on the ball
Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things.
If I had been more on the ball I would have asked when he called me.
noun
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
a ball of wool; a ball of twine
Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
verb
To form or wind into a ball.
to ball cotton
To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
To have sexual intercourse (with).
Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”
Jefferson Fuck Poland wrote of three other anti-free-sex influences: […]heroin use (“Junkies rarely ball, unless for cash to buy junk. Heroin provides an orgasmic feeling of its own while suppressing sexual desire”); […].
To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
the horse balls
the snow balls
To be hip or cool.
intj
An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick.