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stress ball

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small, malleable toy ball filled with soft material, used to relieve muscle tension in one's palm and hand and alleviate general feelings of anxiety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 壓力球 /压力球 (yālìqiú) — malleable toy ball
  • Danish: stressbold — malleable toy ball
  • Estonian: stressipall — malleable toy ball
  • Finnish: stressipallo — malleable toy ball
  • German: Stressball — malleable toy ball
  • Hungarian: stresszlabda — malleable toy ball
  • Japanese: ストレスボール (sutoresu bōru) — malleable toy ball
  • Korean: 스트레스 볼 (seuteureseu bol) — malleable toy ball
  • Polish: gniotek — malleable toy ball
  • Spanish: bola antiestrés — malleable toy ball
  • Spanish: pelota antiestrés — malleable toy ball
  • Swedish: stressboll — malleable toy ball