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ball-ups

ball-ups is the plural of ball-up.

Meaning of ball-up

Noun

ball-up (plural ball-ups)

  1. (Australian rules football) The method by which the field umpire restarts play at a neutral contest after a stoppage within the field of play, involving the throwing or bouncing of the ball up between two players, known as rucks, who then attempt to win possession for their teams.

Questions about ball-ups

What is ball-ups the plural of?
Ball-ups is the plural of ball-up.

Words near ball-ups in the dictionary

  1. ball-striker
  2. ball-strikers
  3. ball-tailed cat
  4. ball-tailed cats
  5. ball-up
  6. ball-ups
  7. balla
  8. Ballaarat
  9. Ballabeg
  10. ballabile
  11. ballabiles

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