(cricket) A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.

(idiomatic) Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things. / (sports) Being in control of the ball. / (Australian rules football) Playing as a midfielder.

(Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

(transitive) To form or wind into a ball. / (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. / (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. / A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape. / (mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.

A formal dance. / (informal) A very enjoyable time.

simple past tense and past participle of ball

present participle of ball

(in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.

plural of Balle