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Synonyms for ball up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bawl
Phonetic Transcription : bɔl

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Définition of ball up

Origin :
  • "round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (cf. Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
  • Meaning "testicle" is from early 14c. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c.1200; To have the ball "hold the advantage" is from c.1400. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1946. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c.1900.
  • verb botch
  • verb confuse
Example sentences :
  • He made two attempts to get out, and then picked his ball up.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • He made two attempts to get out and then picked his ball up.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • He practised throwing the ball up in the air and catching it again.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Jolliffe's Boys » by Lewis Hough
  • You see the ball up at the top—they say that twenty-four people——'
  • Extract from : « Old Kensington » by Miss Thackeray
  • If you would throw a ball up in the air, why does it come down?
  • Extract from : « Worrying Won't Win » by Montague Glass
  • He ran with the ball up to Raeburn and then dodged and passed to Cecily.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Britling Sees It Through » by H. G. Wells
  • But the way the fellows rushed the ball up the field the last five minutes was a caution.
  • Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick
  • They hit the ball up and down the width of the ground till Benami and the rest were outpaced.
  • Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Then they were coached in picking the ball up without stopping and in catching it on the bound as it was tossed in front of them.
  • Extract from : « Center Rush Rowland » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Then he would hold the ball up to his chin and look wisely over at first base, watching Dicky.
  • Extract from : « Half-Past Seven Stories » by Robert Gordon Anderson
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