English words for 'Alternative form of wallball.'
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noun
- (pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
- (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- (radio, television) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- (journalism) Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”).
- (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- One who kicks.
- (sports) One who takes kicks.
- (film, television) A backlight positioned at an angle.
- (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.
- (informal) A relaxed party.
- (nautical) The kicking strap.
- (printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
- (American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
- (nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
- (performance art) A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
- (journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- (sports) A launch ramp.
- a player who kicks the football
adj
noun
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
verb
noun
verb
- (squash) To play a boast shot.
- (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).
- (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- show off
noun
- (pinball) A backbox.
- A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
- A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.
- (Internet) A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.
- A box containing fluorescent tubes or LED technology, used to treat people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders.
adv
- (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- in a delicate manner
adj
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Of superior quality.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
- (ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
- (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
- (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
- (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
- free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
- thin in thickness or diameter
- of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
- minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
intj
noun
- (feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
- (Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
- (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
- (UK, law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- (music) The end of a musical composition.
- money extracted as a penalty
verb
- (intransitive) To pay a fine.
- (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- To change by fine gradations.
- (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- impose a fine on
- record a fine as a penalty in a police record
noun
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
noun
- In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
- (now chiefly historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
- run around the rim of
- roll around the rim of
- furnish with a rim
noun
- (British, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- (wine) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
noun
- A ball used in the game of bowls
- A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
- plural of bowl
- a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
verb
noun
- ball used in playing softball
- a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger
- (sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
- (by analogy, also attibutive) A question designed to be easy to answer.
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
noun
- (countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.
- (uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
- a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
- an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
noun
- (uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
- (slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
- (boxing) Synonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).
- (slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.
- (baseball, countable) A fastball.
- (military, aviation) An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
- (uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport.
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- Synonym of manicule.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
adj
noun
- (pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
- (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- (radio, television) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- (journalism) Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”).
- (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- One who kicks.
- (sports) One who takes kicks.
- (film, television) A backlight positioned at an angle.
- (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.
- (informal) A relaxed party.
- (nautical) The kicking strap.
- (printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
- (American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
- (nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
- (performance art) A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
- (journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- (sports) A launch ramp.
- a player who kicks the football
noun
verb
- (squash) To play a boast shot.
- (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).
- (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- show off
noun
- (pinball) A backbox.
- A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
- A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.
- (Internet) A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.
- A box containing fluorescent tubes or LED technology, used to treat people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders.
noun
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
adj
noun
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
verb
noun
- In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
- (now chiefly historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
noun
- A ball used in the game of bowls
- A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
- plural of bowl
- a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
verb
noun
- ball used in playing softball
- a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger
- (sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
- (by analogy, also attibutive) A question designed to be easy to answer.
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
noun
- (countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.
- (uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
- a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
- an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
noun
- (uncountable, sports) A competitive variant of paintball with an equal playing field, contrasted with woodsball.
- (slang, countable) A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
- (boxing) Synonym of speed bag (“type of punching bag”).
- (slang, countable) Coffee with espresso.
- (baseball, countable) A fastball.
- (military, aviation) An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
- (uncountable, sports) An Egyptian racquet sport.
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- Synonym of manicule.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
- A puffball.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
adj
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
- run around the rim of
- roll around the rim of
- furnish with a rim
noun
- (British, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- (wine) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
adv
- (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- in a delicate manner
adj
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Of superior quality.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
- (ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
- (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
- (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
- (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
- free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
- thin in thickness or diameter
- of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
- minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
intj
noun
- (feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
- (Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
- (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
- (UK, law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- (music) The end of a musical composition.
- money extracted as a penalty
verb
- (intransitive) To pay a fine.
- (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- To change by fine gradations.
- (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- impose a fine on
- record a fine as a penalty in a police record
adj
noun
- The act of winding into a ball.
- (poultry) The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
- (beekeeping) An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
- The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
- The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
- The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
- The act of wrapping something up.
- The act of curling up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Synonym of sexual intercourse.
- The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
- The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
- The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
- Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.