[
  {
    "word": "ball",
    "phonetic": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/ball-au.mp3",
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        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u0251l/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a ball of spittle; a fecal ball"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A round or ellipsoidal object.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "chutzpah",
          "guts",
          "nerve",
          "globe",
          "sphere"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To form or wind into a ball.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to ball cotton"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have sexual intercourse with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The horse balls; the snow balls."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To play basketball.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To punish by affixing a ball and chain",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "roll",
          "wad",
          "bonk",
          "fuck",
          "lay",
          "screw",
          "shag"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about \"prior opportunity\" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ball"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "ball",
    "phonetic": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/ball-au.mp3",
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        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u0251l/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u0254\u02d0l/",
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        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A formal dance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A very enjoyable time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had a ball at that concert."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "blast",
          "whale of a time"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
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    },
    "sourceUrls": [
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    ]
  }
]