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ball noun

  /bɒl/ , /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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.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
  • (soccer, countable) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
Fußballen

ball noun

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

balls noun

  /bɔːlz/
  • (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
Eier, Klöten, Mumm, Mut
  • (uncountable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, Hawaii, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.
Eier, Klöten
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