ballgame
ball game
noun
1.
any game played with a ball, especially baseball or softball.
2.
Informal. a situation and all its attendant circumstances: Having a new administration in power changes the entire ball game at city hall. Compare new ball game.
3.
Archaeology. a ceremonial game of both ritual and sporting significance, played by teams on a ball court in Mesoamerican cultures from the Preclassic period to the Spanish conquest.
Also, ball·game.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
1840–50, Americanism
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| ball game | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any game played with a ball |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) a game of baseball |
| 3. | informal a situation; state of affairs (esp in the phrase a whole new ball game) |
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