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through-ball

through-ball is the alternative form of through ball.

Meaning of through ball

Noun

through ball (plural through balls)

  1. A forward pass played between opposition defenders.
    • It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC

Forms of through-ball

pluralthrough-balls

Questions about through-ball

What is through-ball the alternative form of?
Through-ball is the alternative form of through ball.

Words near through-ball in the dictionary

  1. through valleys
  2. through variable
  3. through variables
  4. through with
  5. through-and-through
  6. through-ball
  7. through-balls
  8. through-composed
  9. through-draft
  10. through-drafts
  11. through-draught

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