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meatball en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From meat + ball.

Meanings

1. A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
   • 1996: Mrs. Miracle. Debbie Macomber. Pg. 101. I prefer spaghetti with meatballs instead the meat all crumbled in with the sauce.
   • Meatballs may contain ground meat mixed with seasonings, breadcrumbs, mashed potatoes, rice, and liquid. The meat mixture is often shaped, browned. and simmered in a sauce for 30 to 45 minutes over low heat or in a 350° F. oven. During cooking the meat is basted with the sauce occasionally. Meatballs also may be fried in a pan or in deep fat. 1894, Yearbook of Agriculture:
   • Meatballs were on the menu for lunch.
2. (slang) A stupid person; a meathead.
3. An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
   • 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. 2020, Alex Hall, “Oakland A’s faced all their nightmares in Game 3 and wrote a new ending”, in Athletics Nation:
4. An optical landing system.
   • 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. 1961, Approach, volume 7:
5. A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of meatball flag.
   alt of meatball flag

Forms

Coordinates

hamburger · bento · kebab

Deriveds

neatball · meatbally · meatball surgery · meatball flag · beetball

Descendants

ミートボール · 미트볼

Relateds

patty · rissole

Translations (90)

haw pipi hoʻopoe (ball of minced or ground meat) · gl albóndega (ball of minced or ground meat) · nl gehaktbal (ball of minced or ground meat) · hu húsgombóc (ball of minced or ground meat) · ru бито́к (ball of minced or ground meat) · hy կոլոլակ (ball of minced or ground meat) · nn kjøtbolle (ball of minced or ground meat) · pl pulpet (ball of minced or ground meat) · yi קלאָפּס (ball of minced or ground meat) · is kjötbolla (ball of minced or ground meat) · tl bolabola (ball of minced or ground meat) · id bakso (ball of minced or ground meat) · ja 肉団子 (ball of minced or ground meat) · ceb bolabola (ball of minced or ground meat) · bg кюфте (ball of minced or ground meat) · ms bebola daging (ball of minced or ground meat) · nn kjøtkake (ball of minced or ground meat) · vi mọc (ball of minced or ground meat) · tr köfte (ball of minced or ground meat) · uk тюфтельки (ball of minced or ground meat) · ca mandonguilla (ball of minced or ground meat) · id bola daging (ball of minced or ground meat) · ro pârjoală (ball of minced or ground meat) · pt almôndega (ball of minced or ground meat) · it polpetta (ball of minced or ground meat) · pam almondigas (ball of minced or ground meat) · lv gaļas bumba (ball of minced or ground meat) · acw كُفْتة (ball of minced or ground meat) · es albondiguilla (ball of minced or ground meat) · lb Boulette (ball of minced or ground meat) · lt mėsos kamuolys (ball of minced or ground meat) · de Frikadelle (ball of minced or ground meat) · ru фрикаде́лька (ball of minced or ground meat) · nn kjøttbolle (ball of minced or ground meat) · cs čufty (ball of minced or ground meat) · mk ќофте (ball of minced or ground meat) · pam bola-bola (ball of minced or ground meat) · cy pelen gig (ball of minced or ground meat) · eo viandobulo (ball of minced or ground meat) · fi lihapulla (ball of minced or ground meat) · ru тефте́лька (ball of minced or ground meat) · km គ្រាប់បាល់សាច់ (ball of minced or ground meat) · lo ລູກຊີ້ນ (ball of minced or ground meat) · sv köttbulle (ball of minced or ground meat) · ky эт мяч (ball of minced or ground meat) · nn kjøttkake (ball of minced or ground meat) · de Klops (ball of minced or ground meat) · ja ミートボール (ball of minced or ground meat) · et frikadell (ball of minced or ground meat) · ru тефтели (ball of minced or ground meat) · ko 고기완자 (ball of minced or ground meat) · yue 肉丸 (ball of minced or ground meat) · az küftə (ball of minced or ground meat) · th ลูกชิ้น (ball of minced or ground meat) · fr boulette (ball of minced or ground meat) · scn purpetta (ball of minced or ground meat) · cmn 肉丸 (ball of minced or ground meat) · lt mėsos kukuliai (ball of minced or ground meat) · mn бөөрөнхий мах (ball of minced or ground meat) · es almóndiga (ball of minced or ground meat) · eu haragi-bola (ball of minced or ground meat) · fa کلهگنجشکی (ball of minced or ground meat) · nb kjøttbolle (ball of minced or ground meat) · az köfte (ball of minced or ground meat) · hu fasírt (ball of minced or ground meat) · fi lihapyörykkä (ball of minced or ground meat) · grc ἰσίκιον (ball of minced or ground meat) · ka ხორცის ბურთი (ball of minced or ground meat) · es albóndiga (ball of minced or ground meat) · ar كُرَات اللَحْم (ball of minced or ground meat) · kk фрикаделька (ball of minced or ground meat) · be тэфтэлі (ball of minced or ground meat) · de Fleischpflanzl (ball of minced or ground meat) · ko 미트볼 (ball of minced or ground meat) · pl klops (ball of minced or ground meat) · mt pulpetta (ball of minced or ground meat) · de Fleischklößchen (ball of minced or ground meat) · ro chiftea (ball of minced or ground meat) · ca pilota (ball of minced or ground meat) · my အသားဘောလုံး (ball of minced or ground meat) · uz frikadelka (ball of minced or ground meat) · el κεφτές (ball of minced or ground meat) · ota كوفته (ball of minced or ground meat) · de Fleischbällchen (ball of minced or ground meat) · ga millín feola (ball of minced or ground meat) · kum кюпте (ball of minced or ground meat) · he קציצה (ball of minced or ground meat) · vi thịt viên (ball of minced or ground meat) · km ប្រហិត (ball of minced or ground meat) · nb kjøttkake (ball of minced or ground meat)