<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.</li><li>a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.</li><li>one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.</li><li>a bullet.</li><li>a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile.</li><li>a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey.</li><li>(in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament.</li><li>a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to form into pellets; pelletize.</li><li>to hit with pellets.</li></ul>