English Explanatory Dictionary

red ball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
  2. First-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball". Mainly used to play tests.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ball.
adj
  1. Of or related to priority freight or the trains that carry it.

Pronunciation

En-au-red ball.ogg

Word forms

red ball red balls

Etymology

* ("high-profile high-priority" sense) From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.

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