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A basketball team from Philadelphia.
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(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
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(sports, idiomatic, informal) In team sports, a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it.
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Alternative spelling of ballpark [Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.]
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Alternative spelling of ballpark estimate [(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.]
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Alternative form of ballpark estimate [(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.]
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Alternative spelling of ballpark figure [(chiefly US, idiomatic) An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds.]
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A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player.
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Alternative spelling of ballclub [(baseball) A baseball team.]
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Alternative spelling of ballpark [(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.]
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Alternative spelling of ballpark estimate [(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.]
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Alternative form of ballpark estimate [(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.]
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(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
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(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.
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Alternative form of ballpark estimate [(idiomatic) A ballpark figure; a very rough approximation.]
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Being or relating to a ballpark figure, or rough estimate.
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Alternative form of basepath [(baseball) The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.]
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A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
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A type of trading card that features a picture of a baseball player on one side and information about the player on the other side.
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(tennis) A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
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(baseball, informal) A fight between teams at a baseball game, typically caused by a beanball.
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(transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
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(baseball) A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.
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(Australia, slang) A bowling club.
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(obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
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(baseball) The set of Major League Baseball teams which play spring training games in Arizona.
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(American football) A player on the Arizona Cardinals team.
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(basketball) To commit a charging foul.
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A game resembling baseball but with a smaller ball and without baserunning.
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The playing area used in crown green bowls; normally about 40 yards square that rises to a "crown" in the middle about 1 foot above the edges
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(pickleball) A pickleball player that excels at dinking.
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(baseball, slang) An error.
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(Britain, slang) Rugby Union, rugby league, Australian rules football, American football, or any game played with an elliptical ball.
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(baseball) Synonym of scuffball
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A competition in which participants select combinations of baseball players in a real league and score points according to their performance.
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(baseball) One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.
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A version of handball played by a team of up to eleven players outdoors.
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(blackjack) The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.
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Synonym of flag football
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A type of dog-race where dogs jump over hurdles to get to and return from a tennis-ball dispensing box.
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A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.
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(uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
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A small, usually white ball that is designed for use in the game of golf.
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(countable) A soccer stadium.
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(lacrosse) A loose ball that is on the ground during play.
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Alternative spelling of gutter ball [(bowling) A ball that rolls into the gutter without striking any pins.]
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(sports) A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.
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(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 and Australian football.
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Any of a set of partially filled circular ideograms used to communicate qualitative information.
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In accordance with this rule against hitting the ball a second time.
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A form of baseball, played in a gymnasium or similar venue, using a soft ball.
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(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
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(baseball, slang, rare, of a pitcher) That relies heavily on junkballs.
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Alternative form of kegler [(US, Singapore, slang) A ten-pin bowling player or enthusiast.]
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(India) An amateur sport played by teams of twelve players.
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(countable) The ball used in the above sport.
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(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.
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(colloquial, especially baseball) The section of cheap seats in a stadium favored by youth spectators.
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(figuratively) An event that is hard to predict.
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(US) an organization that sponsors and organizes baseball and softball leagues for children.
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A player in the Little League.
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(tennis, of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
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(basketball) A three-point shot.
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An association of sports teams which plays at the highest skill level of its sport, especially Major League Baseball.
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A sport resembling kickball, but with larger bases (often gym mats) that can be occupied by more than one player.
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(sports) A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
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(baseball) The older of the two professional baseball leagues within Major League Baseball.
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(sports, Britain) a ball which presents little attacking threat
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(baseball) Major League Baseball and its associated minor leagues. This does not include amateur leagues, most professional international leagues, the former Negro Leagues, and independent leagues.
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(cricket) A ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.
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(baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
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A sport developed in Finland in the 1920s, similar to and largely based on baseball.
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(uncountable) A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
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(uncountable) A racquet sport, played with solid paddles and a perforated ball, which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis.
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(US) An informal game of baseball or softball, without separate teams, in which players take turns playing the different positions.
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(baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.
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Alternative spelling of Punchbowl [A valley in Belfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia]
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A simplified version of the sport of baseball, where players use their fists as a bat and a softer ball.
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(US, originally baseball, countable) An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event.
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Synonym of fantasy baseball
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Alternative letter-case form of sabermetrics [(US) The analysis of baseball, especially via its statistics.]
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A casual form of baseball played without teams, where the fielders progressively work their way up to bat.
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(informal, US, sports) A losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.
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(baseball, golf) A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).
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A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
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(baseball) A set of practice and exhibition games for each Major League Baseball team, preceding the start of the regular season, which are used by a manager to determine the roster for the regular season.
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(sports) Skillful in catching or handling the ball, in such games as baseball, football, basketball, etc.
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Alternative spelling of stoopball [(games) A game played by bouncing a ball off a step or stoop.]
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(Australian rules football) the Gold Coast Suns, an Australian rules football club based on the Gold Coast.
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(sports) Any of several places on a bat, racquet, etc., with which to hit a ball, resulting in the latter rebounding with some optimal desirable effect, such as minimum vibration or maximum velocity.
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(US, countable) The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of T-ball.
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(transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
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(countable) A tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia.
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Alternative spelling of T-ball [(US, uncountable) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.]
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Alternative spelling of T-ball [(US, uncountable) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.]
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(US, baseball, historical) A Minor League Baseball organization that operated mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.
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(cricket, colloquial, transitive) To knock or strike (a ball) so that it flies through the air.
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(softball) A non-varsity softball team, typically played by youths (usually girls) under the age of 18. Frequently played in small cities and towns, sponsored by a local business and coached by volunteers.
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Any of various games resembling rounders and baseball, played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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(obsolete) A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, where the batsman has to hit it again.
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(baseball) The feat of leading one's league in three key statistical categories—batting average, home runs, and RBI for hitters; wins, strikeouts, and ERA for pitchers
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Synonym of British baseball
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(Australian rules football, slang, derogatory) A field umpire.
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Alternative form of white ball [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, ball.]
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(US, uncountable) A game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
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A street game, related to baseball, in which the "batter" attempts to throw the ball over a power line.
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A form of paintball played in a natural outdoor area, contrasted with speedball.
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