Ball (disambiguation)

Look up ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A ball is a spherical or ovoid object typically used in games.

Ball may also refer to:

In games:

• Bungee Ball, a toy
• No ball, in cricket, an illegal delivery of the ball to the batsman by the bowler
• Ball, in baseball, a pitch at which the batter does not swing and which does not pass through the strike zone
• Ball games

In math and science:

• Ball (mathematics), the solid interior of a sphere
• "Buckyball", or buckminster fullerene
• Newton's balls, also known as Newton's cradle, is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy, named after Sir Isaac Newton.

In objects:

• Round shot, a projectile fired from guns and cannons
• A collection of insects, especially bees, used in collective defense against larger insects such as predatory wasps - see honey bee defense
• Ben Wa balls, used for massage and meditation purposes, as well as a sex toy
• RB-79 Ball a fictional weapon from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
• Bauble or ball, a common type of Christmas ornament

In places, organizations:

• Ball, Louisiana, a city in the United States
• Ball Corp., a U.S. packaging manufacturer
• Ball State University
• Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA
• a defunct American automobile company (before 1926), see Ball (automobile company)^[1]

  In other uses:

  • Ball (anatomy), a bottom part of the foot
  • Ball (crater), a lunar crater
  • Ball (dance), a social gathering
  • BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library), C++ library containing common algorithms used in biochemistry and bioinformatics
  • Ball (Iron Butterfly album), a 1969 album by Iron Butterfly
  • Ball (Napoleon Murphy Brock album), a 2002 album by Napoleon Murphy Brock
  • Ball (name), list of people with the surname Ball
  • Ball (Widespread Panic album), a 2003 album by Widespread Panic
  • Balls (Elizabeth Cook album), a 2007 album by Elizabeth Cook
  • Bawls, a high caffeine soft drink
  • Ball, a slang verb for copulation
  • Ball, a slang term for a testicle
  • Balls, a UK rock group 1969-1971, see Trevor Burton
  • "Ballin'," the catchphrase of the Jim Jones song, "We Fly High." It is probably in reference to smoking marijuana but may also be referring to either basketball or copulation.

  See also:

  • Category:Balls

  ar:كرة (توضيح) de:Kugel (Begriffsklärung) fi:Pallo he:כדור it:Palla ja:ボール (曖昧さ回避) nl:Bal pl:Ball (ujednoznacznienie) ru:Мяч sv:Boll (olika betydelser)

  Image:Disambig gray.svg

  This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.