meatball
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meatball
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From meat + ball.
noun meatballs · meat ball
- A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked. Meatballs were on the menu for lunch.
- A stupid person; a meathead.
- An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate. And then. A 98.4 fastball on the inside half of the plate, ring him up, Strike 3, game over. It wasn’t a meatball like Terrence Long watched to finish 2003 ALDS Game 5, but it felt the same.
- An optical landing system. During a pitching deck recovery a pilot must average out the meatball oscillations at the ramp in an attempt to maintain his airplane on the desired glide slope.
- A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
- Ellipsis of meatball flag
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noun ball of minced or ground meat
| Español | albóndiga, almóndiga, albondiguilla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미트볼 miteubol, 고기완자 gogiwanja |
| 日本語 | ミートボール mītobōru, 肉団子 nikudango |
| 中文 | 肉丸 ròuwán |
| Português | almôndega |
| Français | boulette |
| Deutsch | Fleischklößchen, Fleischbällchen, Frikadelle, Klops |
| Italiano | polpetta |
| Ελληνικά | κεφτές keftés |
| Română | chiftea, pârjoală |
| Русский | фрикаде́лька frikadɛ́lʹka, тефте́лька teftélʹka, тефтели tefteli, бито́к bitók |
| Tiếng Việt | thịt viên, mọc |
| العربية | كُرَات اللَحْم kurāt al-laḥm |
| עברית | קציצה |
Talk about this word "meatball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meatball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. meatball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meatball "meatball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meatball.
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@misc{meatball_2026,
title = {meatball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meatball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
