English words for 'Alternative spelling of handball.'
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noun
name
- A town in Essex County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.
- A census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
- A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States.
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
- Alternative spelling of dugout.
- a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
noun
verb
- (informal, idiomatic) To return (something) to its original or rightful owner.
- (of a weapon or tool) To move suddenly and forcefully in reaction to the main action (for example, when a firearm jerks backward when a bullet is fired, or when a table saw thrusts the workpiece in an unexpected direction).
- (informal, idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To pay part of the proceeds of a transaction to a person or organization that mediated it, often in a way that is covert, improper, and illegal.
- (informal, intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to laze.
- (informal, idiomatic) To drink (something).
- pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
verb
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- put a harness
noun
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
noun
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
adj
verb
noun
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
- (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.
- a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger
- ball used in playing softball
noun
- (slang, countable, humorous) The ball used to play such a game.
- (slang, uncountable, humorous) Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
noun
- (sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- (derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
- (Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
- A toad.
- (also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- (horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- (motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
verb
- To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
- (also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
- (often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
noun
name
- A town in Essex County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.
- A census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
- A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States.
noun
- Alternative spelling of dugout.
- a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
noun
verb
- (informal, idiomatic) To return (something) to its original or rightful owner.
- (of a weapon or tool) To move suddenly and forcefully in reaction to the main action (for example, when a firearm jerks backward when a bullet is fired, or when a table saw thrusts the workpiece in an unexpected direction).
- (informal, idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To pay part of the proceeds of a transaction to a person or organization that mediated it, often in a way that is covert, improper, and illegal.
- (informal, intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to laze.
- (informal, idiomatic) To drink (something).
- pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust
noun
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
adj
verb
noun
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
- (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.
- a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger
- ball used in playing softball
noun
- (slang, countable, humorous) The ball used to play such a game.
- (slang, uncountable, humorous) Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
noun
- (sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- (derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
- (Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
- A toad.
- (also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- (horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- (motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
verb
- To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
- (also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
- (often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
verb
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- put a harness
noun
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
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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.