ball game
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ball game
also ball·game (bôl'gām')
n.
n.
- A game, especially baseball, that is played with a ball.
- Slang.
- 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).
- A particular condition, situation, or set of circumstances.
- 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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Ball game
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]
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- ^ Definition #1 of 'ball game', Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
- ^ Definition #2 of 'ball game', Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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