freeball

verb

Etymology

From free + ball. See ball (“testicle”).

  1. derived from *bʰel-
  2. derived from *bʰélō
  3. inherited from *balluz
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as freeball — “free + ball

Definitions

  1. To not wear underpants beneath one's outer clothing.

    • And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway […]
    • I had run out of clean underwear on a road trip, and I had heard rumors about the pleasures associated with freeballing, and so I made the decision and […]
    • […] has thrown away dozens of pairs of underwear throughout his life, having to freeball the rest of the day.
  2. A ball that has been hit from below the top of the net.

    • Just about every play in the game, service reception, general play and freeball, involves the use of the front A and/or back A, although they are not always set.
    • Areas of emphasis can be: team blocking, serve reception, attack combinations, freeball execution, and spiker coverage.
    • By serving tough, using effective downball placement, not giving easy freeballs and simply attacking smartly and in a tough manner.
  3. A show that is developed by the station without participation by the network.

    • But the freeballs it has done on its own, Farmer's Daughter, Hazel, Bewitched, have proven the gambit.
    • Then there was no dearth of venture capital to provide freeball pilots for the market.
    • At this time virtually no active producers go so far as to commission a "freeball" script without prior consultation with the network.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To improvise

      To improvise; to act without a set plan.

      • "Strap in," he said, sternly. "My bird, my rules. No one freeballs it when I'm doing the flying."
      • 'For the designs, I just freeball it. I have a strategy where I try to keep the same gaze, but I like those that are flipped, such as when I put my head sideways'.
      • I’m still going to change it when I say it and I’ll often kind of freeball, as we say, how it transitions from moment to moment, because we don’t have to write it conversationally.
    2. To make a freeball shot.

      • But we can't just freeball it to them because they will kill it right back at you.

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