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ball/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag General-American not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms borrowed from Middle French", "English terms derived from Late Latin", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Middle French", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Old French", "English terms derived from Old Norse", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms with homophones", 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Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. 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If he cannot, he is not only \"balled\" but seen as a \"faggot\" (this is a term directly from the work).", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2019 November 25, Annie Martin, “UCF frat suspended after report of pledges being forced to smoke marijuana, drink 'entire bottles' of alcohol”, in Orlando Sentinel:", "text": "All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)"], "links": [["university", "university"], ["slang", "slang"], ["reject", "reject"], ["fraternity", "fraternity"], ["sorority", "sorority"], ["blackball", "blackball#English"]], "qualifier": "university slang", "raw_glosses": ["(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. 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"2": "Ball", "3": "", "4": "ball"}, "expansion": "German Ball (“ball”)", "name": "cog"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.", "forms": [{"form": "balls", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "balling", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "balled", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "balled", "tags": ["past"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "ball (third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)", "name": "en-verb"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with collocations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to ball cotton", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To form or wind into a ball."], "links": [["form", "form"], ["wind", "wind"], ["ball", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To form or wind into a ball."], "synonyms": [{"word": "roll up"}, {"word": "wad"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["en:Metalworking"], "glosses": ["To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling."], "links": [["metalworking", "metalworking"], ["heat", "heat"], ["furnace", "furnace"], ["form", "form"], ["ball", "#Noun"], ["roll", "roll"]], "raw_glosses": ["(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling."], "topics": ["arts", "crafts", "engineering", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "metallurgy", "metalworking", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "English vulgarities"], "examples": [{"ref": "1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:", "text": "Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To have sexual intercourse with."], "links": [["US", "United States"], ["sexual intercourse", "sexual intercourse"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with."], "synonyms": [{"word": "copulate with"}], "tags": ["US", "transitive", "vulgar"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with collocations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "the horse balls", "type": "example"}, {"text": "the snow balls", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["ball", "#Noun"], ["cling", "cling"], ["feet", "feet"], ["ski", "ski"], ["damp", "damp"], ["snow", "snow"], ["clay", "clay"], ["gather", "gather"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English slang"], "glosses": ["To be hip or cool."], "links": [["hip", "hip"], ["cool", "cool"]], "raw_glosses": ["(slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool."], "tags": ["participle", "present", "regional", "slang"]}, {"categories": ["English short forms", "English student slang", "English terms with quotations", "en:Universities"], "examples": [{"ref": "2018 July 12, “'I Thought Frats Were Like Their Movies, and They Totally Are': A Review of 'Alpha Class'”, in College Media Network:", "text": "This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only \"balled\" but seen as a \"faggot\" (this is a term directly from the work).", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2019 November 25, Annie Martin, “UCF frat suspended after report of pledges being forced to smoke marijuana, drink 'entire bottles' of alcohol”, in Orlando Sentinel:", "text": "All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)"], "links": [["university", "university"], ["slang", "slang"], ["reject", "reject"], ["fraternity", "fraternity"], ["sorority", "sorority"], ["blackball", "blackball#English"]], "qualifier": "university slang", "raw_glosses": ["(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)"]}, {"categories": ["English nonstandard terms", "English slang", "English terms with collocations"], "examples": [{"text": "fuck it, we ball\n(Internet?) slang, used to indicate general perseverance", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To play basketball."], "links": [["basketball", "basketball"]], "raw_glosses": ["(nonstandard, slang) To play basketball."], "tags": ["nonstandard", "slang"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1865, Camp Sumpter, Andersonville National Historic Site, Rules and Regulations of the Prison:", "text": "any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To punish by affixing a ball and chain."], "links": [["punish", "punish"], ["affix", "affix"], ["ball and chain", "ball and chain"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and 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"(cot–caught merger) Basle"}], "translations": [{"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "udrjam edno mado", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "удрям едно мадо"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["vulgar"], "word": "nussia"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["vulgar"], "word": "naida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["vulgar"], "word": "panna"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "forniquer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "tirer son coup"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "note": "faire une partie de jambes en l’air", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "débroussailler la tranchée"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "scopare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "trombare"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["Brazil", "vulgar"], "word": "comer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "jadrítʹ", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "ядри́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "fùttiri"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["Spain"], "word": "follar con"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["Mexico"], "word": "coger con"}, {"code": "es", "english": "others", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "word": "tirarse a"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["class-3", "class-4"], "word": "mpira"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with", "tags": ["vulgar"], "word": "knulla"}], "wikipedia": ["ball"], "word": "ball"}

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