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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bawl
Phonetic Transcription : bɔl

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Définition of play ball

Origin :
  • "round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (cf. Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
  • Meaning "testicle" is from early 14c. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c.1200; To have the ball "hold the advantage" is from c.1400. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1946. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c.1900.
  • verb cooperate
Example sentences :
  • "Now, let's play ball and hold this lead, fellows," shouted Copley.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • The stranger said to Spread Feather, "I would like to play ball with you."
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • Study just as you play ball when you are trying to make a place on the team.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • She would have gone with them to play ball, but Rosemary held her back.
  • Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
  • All right; we'll go out and play ball till time to get the ponies.
  • Extract from : « In Blue Creek Caon » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Then he asked me if I liked to play ball, and of course I did.
  • Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • Meantime, he tells John that he can play ball after he has done up the chores.
  • Extract from : « Being a Boy » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • “So you play ball, too,” she began as an opener, looking at his uniform.
  • Extract from : « Batting to Win » by Lester Chadwick
  • Get back to your position and play ball, Cooper, said the captain, as calmly as he could.
  • Extract from : « The New Boys at Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • He tells us also that she could play ball better than any man in France.
  • Extract from : « Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 » by Lillian Eichler Watson

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