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red balls

red balls is the plural of red ball.

Meaning of red ball

Noun

red ball (countable and uncountable, plural red balls)

  1. (US, slang) A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
    • A police-involved shooting is by definition a red ball and, by definition, a red ball requires every warm body.1991, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OL
  2. (metonymically, uncountable) First-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball". Mainly used to play tests.
    • Australia is scheduled to play five red ball matches in two weeks.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ball.

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Questions about red balls

What is red balls the plural of?
Red balls is the plural of red ball.

Words near red balls in the dictionary

  1. red bag
  2. red bag deliveries
  3. red bag delivery
  4. red bags
  5. red ball
  6. red balls
  7. red banana
  8. red bananas
  9. red band
  10. red bandfish
  11. red bands

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