A joint in which one segment has a rounded end and the next segment has a bowl-shaped end, with the rounded end being fitted into the bowl shape, allowing the first segment to move around an indefinite number of axes which have one common center.

plural of ball and socket joint (alternative spelling of ball-and-socket joints).

plural of ball-and-socket joint

A pocket billiards game for two players, combining the play of eight-ball (except by shooting object balls into the cue ball instead of the other way round) with the shooting style of carom billiards games.

(idiomatic, baseball, humorous) A weakly hit ground ball that barely evades the infielders.

present participle of play the man not the ball

simple past tense and past participle of play the man and not the ball

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of play the man not the ball

present participle of play the man, not the ball

simple past tense and past participle of play the man not the ball