Golf Definition–noun | 1. | a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible. |
| 2. | a word used in communications to represent the letter G. |
–verb (used without object) |
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Ball Definition–noun | 1. | a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball. |
| 2. | a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf. |
| 3. | a game played with a ball, esp. baseball: The boys are out playing ball. |
| 4. | Baseball. a pitched ball, not swung at by the batter, that does not pass over home plate between the batter's shoulders and knees. |
| 5. | Military. | a. | a solid, usually spherical projectile for a cannon, rifle, pistol, etc., as distinguished from a shell. |
| b. | projectiles, esp. bullets, collectively. |
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| 6. | any part of a thing, esp. of the human body, that is rounded or protuberant: the ball of the thumb. |
| 7. | a round mass of food, as of chopped meat, dough, or candy. |
| 8. | Slang: Vulgar. a testis. |
| 9. | balls, Slang: Vulgar. | a. | boldness; courage; brashness. |
| b. | nonsense (often used as an interjection). |
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| 11. | Horticulture. a compact mass of soil covering the roots of an uprooted tree or other plant. |
| 12. | Literary. a planetary or celestial body, esp. the earth. |
| 13. | Mathematics. (in a metric space) the set of points whose distance from the zero element is less than, or less than or equal to, a specified number
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–verb (used with object) | 14. | to make into a ball (sometimes fol. by up): The children were balling up snow to make a snowman. |
| 15. | to wind into balls: to ball cotton. |
| 16. | Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with. |
–verb (used without object) | 17. | to form or gather i
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| 18. | Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse. |
—Verb phrase| 19. | ball up, Slang. to make or become utterly confused; muddle: The records had been all balled up by inefficient file clerks. |
—Idioms| 20. | ball the jack, Slang.
| b. | to stake everything on one attempt. |
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| 21. | carry the ball, to assume the responsibility; bear the burden: You can always count on him to carry the ball in an emergency. |
| 22. | drop the ball, to make a mistake or miss an opportunity at a critical moment. |
| 23. | keep the ball rolling, to continue or give renewed vigor to an activity already under way: When their interest lagged, he tried to keep the ball rolling. |
| 24. | on the ball, | a. | alert and efficient or effective: If you don't get on the ball, you'll be fired. |
| b. | indicating intelligence or ability: The tests show your students don't have much on the ball. The new manager has a lot on the ball. |
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| 25. | play ball, | a. | to begin or continue playing a game. |
| b. | to start or continue any action. |
| c. | to work together; cooperate: union leaders suspected of playing ball with racketeers. |
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| 26. | run with the ball, to assume responsibility or work enthusiasticall
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| 27. | start the ball rolling, to put into operation; begin: The recreation director started the ball rolling by having all the participants introduce themselves. |
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