Phrase thesaurus
Ball Phrases
285 phrases and expressions related to "ball".
Phrases
- A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
- Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
- Address the ball (golfing term denoting readiness to play)
- After the ball was over
- Agent Zero (Nickname of basketball player Gilbert Arenas)
- Air Canada (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
- Air Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
- Air Zaire (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
- All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
- Are you ready for some football?
- Baby Bull (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Cepeda)
- Baby Gramps (Nickname of basketball player Greg Oden)
- Baby Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Harold Miner)
- Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
- Ball achingly good
- Ball and chain
- Ball of fire
- Balling the jack
- Ballpark figure
- Balls to the wall
- Balls up
- Bam Bam (Nickname of baseball player Hensley Meulens)
- Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
- Baseball card
- Batman and Robin (Nickname of baseball players Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura)
- Bean Burrito (Nickname of basketball player Nick Young)
- Beast or Perk (Nickname of basketball player Kendrick Perkins)
- Behind the eight ball
- Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
- Big Baby (Nickname of basketball player Glen Davis)
- Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
- Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
- Big Cat (Nickname of baseball player Andres Galarraga)
- Big Country (Nickname of basketball player Bryant Reeves)
- Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
- Big Dog (Nickname of basketball player Glenn Robinson)
- Big Donkey (Nickname of baseball players Billy Butler and Adam Dunn)
- Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
- Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
- Big Mac (Nickname of baseball player Mark McGwire)
- Big Nasty (Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson)
- Big Papi (Nickname of baseball player David Ortiz)
- Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
- Big Poison (Nickname of baseball player Paul Waner)
- Big Puma (Nickname of baseball player Lance Berkman)
- Big Red (Nickname of basketball player Arvydas Sabonis)
- Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
- Big Shot Becky (Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon)
- Big Shot Bob (Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry)
- Big Six (Nickname of baseball player Christy Mathewson)
- Big Smooth (Nickname of basketball player Charlie Villanueva)
- Big Snacks (Nickname of basketball player Jerome James)
- Big Sofo (Nickname of basketball player Sofoklis Schortsanitis)
- Big Z (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Zambrano)
- Big Z (Nickname of basketball player Zydrunas Ilgauskas)
- Bird Man (Nickname of basketball player Chris Andersen)
- Black Jack (Nickname of baseball player Jack McDowell)
- Black Jesus (Nickname of basketball player Amare Stoudemire)
- Black Mamba (Nickname of basketball player Kobe Bryant)
- Black Mike (Nickname of baseball player Mickey Cochrane)
- Black Moses (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
- Blue Moon (Nickname of baseball player John Odom)
- Boom Dizzle (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
- Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
- Brazilian Blur (Nickname of basketball player Leandro Barbosa)
- Break your balls
- Broadway Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Namath)
- Bron Bron (Nickname of basketball player LeBron James)
- Brush back (A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally)
- Buc The World (Nickname of basketball player Greg Buckner)
- Buffet of Goodness (Nickname of basketball player Channing Frye)
- Bullet Joe (Nickname of baseball player Charles Rogan)
- Bust a move (dance in a stylish way)
- Bust your balls
- By the balls
- Bye Bye (Nickname of baseball player Steve Balboni)
- Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
- Captain Bly (Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven)
- Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
- Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
- Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
- Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
- Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
- Carry the ball
- Caught off base (A baseball expression meaning unawares or by surprise)
- Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
- Charlie Hustle (Nickname of baseball player Pete Rose)
- Chicken Man (Nickname of baseball player Wade Boggs)
- Chocolate Thunder (Nickname of basketball player Darryl Dawkins)
- Cleanup hitter (A baseball expression meaning a batter who comes in to solve a problem)
- Clyde the Glide (Nickname of basketball player Clyde Drexler)
- Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
- Connie Mack (Nickname of baseball player Cornelius McGillicuddy)
- Cool Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Montana)
- Cool Papa (Nickname of baseball player James Bell)
- Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
- Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
- Curve ball (a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology)
- DaWhite Howard (Nickname of basketball player David Lee)
- Dance With The One That Brought You (Shania Twain song)
- Dance around the problem
- Dance attendance on
- Dance like nobody's watching
- Dance of death
- Dance on someone's grave
- Dance the night away
- Dance to someone's tune
- Dance your socks off
- Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
- Defende Reboundo (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
- Det the Threat (Nickname of basketball player Detlef Schrempf)
- Dice K (Nickname of baseball player Daisuke Matsuzaka)
- Different ball game
- Ditty Bop (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
- Doc Howard (Nickname of basketball player Dwight Howard)
- Dollar Bill (Nickname of basketball player Bill Bradley)
- Don't get your balls in an uproar
- Donnie (Nickname of baseball player Don Mattingly)
- Double header (A baseball expression denoting two events held on the same day with the same participants)
- Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
- Downtown Freddie (Nickname of basketball player Fred Brown)
- Dragon Slayer (Nickname of baseball player Josh Fogg)
- Draw a bead on
- Drop the ball
- Ducks on a pond (A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position)
- Dust bunny
- Earl the Pearl (Nickname of basketball player Earl Monroe)
- Earl the Squirrel (Nickname of basketball player Earl Boykins)
- El Caballo (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Lee)
- El Contusione (Nickname of basketball player Manu Ginobili)
- El Duque (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Hernandez)
- El Presidente (Nickname of baseball player Dennis Martinez)
- El Sid (Nickname of baseball player Sid Fernandez)
- El Toro (Nickname of baseball player Fernando Valenzuela)
- End of the ball game
- Everyday Eddie (Nickname of baseball player Eddie Guardado)
- Eyeball to eyeball
- Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
- Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
- Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
- Frisbee golf (A game based on golf but using frisbees rather than balls)
- Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
- Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
- Get the ball rolling
- Ghostface (Nickname of basketball player Joel Przybilla)
- Give it the hairy eyeball
- Globe trotter
- Go-Go Gadget Arms (Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett)
- Going going gone (A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence)
- Golden Balls (Nickname of footballer David Beckham)
- Golden Graham (Nickname of basketball player Joey Graham)
- Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
- Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
- Gorgeous George (Nickname of baseball player George Sisler)
- Got you by the balls
- Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis song)
- Grits N Gravy (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
- Ground Hog Day (Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan)
- Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
- Hair Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
- Half Man Half Amazing (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
- Hammerin' Hank (Nickname of baseball players Hank Aaron and Hank Greenberg)
- Have a ball
- Have the ball at your feet
- He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
- Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
- Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
- High ball
- His Airness (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
- His Heinous (Nickname of basketball player Bill Laimbeer)
- Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
- Hot Plate (Nickname of basketball player John Sam Williams)
- Hot Rod (Nickname of basketball player Rodney Hundley)
- Hungry Hungry Hilton (Nickname of basketball player Hilton Armstrong)
- I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (The Beatles song)
- In play
- In the same ballpark
- Just Dance (Lady Gaga (with Colby O'Donis song)
- Keep the ball rolling
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Knock it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
- Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
- Lead a merry dance
- Leadoff hitter (A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first)
- Let's Dance (David Bowie song)
- Let's face the music and dance
- Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
- Make a balls of something
- Make a song and dance about
- Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
- Murder On The Dance Floor (Sophie Ellis-Bexter song)
- Murderers' Row (A baseball expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets)
- Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
- No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
- On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
- On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
- On the ball
- Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
- Pitch a shutout (A baseball expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins)
- Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
- Play ball
- Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
- Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
- Political football
- Rally cap (A baseball expression denoting a cap is a worn inside out or backwards)
- Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
- Run with the ball
- Save The Last Dance For Me (Ben E King song)
- Save the last dance for me
- Say it ain't so, Joe (A baseball expression denoting disbelief)
- Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
- Slam dunk
- Snowball in hell's chance
- Soccer Mom
- Soccer Mom indicator
- Song and dance
- Song and dance man
- Sphere of influence
- Spot the ball
- Start the ball rolling
- Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
- Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
- Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
- Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
- Take me out to the ball game
- That's the way the ball bounces
- The Basketball Jesus (Nickname of Larry Bird)
- The Cannonball Kid (Nickname of tennis player Roscoe Tanner)
- The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
- The Head Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Ol' Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
- The Queen of TV Comedy (Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball)
- The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
- The ball is in your court
- The belle of the ball
- The old ball and chain
- The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
- The way the ball bounces
- Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
- Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
- Trap and ball (children's ball game)
- Triple play (A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play)
- Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff song)
- Whole ball of wax
- Whole new ball game
- Word association football
Related
- Address the ball (golfing term denoting readiness to play)
- After the ball was over
- Ball achingly good
- Ball and chain
- Ball of fire
- Behind the eight ball
- Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
- Carry the ball
- Curve ball (a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology)
- Different ball game
- Drop the ball
- End of the ball game
- Get the ball rolling
- Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
- Have a ball
- Have the ball at your feet
- High ball
- Keep the ball rolling
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
- On the ball
- Play ball
- Run with the ball
- Spot the ball
- Start the ball rolling
- Take me out to the ball game
- That's the way the ball bounces
- The Head Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
- The Ol' Ball Coach (Nickname of Steve Spurrier)
- The Queen of TV Comedy (Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball)
- The ball is in your court
- The belle of the ball
- The old ball and chain
- The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
- The way the ball bounces
- Trap and ball (children's ball game)
- Whole ball of wax
- Whole new ball game