Definition of Ball Game in English :
Define Ball Game in English
Ball Game meaning in English
Meaning of Ball Game in English
Pronunciation of Ball Game in English
Ball Game pronunciation in English
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Ball Game
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Ball Game
see synonyms of ball gamen.
1.
a. Any of various games, such as baseball, played with a ball.
b. A game with religious and political significance in some pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica, southwestern North America, and the Caribbean, played with a rubber ball in a walled court.
2. Slang
a. A competition: "But in the winner-take-all world of politics, the contest for the undecided 2 or 3 percent can be the whole ballgame" (Brad Edmondson).
b. A particular condition, situation, or set of circumstances.
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