balling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of ball
noun
  1. Aggregation into clumps or balls;
  2. The act of winding into a ball.
  3. The act of curling up.
  4. The act of wrapping something up.
  5. 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.
  6. The act or process of using a wrecking ball.
  7. The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection.
  8. The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse.
  9. The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal.
  10. An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation.
  11. The process of firing ball-like projectiles.
  12. The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water.
adj
  1. Involving casual sexual intercourse.
  2. Alternative form of ballin'.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

balling ballings

Etymology

By surface analysis, ball + -ing.

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