Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out ball

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: out- ball
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

Example Sentences

"With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine."

Inflected Forms

out balls (plural) out-ball (alternative)

Questions

What does out ball mean?: A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

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