English Dictionary

ball

/bɔːl/

verb

(transitive) To form or wind into a ball. / (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. / (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

She carefully balled up the piece of paper and threw it in the trash.

意味（1）

(transitive) To form or wind into a ball.

to ball cotton

意味（2）

(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

意味（3）

(transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”

意味（4）

(transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

the horse balls

意味（5）

(slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.

意味（6）

(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)

This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only balled but seen as a faggot (this is a term directly from the work).

意味（7）

(nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.

意味（8）

(transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.

any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day.