ball game

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also ball·game (bôl'gām')
n.
  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.

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

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