Ball (disambiguation)

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A ball is a round object with various uses.

Ball or balls may also refer to:

Ball-shaped objects

• Ball (mathematics), the solid interior of a sphere
• Stress ball, a malleable toy
• Rubber ball
• Ball (bearing), special highly spherical and smooth balls, most commonly used in ball bearings
• Ball joint, a mechanical joint
• Ball terminal, one of various typographical stroke endings
• Ball ammunition, solid, non-expanding, military-style bullets
• Round shot, a round projectile fired from guns and cannons

Anatomy

• Ball (anatomy), a bottom part of the foot
• Ball and socket joint, a form of joint between two bones
• Balls, slang for the testicles

Ball in sports

• Ball (football)
• Ball (baseball)
• Cricket ball
• Delivery (cricket), also known as a "ball"
• Tennis ball
• Ball (baseball statistics), a pitch at which the batter does not swing and which does not pass through the strike zone
• Ball (rhythmic gymnastics), a ball used in rhythmic gymnastics

Social gathering

• Ball (dance party), a social gathering
• Times Square Ball, an element of New York City's new years celebration colloquially referred to as "the ball"
• The Ball (event), a NYC Jewish singles event on Christmas Eve at the time of the better known Matzo Ball

People

• Ball (surname), a list of people with the surname Ball
• Ed Balls, a British politician
• William Lawrence Balls, a British botanist

Places

• Ball (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Ball, Cornwall, a hamlet in the north of Cornwall, England
• Ball, Louisiana, a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Balls (mountain range), a mountain range in Madera County, California, United States

Film, plays, television, and video games

• The Ball (play), a 1632 play by James Shirley
• Balls (film) (Swedish: Farsan), a 2010 Swedish comedy film
• Balls (TV channel), a defunct Filipino sports channel
• Le Bal (1931 film), a 1931 French film
• The Ball (1958 film) (Mingea), a 1958 Romanian film
• Le Bal (1983 film), a 1983 Algerian film
• The Ball, Australian documentary, runner up at 2011 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour
• The Ball (video game), a 2010 video game
• Ball (Game & Watch), the first game created for the Nintendo Game & Watch

Music

• "Un bal", the second movement of Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz
• Balls (rock band), a British rock band who performed from 1969 to 1971; see under lead guitarist
• B.A.L.L., an American alternative rock band

Albums

• Ball (Iron Butterfly album), a 1969 album by Iron Butterfly
• Ball (Widespread Panic album), a 2003 album by Widespread Panic
• Balls, a 2003 album by Napoleon Murphy Brock
• Balls (Elizabeth Cook album), a 2007 album by Elizabeth Cook
• Balls (EP), a 1991 EP by California punk rock band Guttermouth
• Balls (Sparks album), a 2000 album by Sparks

Songs

• "Ball", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK Original Soundtrack
• "Ball", the sixth song on DJ Khaled's 2010 album Victory
• "Ball" (song), the fifth song and lead single on T.I.'s 2012 album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head

Organizations

• Ball Corporation, a U.S. packaging manufacturer
• Ball High School, a public secondary school in Galveston, Texas, United States
• Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States
• Ball Watch Company

Acronyms

• BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library), a versatile set of C++ classes for molecular modelling
• Blog Assisted Language Learning, an application of computer-assisted language learning

See also

• Bawls, a high-caffeine soft drink
• Category:Balls, an index of game balls and other types of round balls
• Thermoball, a swarm of insects (especially bees) in collective defense against larger insects, such as predatory wasps