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line-ball

line-ball adjective: of a decision, result, etc.: Very close or finely balanced; having the potential to go either way.

Adjective

line-ball (comparative more line-ball, superlative most line-ball)

  1. Of a decision, result, etc.: Very close or finely balanced; having the potential to go either way.
    • a line-ball decision
    • Hence when it comes to the best package for identifying policies comprehensively but efficiently, it seems to be a line ball decision between Strad and Strategizer.1999, Ray Wyatt, Computer Aided Policy Making, page 172

Forms of line-ball

comparativemore line-ball
superlativemost line-ball

Origin of line-ball

The term line ball is used in various sports to describe a situation where a ball touches a boundary line, often requiring a difficult decision by an official to determine whether the ball is in or out. See Line call on WikipediaWikipedia .

Questions about line-ball

What does line-ball mean?
Line-ball means of a decision, result, etc.: Very close or finely balanced; having the potential to go either way.
What part of speech is line-ball?
Line-ball is an adjective.

Words near line-ball in the dictionary

  1. line ups
  2. line walker
  3. line walkers
  4. line weight
  5. line weights
  6. line-ball
  7. line-blue
  8. line-blues
  9. line-dance
  10. line-dances
  11. line-dried

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