In billiards, a circumstance in which a fault by another player, such as a scratch, permits the competitor to take the cue ball in hand and place it anywhere on the table.

plural of ball in hand

plural of ball bearing

(engineering) A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.

(historical) A muzzle-loading bullet with a hollow base, much used in the second half of the nineteenth century.

(slang) A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache. / (slang, figuratively) Unfulfilled sexual desire.

(US, vulgar) Ball-breaker.

plural of tennis ball

(snooker) A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball.

Alternative form of freeball