preball

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adjective

Before a ball (social event with dancing).

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Meanings

adjectivepreball (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a ball (social event with dancing).

    As Alice prepared with her family for the preball dinner, an intimate affair for thirty of Gertrude's closest young friends, she had good reason to worry.

    2000, Clarice Stasz, The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy

Origin

From pre- + ball.

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Cite this entry
APA

preball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preball

MLA

“preball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preball.

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