: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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In makeup, cooking pasta in the afternoon, having meals, making meatballs.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 June 2025
When the oil is hot, add the meatballs and cook, stirring occasionally, until the meatballs are browned all over, 5 minutes.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Days before the meatballs were found, the homeowners found hundreds of chocolate discs in their yard, but didn’t have surveillance cameras up at the time, police said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
In its first decades in the U.S., these megastores served mostly major metropolitan markets and shoppers made an afternoon browsing and a stop in the store cafeteria for a plate of Swedish meatballs or sticky buns.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 June 2025
When the oil is hot, add the meatballs and cook, stirring occasionally, until the meatballs are browned all over, 5 minutes.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Days before the meatballs were found, the homeowners found hundreds of chocolate discs in their yard, but didn’t have surveillance cameras up at the time, police said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
In its first decades in the U.S., these megastores served mostly major metropolitan markets and shoppers made an afternoon browsing and a stop in the store cafeteria for a plate of Swedish meatballs or sticky buns.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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“Meatball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatball. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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