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ball-playing

ball-playing adjective: taking part in ball games; being a ball player.

Adjective

ball-playing (not comparable)

  1. Taking part in ball games; being a ball player.
  2. Focused on attacking and progressing down the field.
    • Irish debutant Conor Henderson - another ball-playing midfielder - probed for a gap through the back-line and the 19-year-old's deflected pass was pounced on by Tomas Rosicky, who sped to the byeline to clip a square ball through the legs of Charlie Daniels across the box.2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC
    • And despite his terrific form, it was always going to be Sterling making way especially against a ball-playing team away from home when we'd have to absorb a lot of pressure.2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 290

Forms of ball-playing

alternative formballplaying

Questions about ball-playing

What does ball-playing mean?
Ball-playing means taking part in ball games; being a ball player.
What part of speech is ball-playing?
Ball-playing is an adjective.

Words near ball-playing in the dictionary

  1. ball-peens
  2. ball-pein hammer
  3. ball-pein hammers
  4. ball-player
  5. ball-players
  6. ball-playing
  7. ball-point pen
  8. ball-point pens
  9. ball-room
  10. ball-rooms
  11. ball-shaped

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