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ballless

ballless is the rare spelling of ball-less.

Meaning of ball-less

Adjective

ball-less (not comparable)

  1. (slang, literal or figurative) Without balls (testicles).
    Synonyms:
    testicleless
  2. Without a ball (object used for playing games).
    • ‘But the strokes and the movements on the court have all been so clearly visible that the absence of the ball has hardly seemed to trouble the viewers.’ Those of us born too late to enjoy this ball-less tennis had to wait until 1966 for Michelangelo Antonioni to recreate the surreal experience in...2012, Martin Kelner, Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, page 31

Origin of ballless

From ball + -less.

Questions about ballless

What is ballless the rare spelling of?
Ballless is the rare spelling of ball-less.

Words near ballless in the dictionary

  1. balljoint
  2. balljoints
  3. balljuice
  4. ballkicker
  5. ballkickers
  6. ballless
  7. balllike
  8. ballmaker
  9. ballmakers
  10. Ballman
  11. Ballmans

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