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ball
Noun
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A ball is a round thing. People often use them to play games.
The croquet ball was hit through the wicket and the game was over.
A ball is hit with a racquet in tennis.
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A ball is a formal dance.
There is an inaugural ball following the swearing-in of the new President.
Cinderella lost her glass slipper at the Prince's ball.
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the testicles
John's balls ached because he hadn't had sex in two days.
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"guts", fortitude, moral strength
John didn't have the balls to quit his job, divorce his wife, and start a new life in Tahiti.
ball
Verb
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If you ball something up, you make it into a ball shape.
Ball the cookie dough, wrap it in paper, then freeze it.
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sexual intercourse.
handling
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noun
the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
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noun
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
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noun
(= treatment)
the management of someone or something
the handling of prisoners
the treatment of water sewage
the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system