balled 1 of 2

adjective

as in rounded

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balled

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verb

past tense of ball
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
Verb
Then there’s Cofie, who balled his way into a draft combine invite this spring, and Rice, whose name will be known in draft circles soon enough. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water per week — be sure the root ball is getting watered. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Lord described Walter Bedford as the night baker who cannon-balled into the ocean in chapter 6. — Veronica Hinke, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026 Jokic came off a pin-down from Braun to catch on the right wing — again making Gobert chase him around a screen — but air-balled the 3-pointer. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026 Bare root trees and shrubs, as the name suggests, are not sold in a pot or balled and burlapped. — Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026 Pare raised both hands, balled in fists, pumping away. — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 The Knicks had a chance to cut Phoenix’s lead down to just four with under a minute left in regulation, but Karl-Anthony Towns air-balled a wide-open three at the top of the key. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for balled
  1. rounded
  2. rolled
  3. bulbous
  4. wadded
  5. roundish
  6. spherical
  7. globular
  8. rotund
Adjective
  • Priced at $9,950, the compact drops kept the brand’s familiar rounded Elisa shape close to the ears rather than extending into a longer chandelier silhouette.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • Within these new rounded granules, the graphite flakes are randomly oriented in all directions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of rounded
Verb
  • Instead, his shot cleared a shrubby ridge and rolled to the first cut for a short chip.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • However, they would then be rolled to the pad by a transporter and then lifted vertically by a crane with a specialized breakover feature.
    — Chris Young July 12, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
Definition of rolled
Adjective
  • The Pikachu — in all his tiny, yellow, bulbous glory — sitting next to the cameras is part of the reason the Angels have won some games lately.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The ground shook beneath them and a giant face suddenly loomed above, its bulbous eyes inches from their bodies.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of bulbous
Verb
  • The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg?
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Definition of wadded
Adjective
  • Some dots resemble pairs of eyes; others appear as overlapping roundish figures.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Bieber’s stage was large, roundish, and mostly bare, with a hilly ridge around the edges.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of roundish
Adjective
  • Any pearl that is not classically and symmetrically spherical is a baroque pearl.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 13 July 2026
  • This mixture is pushed through an extruder to form tiny, sprinkle-like cylinders, which are then tumbled in a rapidly spinning chamber to round them into near-spherical particles.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of spherical
Adjective
  • The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • This cultivar, 'Little Gem', grows with scale-like leaves in dense, flat sprays presented in a globular shape.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Definition of globular
Adjective
  • The doc noted that Winne The Pooh is banned in China after its president was once compared to the rotund bear of the classic children’s story.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 June 2026
  • Joe Gargery, comparing slices of bread; the rotund voice of Mr Jaggers in Great Expectations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of rotund

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