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through balls

through balls is the plural 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

Questions about through balls

What is through balls the plural of?
Through balls is the plural of through ball.

Words near through balls in the dictionary

  1. throubles
  2. through
  3. through and through
  4. through and throughs
  5. through ball
  6. through balls
  7. through bridge
  8. through bridges
  9. through draft
  10. through drafts
  11. through draught

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