Usually means: Ball not in active play.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. dead ball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dead ball: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dead-ball: Wordnik
  4. dead ball: Wiktionary
  5. Dead ball (American football), Dead ball (baseball), Dead ball (soccer), Dead ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Sports (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. dead ball: Golfer's Dictionary
  5. Dead ball: Sports Definitions

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▸ noun:  (ball games) The ball when dead and out of play.

Similar:
dot ball, out of bounds, ground ball, gameball, game ball, playball, no ball, dead-ball era, air ball, dead bird, more...

Opposite:
live ball, in play, active ball

Phrases:
dead ball line, dead ball lines, more...

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Similar:
dot ball, out of bounds, ground ball, gameball, game ball, playball, no ball, dead-ball era, air ball, dead bird, more...

Opposite:
live ball, in play, active ball

Phrases:
dead ball line, dead ball lines, more...



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