as in rolling
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 balling
Apple has been low-balling its battery estimates for a while, though, and in our testing, the Series 10 lasted nearly 36 hours.
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PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Now, his son picking up the pace balling out.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Just coming out prepared and just balling out.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Now, his son picking up the pace balling out.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Just coming out prepared and just balling out.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for balling
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On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the Seattle Seahawks up by three and kicking off to Pittsburgh, the ball came down in the landing zone before rolling into the endzone.—
Mike Straw,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cameras are rolling on BritBox‘s modern reimagining of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy and Tuppence detective stories, with the series rounding out its cast.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Across tens of thousands of customers, that delta isn’t a rounding error.—
Erik Huberman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Balling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balling. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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