Ball

What “Ball” means

Noun

1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
2. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
3. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
4. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
5. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.

Verb

1. To form or wind into a ball.
2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
3. To have sexual intercourse (with).
4. To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
5. To be hip or cool.

Intj

1. An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
2. An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.

Noun

1. A formal dance.
2. A very enjoyable time.
3. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Late Latin ballō Old French baller Middle French baler Middle French ballbor. English ball From Middle French bal, from Middle French baler (“to dance”), from Old French baller, from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”). Doublet of baile.

Business name ideas with “Ball”

Industries where “Ball” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing
• Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining