(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.

(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.

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

present participle of ball

(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.

(cricket, of a bowler) To bowl a no ball. / (cricket, of an umpire) To call and signal a no ball.

An English surname. / A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. / A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).

simple past tense and past participle of ball

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

A surname.