[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere :He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.", "a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf.", "a game played with a ball, especially baseball:The boys are out playing ball.", "Baseball.a pitched ball, not swung at by the batter, that does not pass over home plate between the batter's shoulders and knees.", "Military.a solid, usually spherical projectile for a cannon, rifle, pistol, etc., as distinguished from a shell.projectiles, especially bullets, collectively.", "a solid, usually spherical projectile for a cannon, rifle, pistol, etc., as distinguished from a shell.", "projectiles, especially bullets, collectively.", "any part of a thing, especially of the human body, that is rounded or protuberant:the ball of the thumb.", "a round mass of food, as of chopped meat, dough, or candy.", "Usuallyballs.Slang: Vulgar.a testicle.", "balls,Slang: Vulgar. boldness ; courage ;brashness:She had the balls to ignore her critics and stand up for what was right.nonsense (often used as an interjection).", "boldness ; courage ;brashness:She had the balls to ignore her critics and stand up for what was right.", "nonsense (often used as an interjection).", "bolus(def1) bolus(def1).", "Horticulture.a compact mass of soil covering the roots of an uprooted tree or other plant.", "Literary.a planetary or celestial body, especially the earth.", "Mathematics.(in a metric space) the set of points whose distance from the zero element is less than, or less than or equal to, a specified number."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make into a ball (sometimes followed byup):The children were balling up snow to make a snowman.", "to wind into balls:to ball cotton.", "Slang: Vulgar.to have sexual intercourse with."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to form or gather into a ball:When the spun sugar balls, the candy has cooked sufficiently.", "to play basketball:There’s no doubt the kid can ball, but the recruiters are also aware that he’s barely passing his math and science classes.", "Slang: Vulgar.to have sexual intercourse."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang.to make or become utterly confused; muddle :The records had been all balled up by inefficient file clerks."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a large, usually lavish, formal party featuring social dancing and sometimes given for a particular purpose, as to introduce debutantes or benefit a charitable organization.", "Informal.a thoroughly good time:Have a ball on your vacation!"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["George W(ild·man)[wahyld, -m, uh, n],1909–1994,U.S. lawyer, investment banker, and government official.", "John,died 1381,English priest: one of the leaders of Wat Tyler's peasants' revolt in 1381.", "Lucille,1911–89,U.S. actress."]}]