as in rolled
to form into a round compact mass
balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can
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Recent Examples of balled
Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Her brother cannon-balled off a rock to join her.
—Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Lynn Dickey threw for 387 yards and three touchdowns; Paul Coffman balled out with a 6/124/2 receiving line.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water a week — be sure the root ball is getting watered.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In a statement win for the Mustangs, Ralston Valley QB Zeke Andrews balled out.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Her brother cannon-balled off a rock to join her.
—Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Lynn Dickey threw for 387 yards and three touchdowns; Paul Coffman balled out with a 6/124/2 receiving line.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water a week — be sure the root ball is getting watered.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for balled
Verb
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The scene was partly improvised, in the sense that White didn’t know what the song was going to be before cameras rolled.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Even before the camera rolled, Burns, in jeans and a sweater, was bursting with facts.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even luckier, a well-rounded preppy wardrobe doesn’t have to break the bank.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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Peña, on the other hand, would reach for the Tweezerman ProMaster for rounded eyes.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Meters away, two humanoid robots, with bulbous joints and expressionless plastic domes for faces, stand at a desk.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Then came some tops and skirts in bulbous shapes — a clear nod to the cocoon silhouette that cemented Balenciaga in fashion history — as well as textured dresses, some with exaggerated trains that billowed with each step.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Overall, the design language shifts from squarish to roundish and more curvy, presenting a silhouette closer to a human figure, at least from the front.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The wrappers don’t have to be a perfect circle, just roundish.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Those lucky/sitting ducks were at the center of a manifold creative pressure, like the core of a planet pulled spherical by gravity.—
Kate Colby
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Open star clusters are much less dense than their globular counterparts and a pair of binoculars with a lower magnification allows for a more comprehensive view.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The Moomins, created by Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson during WWII, are gentle, rotund trolls who live in Moominvalley, a magical place where adventures are always waiting around the corner and the values of friendship, bravery and respect are ever-present.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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The rotund bomb is similar to the one used in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The brand, which recently became first denim brand to achieve the TESTEX Circularity Label, says this circular loop process reduces CO₂ emissions by 47 percent, saves up to 90 percent water compared to industry standards and cuts waste.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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According to Carscoops, early renderings reveal a low-slung front end, circular headlights, a modest front grille, and a compact cockpit, complemented by wing mirrors perched high on the A-pillars.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Balled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balled. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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