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Definition of ball game noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ball game

noun

1any game played with a ball

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2a game of baseball Are you going to the ball game?

Idioms

a (whole) different/new ball game (informal)

a completely different kind of situation Camping in summer is fun, but in winter it's a whole different ball game.

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