: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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Long to make Crumbl’s semi-sweet chocolate chunk cookies, Chipotle’s chicken al pastor, Portillo’s famous chocolate cake, California Pizza Kitchen’s carne asada pizza or Maggiano’s Italian meatballs?
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Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
For entrees, there are pasta dishes like mushroom Bolognese and meatball rigatoni.
—Connie Ogle
updated May 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Plus, these Greek meatballs, along with the yogurt sauce and rice, would be delicious stuffed in pitas for brown bag lunches during the week.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
Order the sweet corn tortellini, lobster linguine, a Sunday night spaghetti and meatballs special, American wagyu ribeye from Abatti Ranch in San Diego County and Australian wagyu.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
For entrees, there are pasta dishes like mushroom Bolognese and meatball rigatoni.
—Connie Ogle
updated May 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Plus, these Greek meatballs, along with the yogurt sauce and rice, would be delicious stuffed in pitas for brown bag lunches during the week.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
Order the sweet corn tortellini, lobster linguine, a Sunday night spaghetti and meatballs special, American wagyu ribeye from Abatti Ranch in San Diego County and Australian wagyu.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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“Meatball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatball. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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