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hardball

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From hard + ball.

noun hardballs

  1. countable, uncountable In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
  2. countable, figuratively, uncountable Tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.

adjective more hardball · most hardball

  1. Being or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.

verb hardballs · hardballing · hardballed

  1. informal, transitive To exhibit tough and ruthless behavior towards another individual.

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@misc{hardball_2026,
  title = {hardball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hardball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}