ballgame

/B AO0 L G EY1 M/
noun
  1. 1

    Any game played with a ball.

    โ€œBasketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œGeorge and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.โ€

  3. 3

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

    โ€œThe ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.โ€

  4. 4

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

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