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balled

balled is the simple past and past participle of ball.

Adjective

balled (not comparable)

  1. Formed into a ball.
    • balled fists
  2. (in-compounds) Having a specified kind or number of balls.
    • a hairy-balled man
    • a big-balled guy

Meaning of ball

Verb

ball (third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)

  1. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
    • to ball cotton
    Synonyms:
    roll up, wad
  2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
  3. (US, intransitive, transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).
    • Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
    Synonyms:
    Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have
  4. (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
    • the horse balls
  5. (participle, present, regional, slang) To be hip or cool.
  6. (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
    • This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work).2018 July 12, “'I Thought Frats Were Like Their Movies, and They Totally Are': A Review of 'Alpha Class'”, in College Media Network

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Words formed from balled

Phrases with balled

Questions about balled

What does balled mean?
Balled means formed into a ball.
What is balled the simple past and past participle of?
Balled is the simple past and past participle of ball.
What part of speech is balled?
Balled is an adjective.

Words near balled in the dictionary

  1. balldress
  2. balldresses
  3. Balle
  4. ballean
  5. balleans
  6. balled
  7. balled down
  8. balled it off
  9. balled off
  10. balled out
  11. balled up

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