ball
An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from…An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Throw the ball back to me.
Wirf mir den Ball zurück! — Tamy
Брось мяч мне назад. — sharptoothed
Кинь мені м'яч назад. — deniko
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2 sensesAn exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
Examples
1338 sentencesThrow the ball back to me.
Кинь мені м'яч назад. — deniko
ruБрось мяч мне назад. — sharptoothed
deWirf mir den Ball zurück! — Tamy
Hold the ball in both hands.
Тримай м'яч обома руками. — deniko
ruДержи мяч обеими руками. — soweli_Elepanto
Hold the ball with both hands.
Тримай м'яч обома руками. — deniko
ruДержи мяч обеими руками. — soweli_Elepanto
deHalt den Ball mit beiden Händen fest. — al_ex_an_der
The ball is in your court.
Ініціатива на вашому боці. — deniko
ruТвоя очередь. — nadya
deDu bist an der Reihe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you have a soccer ball?
У тебе є футбольний м'яч? — miketheknight
Origin
From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“rouFrom Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).
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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
9 patterns- throw the ball
- catch the ball
- hit the ball
- kicked the ball
- the ball with
- the ball rolling
- the ball to
- soccer ball
- a golf ball
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.