baseball
English
/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/
noun
Definitions
- A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
- The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
- A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Etymology
Affix from English base + English ball (testicle, round object).
Origin
English
ball
Gloss
testicle, round object
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Calvinball English
- Moneyball English
- Polandball English
- Q-ball English
- air base English
- airball English
- antibaseball English
- backball English
- ball English
- ball player English
- ball-breaker English
- ball-buster English
- ball-goer English
- ball-like English
- ballache English
- ballbag English
- ballbusting English
- ballcap English
- ballclub English
- ballcock English
- ballcourt English
- baller English
- ballfield English
- ballgag English
- ballgoer English
- ballgown English
- ballhair English
- ballhandler English
- ballhandling English
- ballhawk English
- ballhead English
- balljoint English
- balljuice English
- ballkicker English
- ballless English
- balllike English
- ballmaker English
- ballpark English
- ballplaying English
- ballpoint English
- ballproof English
- ballrace English
- ballroom English
- ballsac English
- ballsack English
- ballstock English
- ballsucker English
- ballyard English
- bandyball English
- basal English
- base English
- baseballer English
- baseballese English
- baseballing English
- basebally English
- baseband English
- baseboard English
- baseborn English
- baseburner English
- basecoat English
- baseflow English
- baselayer English
- baseless English
- baselike English
- baseline English
- baseling English
- baseload English
- basely English
- baseman English
- basement English
- basen English
- basename English
- baseness English
- basepath English
- baseperson English
- baseplate English
- basepoint English
- baserunner English
- baserunning English
- bases English
- basestealer English
- basestock English
- basetender English
- baseth English
- basewide English
- basewise English
- basewoman English
- baseword English
- basic English
- basification English
- basify English
- basketball English
- beachball English
- beanball English
- blackball English
- bladderball English
- blowball English
- bollock English
- bow ball English
- boxball English
- brainball English
- broomball English
- bucketball English
- bunnyball English
- butterball English
- buttonball English
- cabbageball English
- caneball English
- cannonball English
- carpetball English
- catchball English
- cheeseball English
- codebase English
- corkball English
- cornball English
- crudball English
- cumball English
- curveball English
- database English
- deball English
- debase English
- dirtball English
- disbase English
- disco ball English
- dodgeball English
- doughball English
- dungball English
- dustball English
- earball English
- eggball English
- eight-ball English
- embase English
- exobase English
- eyeball English
- fieldball English
- fireball English
- firebase English
- fishball English
- fistball English
- flagball English
- flash-ball English
- floorball English
- fluffball English
- flutterball English
- flyball English
- football English
- forkball English
- fourball English
- freeball English
- freebase English
- fuckball English
- furball English
- fuzzball English
- ghostball English
- gigabase English
- glitterball English
- glueball English
- gnathobase English
- goalball English
- goofball English
- greaseball English
- gumball English
- gynobase English
- gyroball English
- hairball English
- half-ball English
- handball English
- hardball English
- heelball English
- highball English
- hipball English
- hornball English
- horseball English
- hyperball English
- iceball English
- inkball English
- isobase English
- junkball English
- kickball English
- kilobase English
- kittenball English
- knuckleball English
- korfball English
- landbase English
- lardball English
- laundry ball English
- lawyerball English
- leafbase English
- matball English
- meatball English
- megabase English
- metaball English
- moonball English
- moonbase English
- moorball English
- mothball English
- motoball English
- mudball English
- multiball English
- murderball English
- mushball English
- muskball English
- myoball English
- nanoball English
- nerf ball English
- netball English
- niggerball English
- nonball English
- nonbaseball English
- nucleobase English
- nutball English
- oddball English
- onballer English
- outbase English
- paddleball English
- paintball English
- panabase English
- patball English
- phallobase English
- physioball English
- pickleball English
- pinball English
- pithball English
- playball English
- playerbase English
- polybase English
- postbase English
- preball English
- pseudobase English
- puffball English
- pukeball English
- punchball English
- pushball English
- racketball English
- racquetball English
- rebase English
- rheobase English
- rimbase English
- roadbase English
- rollerball English
- roofball English
- rootball English
- roundball English
- rubber ball blast grenade English
- sandball English
- screwball English
- scruffball English
- scuffball English
- scumball English
- seabase English
- shitball English
- sinkerball English
- skittleball English
- slamball English
- sleazeball English
- slimeball English
- sloshball English
- slowball English
- slushball English
- smallball English
- smokeball English
- smut-ball English
- snotball English
- snowball English
- snowbase English
- softball English
- sootball English
- sourball English
- speedball English
- spit-ball English
- spitball English
- sportsball English
- stage ball English
- starbase English
- stickball English
- stinkball English
- stoopball English
- streetball English
- subbase English
- superball English
- superbase English
- surbase English
- swingball English
- tape ball English
- tarball English
- terabase English
- tetherball English
- throwball English
- timebase English
- towball English
- townball English
- trackball English
- trackerball English
- trapball English
- tunnelball English
- turdball English
- typeball English
- unball English
- uniball English
- uniballer English
- userbase English
- volleyball English
- wallball English
- wash-ball English
- washing ball English
- wheelbase English
- wingbase English
- wireball English
- wogball English
- woodball English
- woodsball English
- baseball Hungarian
- baseballsapka Hungarian
- baseball Italian
- base French
- baseball French
- baseballeur French
- бейсбо́л Russian
- бейсболка Russian
- beisbolista Spanish, Castilian
- béisbol Spanish, Castilian
- base Norwegian Bokmål
- baseball Norwegian Bokmål
- beisebol Portuguese
- beisebolista Portuguese
- bola gato Portuguese
- baseboll Swedish
- ベースボール Japanese
- ボール Japanese
- baseball Polish
- base Norwegian Nynorsk
- baseball Norwegian Nynorsk
- bal Middle English
- base Middle English
- baseball Czech
- bejzbol Serbo-Croatian
- beisbol Catalan, Valencian
- बेसबॉल Hindi
- beisbolista Galician
- béisbol Galician
- บอล Thai
- ลูกบอล Thai
- เบสบอล Thai
- besbol Cebuano
- beyzbol Turkish
- beyzbolcu Turkish
- beysbol Tagalog
- ဗေ့စဘော Burmese
- ဘော Burmese
- ဘေ့စ်ဘော Burmese
- бейсбол Kazakh
- 波霸 Chinese
- безбол Macedonian
- besiboli Swahili
- ibhola Zulu
- បេស្បល Central Khmer
- *r/m-ba Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- ibhola Xhosa
- ibhola Swati
- bal Hausa
- 波霸 Cantonese
- bol Bislama
- bɔɔlɔ Akan
- bool Bwatoo
- ball
- base
- basic
- basen
- basal
- bases
- unball
- baller
- embase
- basify
- deball
- rebase
- baseth
- Q-ball
- debase
- basely
- matball
- boxball
- inkball
- netball
- rimbase
- exobase
- bollock
- subbase
- earball
- iceball
- seabase
- cumball
- tarball
- patball
- isobase
- myoball
- wogball
- towball
- outbase
- pinball
- flyball
- oddball
- airball
- surbase
- nutball
- ballcap
- eyeball
- nonball
- gumball
- hipball
- baseman
- ballsac
- ballgag
- furball
- uniball
- mudball
- preball
- disbase
- eggball
- ballbag
- basewise
- pukeball
- baseling
- roadbase
- fuzzball
- baseflow
- fourball
- kickball
- firebase
- onballer
- panabase
- fuckball
- turdball
- polybase
- basecoat
- ballroom
- baseless
- gigabase
- hardball
- freeball
- fishball
- kilobase
- dustball
- flagball
- motoball
- gyroball
- nanoball
- glueball
- hornball
- rootball
- handball
- softball
- blowball
- ballrace
- slowball
- caneball
- forkball
- ballhair
- snowball
- baseload
- starbase
- slamball
- pushball
- corkball
- football
- goalball
- pithball
- baseword
- air base
- ballless
- megabase
- landbase
- basepath
- moonbase
- woodball
- beanball
- ballclub
- snotball
- puffball
- baseband
- heelball
- ballhead
- basename
- baseline
- backball
- baselike
- mushball
- sootball
- highball
- junkball
- scumball
- dirtball
- codebase
- rheobase
- dungball
- ballyard
- sourball
- baseness
- townball
- playball
- wingbase
- moorball
- database
- wallball
- metaball
- bow ball
- meatball
- snowbase
- ballgown
- ballsack
- goofball
- ballhawk
- ballache
- shitball
- ballcock
- crudball
- spitball
- userbase
- ballgoer
- typeball
- ballpark
- basewide
- muskball
- baseborn
- sandball
- basement
- fistball
- lardball
- trapball
- wireball
- hairball
- mothball
- freebase
- roofball
- fireball
- korfball
- cornball
- gynobase
- postbase
- balllike
- leafbase
- timebase
- moonball
- terabase
- screwball
- paintball
- baseboard
- smut-ball
- tape ball
- baselayer
- Moneyball
- throwball
- bunnyball
- basewoman
- scuffball
- smallball
- ball-goer
- slimeball
- balljoint
- bandyball
- stickball
- basepoint
- ballfield
- baseplate
- catchball
- stoopball
- horseball
- superball
- ballcourt
- speedball
- curveball
- doughball
- basestock
- punchball
- wash-ball
- blackball
- brainball
- wheelbase
- broomball
- smokeball
- roundball
- dodgeball
- hyperball
- basebally
- swingball
- trackball
- woodsball
- ball-like
- ballmaker
- ballpoint
- balljuice
- half-ball
- spit-ball
- stinkball
- sloshball
- multiball
- ballstock
- slushball
- fieldball
- ballproof
- floorball
- ghostball
- nerf ball
- fluffball
- superbase
- beachball
- uniballer
- buttonball
- Polandball
- greaseball
- murderball
- cannonball
- playerbase
- baserunner
- racketball
- lawyerball
- basketball
- carpetball
- gnathobase
- ballsucker
- sportsball
- nucleobase
- tetherball
- Calvinball
- sleazeball
- cheeseball
- kittenball
- sinkerball
- pickleball
- physioball
- volleyball
- stage ball
- eight-ball
- baseballer
- tunnelball
- phallobase
- basetender
- bucketball
- baseburner
- rollerball
- scruffball
- flash-ball
- baseperson
- paddleball
- ballkicker
- streetball
- pseudobase
- butterball
- disco ball
- niggerball
- glitterball
- basestealer
- baseballing
- skittleball
- baserunning
- ballbusting
- ballhandler
- ballplaying
- bladderball
- trackerball
- ball-buster
- baseballese
- ball player
- racquetball
- flutterball
- knuckleball
- cabbageball
- nonbaseball
- washing ball
- ball-breaker
- ballhandling
- laundry ball
- antibaseball
- basification
- rubber ball blast grenade