Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball

(slang) Very. Intensifier.

In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting details) manner.

(literally, billiards) The eighth numbered ball. / A cocktail made with vodka and V8 vegetable juice. / (slang) An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity. / (slang) 3.5 grams of cocaine.

(cricket) A ball that is deliberately bowled slower than normal in an attempt to deceive the batsman into making a mistimed shot.

(cricket) the type of ball (such as an off break) that a particular bowler most frequently bowls

(slang) basketball

(idiomatic, Britain, vulgar) Something which becomes muddled or botched in some way.

(idiomatic, chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Liverpudlian, slang) a stupid person; a nutcase

A North American species of fir tree (Abies balsamea).