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Hardball

adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
Noun
  1. 1
    In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    baseball as distinguished from softball wordnet
  3. 3
    Tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business. countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To exhibit tough and ruthless behavior towards another individual. informal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hard + ball.

Etymology 2

From hard + ball.

Etymology 3

From hard + ball.

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