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
Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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An electric version arrived in 2007, and the very last one rolled off the assembly line in 2024.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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Adding to the waterworks, Kerr also wept as the credits rolled.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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On-field figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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These slip-on block heels secure your foot with four rounded straps and give you an approachable boost of only 2 inches.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The top overlay of her black, Christian Dior gown blew upward, and billowed, appearing inflated and bulbous for about a second, footage of the moment shared by Cinema Blend shows.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Justin, meanwhile, delights in the most gargantuan hoodies and bottoms, bulbous footwear, and sporty accessories, while always wearing something from his own brand too.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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In the map created for the 2022 film, Gotham is three islands that are almost roundish, jagged circles connected by bridges, so the Tricorner Bridge is kind of like the Brooklyn Bridge, but not quite.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The researchers used perfectly spherical silica particles just 200 nanometers wide, essentially superfine sand, to achieve the effect.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Bazaar Meat then became known for colossal steaks and suckling pigs while also showcasing whimsical dishes like spherical olives and beefsteak tomato tartare that are obviously nods to the time Andrés spent cooking at Ferran Adria’s groundbreaking El Bulli.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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As a wave of radioactive green slime envelops him, his body begins to transform—limbs mutating, rows of bloody fangs emerging—his globular, wormlike form, slithering menacingly across the screen.—
Laura Holliday,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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Never a perfect circle, but dependably rotund, the doughnuts are large enough to tear at greedily and still last the entire drive home.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Set your iron to warm, and then iron over the salt in circular motions until clean.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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Rotating ports Rotating ports are circular ports that turn within the faceplate of the wall outlet.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Balled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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