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ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
 Ball, Kugel
  • A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
 Kugel, Ball
  • (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.
 Kugel, Fußballen
  • (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
 Kugel
  • A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
 Knäuel
  • (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
 Ei, Mist

ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • A formal dance.
 Ball

balls noun

  /bɑlz/ , /bɔːlz/
  • (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
 Eier, Arsch in der Hose, Klöten, Mumm, Mut
soccer ball
Fußball
ball bearing
Kugellager
jack-ball
Sau, Schweinchen, Zielkugel
masked ball
Maskenball
beach ball
Wasserball
ball game
Ballspiel
ball lightning
Kugelblitz
golf ball
Golfball
ball sack
Hodensack

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Ball noun {m}

Ball, Bälle   /bal/
  • kugelförmiges Objekt
  • die Art, wie dieses gespielt wird
 ball

Ball noun {m}

Ball, Bälle   /bal/
  • festliche Veranstaltung, gesellschaftliches Ereignis meist mit Tanz
 ball, dance

ballen verb

balle, ballte, habe geballt   /ˈbalən/
  • transitiv: zu einem Ball formen
 ball up, clench
  • reflexiv: sich an einer Stelle häufen, sammeln
 crowd, thicken
  • intransitiv, umgangssprachlich: mit einem Ball spielen
 play ball
am Ball bleiben
hang in there, stay on the ball
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