ball game

Definitions

1. 1

   Any game played with a ball.

   • Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.
2. 2

   A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball…

   A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.

   • George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.
3. 3

   A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations

   A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.

   • The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.
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   1. 4

      Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.

      • Think things over, Callahan. Get with it. It's a whole new ball game these days.
   2. 5

      A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation

      A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.

      • If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game.

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