adj
Meaning 1
Involving casual sexual intercourse.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
balling
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Alternative form of ballin'.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 4
Aggregation into clumps or balls;
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The act of winding into a ball.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The act of curling up.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
The act of wrapping something up.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: poultry
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noun
Meaning 11
The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, beekeeping, business, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 14
The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
Synonym of sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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verb
Meaning 18
present participle and gerund of ball
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
By surface analysis, ball + -ing.