balled

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bald, bawled

Verb

balled

1. simple past and past participle of ball

Adjective

balled (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.

   a hairy-balled man

   a big-balled guy

   • 1939, Paul Corey, Three Miles Square, page 126:

     At every opportunity he got as near the black engine as he could; his sharp eyes examined piston and cylinder, valves, gauges and the three-balled governor.

Derived terms

• brass-balled

Anagrams

• da bell, deball