Balk vs. Ball

Balknoun

An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.

Balknoun

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

Balknoun

Beam, crossbeam.

Balknoun

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Balknoun

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

Balknoun

(sports) A deceptive motion; a feint.

Balknoun

(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.

Balknoun

(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.

Balknoun

(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

Balknoun

(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.

Balknoun

(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.

Balkverb

(archaic) To pass over or by.

Balkverb

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

Balkverb

(obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.

Balkverb

To stop, check, block.

Balkverb

To stop short and refuse to go on.

Balkverb

To refuse suddenly.

Balkverb

To disappoint; to frustrate.

Balkverb

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Balkverb

To leave or make balks in.

Balkverb

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balkverb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Balknoun

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

Balknoun

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."

Balknoun

One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

Balknoun

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Balknoun

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

Balknoun

A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. It is illegal and is penalized by allowing the runners on base to advance one base.

Balkverb

To leave or make balks in.

Balkverb

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Balkverb

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

Balkverb

To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

Balkverb

To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart; as, to balk expectation.

Balkverb

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Balkverb

To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

Balkverb

to commit a balk{6}; - of a pitcher.

Balkverb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Balknoun

the area on a billiard table behind the balkline;

Balknoun

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Balknoun

one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

Balknoun

an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

Balkverb

refuse to comply

Balk

In baseball, a pitcher can commit a number of illegal motions or actions that constitute a balk. Most of these violations involve a pitcher pretending to pitch when they have no intention of doing so.

Ballnoun

A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.

Ballnoun

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

Ballnoun

(ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.

Ballnoun

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

Ballnoun

(anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

Ballnoun

The globe; the earthly sphere.

Ballnoun

(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.

Ballnoun

The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.

Ballnoun

An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.

Ballnoun

(sport) A round or ellipsoidal object.

Ballnoun

Any simple game involving a ball.

Ballnoun

(baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

Ballnoun

(pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

Ballnoun

(cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.

Ballnoun

(soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.

Ballnoun

A testicle.

Ballnoun

Nonsense.

Ballnoun

Courage.

Ballnoun

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

Ballnoun

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

Ballnoun

A formal dance.

Ballnoun

(informal) A very enjoyable time.

Ballverb

(transitive) To form or wind into a ball.

Ballverb

(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ballverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Ballverb

(ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

Ballverb

To be hip or cool.

Ballverb

To play basketball.

Ballinterjection

(Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Ballnoun

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

Ballnoun

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

Ballnoun

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

Ballnoun

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; - often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

Ballnoun

A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.

Ballnoun

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; - formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

Ballnoun

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

Ballnoun

A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.

Ballnoun

The globe or earth.

Ballnoun

A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter, which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not greater than the batter's shoulder nor less than his knee (i.e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching four balls is called a walk.

Ballnoun

a testicle; usually used in the plural.

Ballnoun

courage; nerve.

Ballnoun

A social assembly for the purpose of dancing; - usually applied to an occasion lavish or formal.

Ballnoun

A very enjoyable time; as, we had a ball at the wedding.

Ballverb

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

Ballverb

To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ballverb

To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

Ballnoun

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games;

Ballnoun

a solid ball shot by a musket;

Ballnoun

an object with a spherical shape;

Ballnoun

the people assembled at a lavish formal dance;

Ballnoun

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

Ballnoun

a spherical object used as a plaything;

Ballnoun

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

Ballnoun

a compact mass;

Ballnoun

a lavish formal dance

Ballnoun

a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb;

Ballnoun

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;

Ballnoun

a pitch that is not in the strike zone;

Ballverb

form into a ball by winding or rolling;

Ballnoun

a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game

Ballnoun

a spherical object or mass of material

Ballnoun

a solid non-explosive missile for a firearm.

Ballnoun

a game played with a ball

Ballnoun

baseball

Ballnoun

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman

Ballnoun

(in soccer) a pass of the ball in a specified direction or manner

Ballnoun

(in baseball) a pitch delivered outside the strike zone which the batter does not attempt to hit

Ballnoun

the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.

Ballnoun

the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb.

Ballnoun

a formal social gathering for dancing

Ballverb

squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape

Ballverb

clench (one's fist) tightly

Ballverb

form a round shape

Ballverb

wrap the root ball of (a tree or shrub) to protect it during transportation.

Ballverb

have sexual intercourse with.

Ballverb

(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.

Ball

A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players.