What does ball game mean?

Definitions for ball game
bal·l game

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ball game, ballgamenoun

    a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)

Wiktionary

  1. ball gamenoun

    Any game played with a ball.

  2. ball gamenoun

    A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game.

Wikipedia

  1. Ball game

    This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.

ChatGPT

  1. ball game

    A ball game is any type of game or sport that involves the use of one or more balls. This can involve throwing, catching, hitting, or kicking the ball, usually in order to score points by getting the ball into a specific area, like a goal or target. Examples of ball games include baseball, basketball, soccer, and tennis.

Wikidata

  1. Ball game

    Ball games, or ball sports, are any form of game or sport which feature a ball as part of play. These include games such as association football, baseball, basketball, and American football. Such games have diverse rules and histories and are of mostly unrelated origins. Ball games can be defined in several broad types: ⁕Bat-and-ball games, such as baseball and cricket. ⁕Racquet and ball games, such as tennis, squash and badminton. ⁕Hand and ball-striking games, such as various handball codes, rebound handball and 4 square. ⁕Goal sports, such as basketball and all forms of football, hockey or lacrosse. ⁕Net games, such as volleyball and sepak takraw. ⁕Precision sports, such as bowling, lawn bowls, croquet, and golf, as well as cue sports, including snooker, pool, and forms of billiards

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball game in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ball game in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ball game in a Sentence

  1. Gerald Miller:

    Its great, because it means were still making progress, eventually, somethings going to be in the textbook and the ball game is over. ... The fact that theres two competing ideas means that its exciting and vibrant. And now finally we have the experimental tools to resolve these issues.

  2. The NFL:

    Then the one that, I guess, was a touchdown with the guy [Damien Williams]. I felt he stepped out of bounds before he stuck the ball over the pylon. You cant make excuses or anything like that. We had a chance. We lost the game probably in the last five minutes. We were right in the ball game.

  3. Chris Davis:

    In that situation, a three-run ball game, you know you just need one baserunner on, unfortunately, we couldn't do it. You have to tip your hat. ( Iwakuma) was throwing well out there.

  4. Philip Banks-Welsh:

    There have been near-miss incidents in the past, and( they have become) probably more prevalent over the last 6 months, I would say. There's been a build-up towards this sort of incident. The incident in itself doesn't surprise me, it was almost inevitable, this incident seems to have entered into a whole different ball game in terms of the malicious intent, it's pretty clear from the accounts I've seen that this individual or individuals were intentionally flying across the airspace to cause disruptions.

  5. Raymond Chandler:

    Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always somebody else's money he's adding up.


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