/ |
| he / she / it balls | /bɔːlz/ /bɔːlz/ |
| past simple balled | /bɔːld/ /bɔːld/ |
| past participle balled | /bɔːld/ /bɔːld/ |
| -ing form balling | /ˈbɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to form something or be formed into the shape of a ball
- ball (into something) Her hands balled into fists.
- ball something (into something) My hands were balled into fists.
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- [transitive] ball somebody (North American English, taboo, slang) to have sex with somebody
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old Norse bǫllr, of Germanic origin.
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