out-ball

A form of out ball — A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

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Meanings

nounout-ball (plural out-balls)

plural out-balls

  1. alternativeAlternative form of out ball.

    There was a spell when Kane could not get England’s out-ball to stick.

    2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian
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APA

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

MLA

“out-ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-ball. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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