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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
  • Its curved and rounded edges just feel awesome in my hands.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • An analysis of recent polling by the election website FiveThirtyEight, published on Thursday, gave Harris a 1.2-point lead (rounded) over Trump nationwide with 47.9 percent of the vote against 46.8 percent.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The colorful and bulbous case is made out of thick foam that completely envelopes the tablet.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The sparkling hue helps accentuate the carbon-fiber body kit that includes a new front splitter, bulbous fenders in the front and back, as well as a giant rear wing.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • Eventually this network consolidates into roundish blobs, and two distinct phases arise—one enriched with LAT and the other with very little LAT but lots of other proteins.
    Trevor GrandPre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The bottle is housed in a custom spherical decanter embellished with peridot, emerald quartzite and 24 carat gold plating created by computational architect Michael Hansmeyer.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Scientists describe it as a giant spherical shell around our solar system made of icy, comet-like objects.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
  • With that land submerged beneath an interior seaway, the predator roamed the waters in search of mollusks, turtles and other shelled creatures to crush with its globular teeth.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Meet the rotund rascal Sir John Falstaff and the wise wives of Windsor in one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The fibers can also be recycled, allowing consumers to contribute to a circular economy and minimize waste.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Boston Dynamics retired that robot earlier this year and replaced it with a smaller, all-electric version with a lamp-like circular head.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Balled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balled. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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