What does "balling" mean?
Aggregation into clumps or balls;
Balling
adj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Aggregation into clumps or balls;
- Grammar: balling is listed as adj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: adultery, ass, carnal knowledge, climax.
- Useful contrasts: deballing, disaggregation, economize.
- Usage evidence: Balling his fists, Tom left the room.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Aggregation into clumps or balls; countable, uncountable
"As preceding the gaseous states, Faye accepts one of "dissolution," and as the cause of the local accumulation of matter and heat in space, he, like others, regards the balling of matter through gravitation, whereby immense motion is converted into heat ."
- 2 The act of winding into a ball. countable, uncountable
"The balling of wool and other fibre is effected by winding on to pipes or tubes ordinarily formed of metal with small flanges at each end , and these pipes or tubes are supported between discs upon an axis to which the desired rotary motion is given for the formation of the balls."
- 3 The act of curling up. countable, uncountable
"Thus, in the candy-wrapping shops of a confectionery factory (where the women workers are for a protracted period in a sitting position and carrying out small-scope hand motions), the physical exercises included in the P.T. break were slow, unforced bends and straightenings, balling of the fists of up- raised hands, and the like , whereas in the smelting shop of a metallurgy factory the P.T. break was held outdoors and consisted of exercises of the active recreational type bringing into play groups of muscles not exercised in the production work."
- 4 The act of wrapping something up. countable, uncountable
"Even if we would like to think that we know something about these things, most of the brain's operations lurk veiled in mystery, wrapped in riddle, inside—well, you know (as I think Nauta did)...The allegorical balling of the cortical mantle cautions that all is not necessarily what it seems."
- 5 The act of cutting the roots (of a tree) about six inches from the stem, wrapping roots and soil in a sack, then tying the sack with twine. countable, uncountable
"These cases probably start in the majority of instances from an excessive flooding of the soil with water, put on either while the trees are growing to force them along or just before they are dug in order to assist the operation of "balling.""
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- 6 The act or process of using a wrecking ball. countable, uncountable
"To do this, a temporary variance was obtained in the city's building codes, which forbid demolishing of buildings by balling ."
- 7 The accumulation of soil on the feet of a bird, a process that eventually leads to infection. countable, uncountable
"the amount of milk sugar in the diet will be sufficiently high to produce flushing or at least a "balling" of the droppings on the feet of the birds."
- 8 The accumulation of material such as snow or mud under the feet of a horse. countable, uncountable
"The most potent cause of thrush is exposure of the frogs to filth and damp. Neglect to remove the "balling" of horse dung or soiled bedding, tan, or sawdust from the shod foot is a fruitful source."
- 9 The act of forcing a bolus of medicine down the throat of an animal. countable, uncountable
"The periodical bleeding and balling of horses should be likewise condemned ."
- 10 An incident when worker bees surround a queen bee, usually leading to her death by suffocation or starvation. countable, uncountable
"Balling of queens seems to be relatively common in some strains of bee."
- 11 The process of firing ball-like projectiles. countable, uncountable
"Dr. Putnam received the discipline of snow balling as he passed the street."
- 12 The act of scouring out a pipe or drain by forcing rocks or similar items through it with high-pressure water. countable, uncountable
"For this test series balling was initiated by trying a variety of rocks and by running at different levels of hydraulic horsepower per square inch of bottom hole area ( HSI ) ."
- 13 The measurement on a hydrometer of the amount of sugar in a liquid. countable, uncountable
"In the next place, the defendant contrasts the dilution of Hayduck, which has a balling of about 1°, with the concentration of the dilute portion of the peptone wort of mash 1901, which had a balling of .8 °."
- 14 Synonym of sexual intercourse. countable, slang, uncountable
"A very wise girl named Amaryllis once said to me "I like cuffing, but I don't want a boy who will swerk me just for the glory of it." Balling is something people do together too."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of ball form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Involving casual sexual intercourse. not-comparable
"Ideal for a balling hot time ."
- 2 Alternative form of ballin'. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Balling his fists, Tom left the room."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "balling"?
Common synonyms include: adultery, ass, carnal knowledge, climax, cohabitation, coitus.
How do you use "balling" in a sentence?
Balling his fists, Tom left the room.
Etymology
By surface analysis, ball + -ing.