Freeball
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A ball that has been hit from below the top of the net.
"Just about every play in the game, service reception, general play and freeball, involves the use of the front A and/or back A, although they are not always set."
- 2 A show that is developed by the station without participation by the network.
"But the freeballs it has done on its own, Farmer's Daughter, Hazel, Bewitched, have proven the gambit."
- 1 To not wear underpants beneath one's outer clothing. intransitive, slang
"And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway […]"
- 2 To improvise; to act without a set plan.
""Strap in," he said, sternly. "My bird, my rules. No one freeballs it when I'm doing the flying.""
- 3 To make a freeball shot.
"But we can't just freeball it to them because they will kill it right back at you."
Example
More examples"And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway […]"
Etymology
From free + ball. See ball (“testicle”).
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