Meatball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meatball is a noun meaning A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
Meaning
A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
More Meanings
- (baseball) An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
- (aviation) An optical landing system.
- (graphical user interface) A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
- (motor racing) Ellipsis of meatball flag.
- (slang) A stupid person; a meathead.
Example Sentences
Meatballs was on the menu for lunch.
1996: Mrs. Miracle. Debbie Macomber. Pg. 101. I prefer spaghetti with meatballs instead the meat all crumbled in with the sauce.
During a pitching deck recovery a pilot must average out the meatball oscillations at the ramp in an attempt to maintain his airplane on the desired glide slope.
And then. A 98.4 fastball on the inside half of the plate, ring him up, Strike 3, game over. It wasn’t a meatball like Terrence Long watched to finish 2003 ALDS Game 5, but it felt the same.
Word Forms
- meatballs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dumpling, fried, jackass, pellet, wad, cretin.
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