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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 Synonyms for balled
Adjective
  • The Louis Vuitton logo is particular for a few reasons: perfectly rounded Os, an L with a short leg, and two very closely (almost touching) placed T's.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • According to City Manager Scott Peterson, the reasoning behind CoreCivic’s abrupt about-face on the application has nothing to do with a change in the company’s vision for entering into a contract with ICE to house hundreds of rounded up immigrants.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Crosby continued his nearly 20-year assault on the Philadelphia Flyers with a 4-point outburst as the Penguins rolled to a 7-3 victory at PPG Paints Arena in their final game before the Christmas break.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Democrats pressing to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage have made some last-minute changes that add cost to the plan and could complicate its chances of being rolled into a year-end health deal.
    Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • From bulbous shoes with upturned vamps to pleated pants puffed away from the body, the collection’s doll-like garments took on a larger-than-life feel.
    Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The sleek Lelo Soraya 2 is our top pick overall because of its comfortable bulbous tip and 12 impressive vibration modes—but any one of these great vibrators will take your orgasms to new heights.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The wrappers don’t have to be a perfect circle, just roundish.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In the map created for the 2022 film, Gotham is three islands that are almost roundish, jagged circles connected by bridges, so the Tricorner Bridge is kind of like the Brooklyn Bridge, but not quite.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Lenses that are less spherical and more elongated, in contrast, can produce a similar phenomenon called an Einstein Cross, in which four distinct images are produced around the lensing galaxy.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Every plasma event was sending out a spherical shock front that expanded in a steady way.
    Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • How to Propagate Red Buckeye Tree In late summer to early fall, red buckeye trees produce globular light brown seed capsules 1 to 2 inches in diameter.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly, a cameo in Bee Movie was enough to fill Sting’s lifetime allotment of a globular and otherworldly realm.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Never a perfect circle, but dependably rotund, the doughnuts are large enough to tear at greedily and still last the entire drive home.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The slim-fitting dress featured circular buttons down the front placket and sharp shoulders with long sleeves and a midi length.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
  • It’s thought that the look will be loosely based on the way the Vision Pro software appears—notably with circular app icons, translucent panels and prominent use of shadow, though not all elements will apply on the iPhone, iPad and Mac, it’s thought.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Balled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balled. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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