ball game

1. A game, especially baseball, that is played with a ball.
2. Slang.
   1. 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).
   2. A particular condition, situation, or set of circumstances.
3. Anthropology. A game with religious and political significance in Mayan and various other pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica, southwestern North America, and the Caribbean, played with a rubber ball in a walled court.

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For the film, see The Ball Game.

In American English, ball game refers specifically to either a game of basketball, baseball or American football.^[1] In British English ball game refers to any sport played with a ball.^[2]

See also

List of ball games

Notes

1. ^ Definition #1 of 'ball game', Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
2. ^ Definition #2 of 'ball game', Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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