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
Verb
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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
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The Vintage Inspired Wicker Gathering Basket can add soft, rounded edges to the center of your tablescape or serve as a living room display item.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 July 2025
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With Brown leading the charge, the Knicks will need a much more rounded roster.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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One local piazza contains marble statues of a giant wine bottle opener, a bulbous stick-figure robot, a Cadillac that looks 3D printed.—
Meara Sharma,
The Dial,
22 July 2025
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Go to any major grocery store and you’re bound to get a bulbous pepper with a mild heat and slightly grassy flavor.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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The wrappers don’t have to be a perfect circle, just roundish.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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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
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Walking into the storefront at 417 W. Second St., Austinites will be met with World's white spherical devices, known as Orbs.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Starting with a sugary solution, the researchers manipulate this to form spherical droplets like tiny jellies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Hanging from the ceiling are globular pendant lamps (from the French brand DCW Editions).—
Julie Lasky,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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This circular yarn reuses waste via recycling, while also providing mechanical stretch for comfort and fit.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
22 July 2025
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There were 12 to 15 circular nests easily visible within about a 10-by-15-foot area next to the shore, with each one being guarded by a male pumpkinseed swimming in place in the middle of each nest.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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“Balled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balled. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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