AIRBALL | • airball n. (Basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely. • airball v. (Basketball) To throw an airball. • air␣ball n. (Basketball) A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop. |
BOXBALL | • boxball n. Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court. • BOXBALL n. a form of handball. |
EARBALL | • earball n. (Acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress. • EARBALL n. a small ball kept in the ear and squeezed to relieve stress. |
EYEBALL | • eyeball n. The ball of the eye. • eyeball n. A person’s focus of attention. • eyeball n. (Marketing, in the plural) A readership or viewership. |
FURBALL | • furball n. A ball of fur, especially one coughed up by a cat. • furball n. (Informal) A particularly furry person or animal. • furball n. (Military, aviation, nautical, slang) A large, disorganized battle involving many different aircraft… |
FUSBALL | • FUSBALL n. (US) table football, also FUSSBALL, FOOSBALL. |
GUMBALL | • gumball n. Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. • gumball n. (Slang) A silly, laughable person. • gumball n. (US, slang) The flashing lights on top of a police car. |
ICEBALL | • iceball n. A ball of ice. • ICEBALL n. a ball game played on ice. |
LOWBALL | • lowball adj. Significantly below the actual cost or value. • lowball n. The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop. • lowball n. (Poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the… |
NETBALL | • netball n. (Uncountable) A (usually women’s) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side… • netball n. (Countable) The ball used in this sport. • net-ball n. Dated form of netball. |
ODDBALL | • oddball n. An eccentric or unusual person. • oddball n. (Neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger… • oddball adj. Exotic, not mainstream. |
PATBALL | • patball n. (Uncountable) A particular children’s ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball. • patball n. (Figurative) A back-and-forth. • patball n. (Countable) The ball used in the game of patball. |
PINBALL | • pinball n. (Games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded… • pinball n. The ball used in pinball. • pinball n. (Figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players. |
PROBALL | • PROBALL adj. (Shakespeare) supposedly means plausible. |