ball
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ball |
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Kaffeeklatsch, action, agate, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, bal, bal costume, bal
masque, ball bearing, balloon, bar shot, barn dance, baseball, baseball bat, basketball,
bat, battledore, bauble, be intimate, bead, big time, bird shot, bladder, blob, blocks, blowout, boll, bolus, bowl, brawl, bubble, buckshot, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, bullet, cannon shot, cannonball, case
shot, caucus, checkerboard, chessboard, clew, clot, club, cockhorse, cocktail party, coffee klatch, cohabit, colloquium, come together, commission, commit adultery,
committee, conclave, concourse, conglobulate, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, copulate, costume party, council, country dance, couple, cover, cricket bat, crossbar shot, cue, dance, date, diddle, diet, dinner, dinner party, discus, doll, doll carriage, donation party, duck shot, dumdum bullet,
egg, eisteddfod, ejecta, ejectamenta, ellipsoid, ensphere, entertainment, expanding bullet, fancy-dress ball, festivity, fete, football, forgathering,
fornicate, forum, frig,
fun, fun and games, funmaking, game, garden party, gathering, geoid, get-together, gewgaw, gimcrack, globe, globelet, globoid,
globule, glomerulus, gob,
gobbet, golf club, good time,
grape, grapeshot, great fun, handball, have sex, have sexual relations, hen party,
high old time, high time, hobbyhorse, hop, house-raising, house party,
housewarming, jack-in-the-box, jacks,
jackstones, jackstraws, kickshaw, knickknack, knob, knot,
langrel shot, laughs, lawn party, lay, levee, lie with, lovely time,
make it with, make love, make out,
manstopping bullet, marble, marionette,
mask, masked ball, masque,
masquerade, masquerade ball, masquerade party, mate, meet, meeting,
mig, missile, mixer,
mothball, mount, mushroom,
oblate spheroid, orb, orbit,
orblet, oval, ovoid,
panel, paper doll, party,
pellet, pick-up sticks, picnic,
pill, pinball, pinwheel, play, plaything, pleasant time, plenum, projectile, prolate spheroid, prom, promenade, puppet, pushball, quoit, quorum, racket, rag doll, rally, reception, record hop, rendezvous, rifle ball, rocking horse,
rondure, round, round shot, rubber ball, screw, seance, serve, service, session, shell, shindig, shindy,
shot, shower, shrapnel, sit-in, sitting, sleep with, slug, smoker, snowball, softball, soiree, sphere, spherify, spheroid, spherule,
split shot, sport, square dance,
stag, stag dance, stag party, steelie, surprise party, symposium, synod, taw, tea dance, teetotum, tetherball, the dansant, top, toy, toy soldier, trajectile, trinket,
turnout, volleyball, wad,
whiffle ball, whim-wham
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ball of fire |
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activist, beaver, big-time
operator, bustler, busy bee, doer, eager beaver, enthusiast, go-getter, human dynamo, hustler, live wire, man of action, man of deeds, militant, new broom, operator, political activist, powerhouse, take-charge guy, wheeler-dealer, winner
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ball the jack |
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barrel, boom, bowl along,
breeze, breeze along, brush,
clip, cut along, fleet,
flit, fly, fly low,
foot, go fast, highball,
make knots, nip, outstrip the wind, pour it on, rip, scorch,
sizzle, skim, speed, storm along, sweep, tear, tear along, thunder along, whisk,
whiz, zing, zip, zoom
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ball up |
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addle, addle the wits, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bollix, bollix up, bother, bug, bugger,
bugger up, cloud, complicate,
confound, confuse, cook, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose,
disconcert, disorganize, disorient, distract, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster,
flutter, fog, foul up, fuddle, fumble, fuss, garble, gum up, hash up, implicate, involve, jumble, knot, louse up, maze, mess up, mist, mix up, moider, muck up, muddle, perplex,
perturb, pi, play hell with,
play hob with, pother, put out,
queer, raise hell, ramify, rattle, ravel, riffle, ruffle, scramble, screw up, shuffle, sink,
snafu, snarl, snarl up, tangle, throw into confusion, throw off, tumble, unsettle, upset
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crystal ball |
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aftertime, afteryears, astrology, augury, by-and-by, clairvoyance, course ahead, crystal gazing, determinism, distant future, divination, divining, eventuality, expectation, foresight, fortunetelling, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, haruspication,
haruspicy, hereafter, horoscopy, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, mantic, mantology, near future, offing,
outlook, palm-reading, palmistry, posteriority, prediction, probability, project, prophecy, prospect, pythonism, sorcery, the future, the morrow, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead,
time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow
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on the ball |
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advertent, agile, agog, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, awake, aware, bright, careful, clear-sighted, clear-witted, clearheaded, concentrated, conscious, diligent, earnest, finical, finicking, finicky, heedful, intense, intent, intentive, keen, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, nimble, observant, observing, on the, on the alert, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed,
openmouthed, prompt, qui vive,
quick, ready, regardful, sharp, sleepless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake
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play ball |
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act in concert, act together, affiliate,
ally, amalgamate, associate, band, band together, be in league, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, concert, concord, concur, confederate, consolidate,
conspire, cooperate, do business with,
federate, fuse, get heads together,
get together, go partners, hang
together, harmonize, hold together, hook up, join, join in, join together, keep together, league, league together,
make common cause, merge, partner,
pull together, put heads together, reciprocate, stand together, team up, throw in together, tie in, tie up, unite, unite efforts, work together
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Main entries similar to: ball
action, assembly, assignation, at home, balloon, bat, battledore, bauble, bead, big time, bingo, bladder, blob,
block, blowout, boll, bolus, brawl, bubble, buckshot, bulb,
bullet, cannonball, caucus, checkerboard, checkers, chess, club, coffee
klatch, cohabit, colloquium, come together, commission, committee,
conclave, concourse, congress, convention, convocation, copulate, costume party, council, couple, cover, cue, dance, date,
diddle, diet, dinner, discus, doll, dollhouse, ellipsoid, entertainment,
festivity, fete, fornicate, forum, fun, gala, game, gathering,
get together, gewgaw, gimcrack, globe, globule, gob, gobbet, good
time, grapeshot, high time, hobbyhorse, hop, housewarming, jacks, kickshaw, knickknack, knob, knot, lay, levee, make love,
make out, marble, marionette, mask, masque, masquerade, mate, meet,
meeting, missile, mixer, mount, mushroom, orb, orbit, panel,
party, pellet, picnic, pinwheel, play, plaything, plenum, projectile, prom, promenade, puppet, quoit, quorum,
racket, rally, reception, rendezvous, revel, revelry, rocking horse, round, screw, seance, serve, service, session,
shell, shindig, shindy, shot, shower, shrapnel, sit in, sitting,
sleep with, slug, smoker, snowball, soiree, sphere, sport, square dance, stag, symposium, synod, top, toy,
tracer, trinket, turnout, whim-wham
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