Meanings
-ball1
- UKball gamesRefers to styles of football.
Ange + -ball → Angeball
5 more examples
halal + -ball → halalball
hoof + -ball → hoofball
Now, Cityball always seems boring, like a factory where everyone just needs to do their specific tasks.
2024 March 21, evelyn (@sngyf2), “evelyn on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025I miss him already. The clean sheets, and moments of magic from players that the modern systemball and possessionball cannot create. Southgate you're the one
2024 September 8, Allegrismo ♰ (@jogofuncional_), “Allegrismo ♰ on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025The difference between Dycheball and Moyesball is quite considerable. So much easier on the eye for one thing. The shackles have been removed and it shows. No goals but more possession than we used to have.
2025 February 16, Elton Welsby (@WelsbyElton), “Elton Welsby on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025
-ball2
- derogatoryhumorousslangusuallyforms nouns with the meaning "one who is characterized by".
goof + -ball → goofball
1 more example
corn + -ball → cornball
- derogatoryhumorousslangusuallyforms adjectives with the meaning "characterized by".
Origin
-ball · suffix
Back-formation from football. Journalist Jamie Braidwood suggests it may have been inspired by Michael Lewis' 2003 book Moneyball and its 2011 film adaptation.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
-ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ball
“-ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ball. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ball.
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