: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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The dish requires little description: a shirt-splattering jumble of pasta and marinara joined by a pair of rotund, springy beef meatballs slightly larger than golf balls.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Entree-wise, the spaghetti and meatballs ($24) are fantastic.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In the photo, the doting mom showed their matching bowls of cottage cheese, chicken meatballs, eggs and avocado.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 June 2025
There’s also a kids menu featuring spaghetti and meatballs, chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, cheese quesadilla, ice cream and cookies.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Entree-wise, the spaghetti and meatballs ($24) are fantastic.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In the photo, the doting mom showed their matching bowls of cottage cheese, chicken meatballs, eggs and avocado.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 June 2025
There’s also a kids menu featuring spaghetti and meatballs, chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, cheese quesadilla, ice cream and cookies.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
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“Meatball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatball. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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