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no ball

no ball noun: a ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.

Noun

no ball (plural no balls)

  1. A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.
    • Henry bowled three no-balls in his spell of 3-78.

Verb

no ball (third-person singular simple present no balls, present participle no balling, simple past and past participle no balled)

  1. To bowl a no ball.
  2. To call and signal a no ball.
    • He almost no balled the full over due to his repetitive overstepping.

no ball meaning in Tamil

no ball in Tamil

பிழைவீச்சு

Forms of no ball

Noun
pluralno balls
Verb
third-person singular presentno balls
present participleno balling
past participleno balled
pastno balled

Questions about no ball

What does no ball mean?
No ball means a ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.
What is no ball in Tamil?
No ball in Tamil is பிழைவீச்சு. See No ball meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is no ball?
No ball can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of no ball?
The plural of no ball is no balls.

Words near no ball in the dictionary

  1. no
  2. No 10
  3. No 11
  4. no and low
  5. no bail
  6. no ball
  7. no balled
  8. no balling
  9. no balls
  10. no battle plan survives contact with the enemy
  11. no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: no ball (page history and authors); no ball (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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