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have a ball en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Likely from ball in the sense of a dance.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To enjoy oneself thoroughly; to have lots of fun or excitement.
    • His victim screams, he has a ball The bigger the head, the harder they fall 1984, J. G. Thirlwell, “Sick Man”, in Hole, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:
    • Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday / Today i-is Friday, Friday / We-we-we so excited / We so excited / We gonna have a ball today 2011, “Friday”, performed by Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson:
    • I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball (Don't stop me now) if you wanna have a good time Just give me a call 1978, Freddie Mercury, “Don't Stop Me Now”, in Jazz, performed by Queen:
    • The kids had a ball playing in the fountain.
    • Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall? / It's the time that every Santa has a ball / Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? / Does a ton up on his sleigh / Do the fairies keep him sober for a day? 1973, “Merry Xmas Everybody”, performed by Slade:
    • In my dreams I have a plan / If I got me a wealthy man / I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball 1976, “Money, Money, Money”, performed by ABBA:
    • “Well, after they retired down here, they must have had a ball ordering anything and everything.” 2002, H.H. Fuller, It's a Wrap, Writers Club Press, page 72:
    • When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' / And everybody havin' a ball 1998, “Who Let the Dogs Out”, performed by Baha Men:
    • I hope you had a ball in effacing lives! 2006, Chrigel Glanzmann, “Your Gaulish War”, in Spirit, performed by Eluveitie:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
having a ball Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a ball Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a ball Tense=Past lexicographic
has a ball Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

field day · blast

Synonyms

have a whale of a time

Translations (18)

is skemmta sér konunglega (to enjoy thoroughly) · ja 堪能する (to enjoy thoroughly) · de gewaltigen Spaß haben (to enjoy thoroughly) · hu remekül szórakozik (to enjoy thoroughly) · hu remekül/ragyogóan érzi magát (to enjoy thoroughly) · es disfrutar como un enano (to enjoy thoroughly) · es pasarlo pipa (to enjoy thoroughly) · fr s'amuser comme un petit fou (to enjoy thoroughly) · fi pitää hauskaa (to enjoy thoroughly) · ja 満喫する (to enjoy thoroughly) · es pasarlo teta (to enjoy thoroughly) · pl bardzo dobrze się bawić (to enjoy thoroughly) · de sich bestens amüsieren (to enjoy thoroughly) · de eine tolle Zeit haben (to enjoy thoroughly) · hu nagyon/borzasztóan jól érzi magát (to enjoy thoroughly) · es pasarlo la mar de bien (to enjoy thoroughly) · es pasarlo bomba (to enjoy thoroughly) · fr s'éclater (to enjoy thoroughly)