(sports) An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk.

Alternative form of nutball

plural of ball hawk

A large, heavy sphere of leather or plastic filled with sand and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.

(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.

(pool) To pot all one's colour balls and then the black ball (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.

(US) When landing on a US aircraft carrier: to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the correct approach path or how to correct the approach path.

A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player.

A type of clay that commonly consists of 20-80% kaolinite, 10-25% mica, and 6-65% quartz.

A ball used in boules.