hardball

n.

1. Baseball.
2. Informal. The use of any means, however ruthless, to attain an objective.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics

Meaning #2: baseball as distinguished from softball
  Antonym: softball (meaning #2)

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Hardball

Dansk (Danish)
n. - baseball, barske metoder

Nederlands (Dutch)
agressieve propaganda, keihard optreden

Français (French)
n. - (US, Sport) base-ball, tous les moyens possibles pour parvenir à ses fins

Deutsch (German)
n. - Baseball, kompromißloses Vorgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) επαγγελματικό μπέιζμπολ, (καθομ.) σθεναρή αντιμετώπιση προβλημάτων
adj. - σθεναρός, άκαμπτος

Italiano (Italian)
baseball, faccenda grave, mettere sotto pressione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - beisebol (m) (EUA) (Desp.)
adj. - que utiliza todos os meios possíveis

Русский (Russian)
бейсбол, крутой, несговорчивый

Español (Spanish)
n. - béisbol, comportarse o trabajar en forma muy agresiva y competitiva, esp. en negocios y política, duro, abierto, desafiante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - baseball
adj. - baseball-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
硬式棒球

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 硬式棒球

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 딱딱한 공, 야구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 硬球

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כינוי לכדור-בסיס, עמדה קשיחה במו"מ‬

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