a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | a pitch that is not in the strike zone |
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs |
physical energy or intensity | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games |
a powerful effect or influence | a spherical object used as a plaything |
(of a law) having legal validity | a solid projectile that is shot by a musket |
group of people willing to obey orders | a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass |
a unit that is part of some military service | one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens |
a group of people having the power of effective action | a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | a compact mass |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | an object with a spherical shape |