ball boy

noun

A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

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Meanings

nounball boy (plural ball boys)

plural ball boys · alternative ballboy

  1. hobbiesA person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

Translations

Catalan aplegapilotes
  • aplegapilotesa male person responsible for retrieving balls
Chinese Mandarin 球童
  • 球童 (qiútóng)a male person responsible for retrieving balls
Danish bolddreng
  • bolddrenga male person responsible for retrieving balls
Dutch ballenjongen
  • ballenjongena male person responsible for retrieving balls
Finnish pallopoika
  • pallopoikaa male person responsible for retrieving balls
French ramasseur de balles
  • ramasseur de ballesa male person responsible for retrieving balls
German Ballbub, Balljunge
  • Ballbuba male person responsible for retrieving balls
  • Balljungea male person responsible for retrieving balls
Hungarian labdaszedő, labdaszedő fiú
  • labdaszedőa male person responsible for retrieving balls
  • labdaszedő fiúa male person responsible for retrieving balls
Italian raccattapalle
  • raccattapallea male person responsible for retrieving balls
Japanese ボールボーイ
  • ボールボーイ (bōru bōi)a male person responsible for retrieving balls
Korean 볼보이
  • 볼보이 (bolboi)a male person responsible for retrieving balls
Norwegian Bokmål ballgutt
  • ballgutta male person responsible for retrieving balls
Polish chłopiec do piłek
  • chłopiec do piłeka male person responsible for retrieving balls
Portuguese boleiro, gandula
  • boleiroa male person responsible for retrieving balls
  • gandulaa male person responsible for retrieving balls
Russian болбо́й
  • болбо́й (bolbój)a male person responsible for retrieving balls
Spanish recogepelotas, recogebolas
  • recogepelotasa male person responsible for retrieving balls
  • recogebolasa male person responsible for retrieving balls
Swedish bollkalle, bollpojke
  • bollkallea male person responsible for retrieving balls
  • bollpojkea male person responsible for retrieving balls
Cite this entry
APA

ball boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball%20boy

MLA

“ball boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball%20boy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ball boy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball%20boy.

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