Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated, slang)To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed.

    The ship balled off at 12 knots.

  2. (archaic)To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. The ball bounced off the wall.

    ruМяч отскочил от стены.

    deDer Ball prallte von der Wand ab.

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  2. He knocked the ball off balance.

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  3. He threatened to cut his balls off.

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  4. I'm going to rip his balls off and stuff them down his throat.

    ruЯ оторву ему яйца и запихаю их ему в глотку.

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  5. The ball came off the crossbar.

    deDer Ball prallte an der Querlatte zurück.

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Forms

balls off, balling off, balled off, balled off
Base formball off · to ball off
3rd person singularballs off
Present participleballing off
Past simpleballed off
Past participleballed off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyball off
he, she, itballs off

Past simpleLesson

all personsballed off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave balled off
he, she, ithas balled off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ball off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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