ball
noun
/bɑl/
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/bɔl/
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/bɔːl/
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- (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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
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boll,
klot,
kula
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- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
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klot,
boll,
kula
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- (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.
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klot,
trampdyna
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- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
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nystan
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- (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
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kula
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- (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
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balle,
kula,
skitsnack
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stake
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ball
verb
/bɑl/
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/bɔl/
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/bɔːl/
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- (transitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
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knulla
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balls
noun
/bɑlz/
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/bɔːlz/
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- (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
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stake
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