ball

  • 81Ball — Sir Charles B., Irish surgeon, 1851–1916. See B. operation. * * * ball bȯl n a round or roundish body or mass: as a) a roundish protuberant part of the body: as (1) the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 82ball — 1. A round mass. See bezoar. 2. In veterinary medicine, a large pill or bolus. chondrin b. one of the globular masses formed by a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, in hyaline cartilage. food …

    Medical dictionary

  • 83Ball — Bạll 〈m.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: Bạ̈l|le〉 (größeres) Tanzvergnügen; einen Ball eröffnen; einen Ball geben; auf den Ball gehen [Etym.: <frz. bal »Tanz«; zu lat. ballare »tanzen«; verwandt mit Ballade, Ballett, Ballerina, Bajadere] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 84ball — There are two distinct words ball in English. The ‘round object’ [13] comes via Old Norse böllr from a prehistoric Germanic *balluz (source also of bollock [OE], originally a diminutive form). A related form was Germanic *ballōn, which was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 85Ball — der Ball, e 1. Ich spiele gern mit meinen Kindern Ball. 2. Mein Sohn spielt am liebsten mit dem roten Ball …

    Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer

  • 86ball — There are two distinct words ball in English. The ‘round object’ [13] comes via Old Norse böllr from a prehistoric Germanic *balluz (source also of bollock [OE], originally a diminutive form). A related form was Germanic *ballōn, which was… …

    Word origins

  • 87ball — 1) a large, rounded school, e.g. in some catfishes such as juvenile Ameiurus nebulosus, and in herrings, Clupea harengus. See also balls and fish ball 2) said of sea birds that pounce on a ball of fish or shoal of herrings …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 88ball up — verb a) To crush into a ball shape. She balled up her paper in frustration. b) to coil up into a ball. Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm. Syn: balls up …

    Wiktionary

  • 89Ball — 1. Aus einer durch Assimilation entstandenen Kurzform von Rufnamen, die mit »Bald « gebildet sind (z.B. Baldwin), hervorgegangener Familienname. 2. Übername zu mhd. balle »Ball; Warenballen«. Im ersten Fall könnte der Übername auf einen… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 90ball — bɔːl n. object with a spherical shape; round toy used in games such as baseball and basketball; game of baseball; formal dance; (Vulgar Slang) testis, testicle v. make into a ball; form into a ball; mess up; hump, engage in sexual intercourse… …

    English contemporary dictionary

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