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ball [balls] (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | ballnoun |
ball [balls] (formal dance) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | ballonoun |
ball [balls] (in plural — slang — courage) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | pallenoun |
ball [balls] (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | sferanoun |
ball [balls] (mildly vulgar slang: nonsense) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | ballanoun boiatenoun |
ball [balls] (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | pallonenoun |
ball [balls] (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | gomitolonoun |
ball [balls] (solid or hollow sphere) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | pallanoun |
ball [balls] (testicle) noun [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | coglionenoun |
ball [balled, balling, balls] (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with) verb [UK: bɔːl] [US: ˈbɒl] | scopareverb trombareverb |
ball boy (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) noun [UK: bɔːl ˌbɔɪ] [US: ˈbɒl ˌbɔɪ] | raccattapallenoun |
ball-breaker (Something or someone annoying) noun | rompiballenoun rompicoglioninoun |
ball lightning (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) noun [UK: bɔːl ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbɒl ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ] | fulmine globularenoun |
ball sack (scrotum) noun | coglianoun |
ball up (to crush into a ball) verb [UK: bɔːl ʌp] [US: ˈbɒl ʌp] | appallottolareverb |
ballad [ballads] (narrative poem) noun [UK: ˈbæ.ləd] [US: ˈbæ.ləd] | ballatanoun |
ballast [ballasts] (electronics) noun [UK: ˈbæ.ləst] [US: ˈbæ.ləst] | regolatorenoun |
ballast [ballasts] (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) noun [UK: ˈbæ.ləst] [US: ˈbæ.ləst] | zavorranoun |
ballast [ballasts] (material laid to form a bed for a road) noun [UK: ˈbæ.ləst] [US: ˈbæ.ləst] | massicciatanoun |
ballerina [ballerinas] (female ballet dancer) noun [UK: ˌbæ.lə.ˈriː.nə] [US: ˌbæ.lə.ˈriː.nə] | ballerinanoun |
ballet [ballets] (form of dance) noun [UK: ˈbæ.leɪ] [US: bæ.ˈleɪ] | ballettonoun |
ballet dancer (a person who dances in ballets) noun [UK: ˈbæ.leɪ ˈdɑːn.sə(r)] [US: bæ.ˈleɪ ˈdæn.sər] | ballerinanoun ballerinonoun |
ballet flat (type of shoe) noun | ballerinanoun |
ballista (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles) noun [UK: bəlˈɪstə] [US: bəlˈɪstə] | balistanoun |
ballistic (relating to ballistics) adjective [UK: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪk] [US: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪk] | balisticoadjectiveThe Internet has expanded the range of my sex life; it's a bit like I upgraded to ballistic missiles. = Internet ha ampliato la gamma della mia vita sessuale; è un po' come se avessi aggiornato a dei missili balistici. |
ballistic missile (missile) noun [UK: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪk ˈmɪ.saɪl] [US: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪk ˈmɪ.səl] | missile balisticonoun |
ballistics (science of the study of falling objects) noun [UK: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪks] [US: bə.ˈlɪ.stɪks] | balisticanoun |
balloon [balloons] (child’s toy) noun [UK: bə.ˈluːn] [US: bə.ˈluːn] | palloncinonoun |
ballot [ballots] (paper used for vote-casting, see also: ballot paper) noun [UK: ˈbæ.lət] [US: ˈbæ.lət] | scheda elettoralenoun |
ballot [ballots] (process of voting) noun [UK: ˈbæ.lət] [US: ˈbæ.lət] | votazionenoun |
ballot box (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) noun [UK: ˈbæ.lət bɒks] [US: ˈbæ.lət ˈbɑːks] | bussolanoun bussolottonoun urna elettoralenoun |
ballpoint pen [ballpoint pens] (pen) noun [UK: ˈbɔːl.pɔɪnt pen] [US: ˈbɒl.pɒjnt ˈpen] | bironoun penna a sferanoun |
ballroom [ballrooms] (large room used for dancing) noun [UK: ˈbɔːl.ruːm] [US: ˈbɒl.ˌruːm] | baleranoun |