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Definitions of ball and chain:

noun: heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to ball and chain: (577 results)
Synonyms:
ballock, bollock, chunk, clod, clump, egg, glob, globe, gonad, lump, musket ball, nut, orb, testicle, testis

Contains:
arteria testicularis, epididymis, internal spermatic artery, promenade, seminiferous tubule, spermatic cord, testicular artery, testicular vein, vas deferens, vena testicularis

Part of:
family jewels, hand, hook, male genitalia, manus, mauler, mitt, paw, sole

More general:
agglomeration, anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, dance, delivery, ductless gland, endocrine gland, game equipment, pellet, pitch, plaything, roll, shot, sphere, structure, toy, wind, wrap

More specific:
basketball, beach ball, billiard ball, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bolus, bowling ball, camphor ball, clew, clot, coagulum, cotilion, cotillion, cricket ball, croquet ball, fancy-dress ball, field hockey ball, fireball, football, globule, golf ball, handball, lacrosse ball, marble, masked ball, masquerade ball, medicine ball, mothball, ninepin ball, ping-pong ball, playground ball, polo ball, pool ball, prom, punchball, punching bag, punching ball, roulette ball, rugby ball, skittle ball, snowball, soccer ball, softball, spherule, squash ball, tennis ball, time-ball, undescended testicle, undescended testis, volleyball, wiffle, wiffle ball

Often used in the same context:
alcohol, apple, baller, balls, basket, bat, bee, bounce, brown, bug, butter, cake, cat, catch, cats, check, chicken, coach, court, danger, date, defense, dicks, dig, dog, doll, drop, elbow, eyeball, fan, farm, field, fish, flew, foot ball, foul, fur, game, goal, golf, grass, gym, hat, hockey, hoop, kick, lane, lazy, league, legs, lose, mud, names, net, nick, o, oh, paint, phone, plane, play, player, pocket, rim, rugby, score, season, serve, shoe, shoes, shoot, skill, soccer, spike, sport, sports, sweat, swim, team, teams, tennis, tom, track, volley, win, won, yall

Appears in the definition of:
., acetabulum, address, alley, american football, american football game, approach, approach shot, articulatio coxae, articulatio humeri, association football, backhand, backspin, balk, ball and chain, ball-breaker, ball carrier, ball cartridge, ballcock, ball cock, ballgame, ball game, ball gown, ball hawk, ball hawking, ball-hawking, ballpark, ballpen, ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ball-shaped, ball valve, bandy, bar, baseball game, baseball swing, bead, billiard, bird, birdie, biro, blast, block, blown, bob, bosie, bosie ball, bounce out, bowler, bowling, bowling alley, box, bunker, bunt, butterfingers, california sycamore, cannon, carom, carry, center, centering, cherry bomb, chinaman, chop, chop shot, chuck, club, clubhead, club head, club-head, clue, cobblers, computer mouse, concession, connect, convert, corner kick, costume, cotyloid cavity, coxa, cricket, croquet, croquet mallet, crystal gazing, cue, cue ball, cue stick, cup, curled, curled up, cut, daisy cutter, dancer, dead, deflect, deliver, demolish, dimple, dink, divot, downfield, drag a bunt, draw, draw play, dribble, dribbler, dribbling, drive, driver, driving, drop-kick, dropkicker, drop shot, dunk, eight ball, end run, english, escort, explosion, fair, fair ball, fast break, fielder's choice, field goal, field hockey, fielding, fielding average, fish ball, fish cake, flare, flip, follow through, football game, footedness, forward passer, foul ball, foul out, friedcake, fumble, genus oniscus, give-and-go, global, globose, globular, goal-kick, golf club, golf-club, golf-club head, golf shot, golf stroke, golf tee, googly, grab, green, ground out, ground stroke, gum ball, half volley, hammer, hammer throw, handoff, header, head lettuce, headshot, heads-up, heel, hip, hip joint, hip socket, hit, hockey puck, hole, hole out, hooker, hushpuppy, hush puppy, in playp, jack, jacks, jackstones, jai alai, jump ball, kill, knob, knock on, knucklebones, lacrosse, lactuca sativa capitata, lawn tennis, left-handed pitcher, lefthander, left hander, left-hander, lefty, let, live, lively, lob, loft, loose, mallet, masse, masse shot, meatball, miscue, mound, mouse, mouse mat, mousepad, muck, muff, netball, net ball, no ball, object ball, offence, offense, offside, offsides, oniscus, orbicular, out of playp, overhead, own goal, pall-mall, park, parry, pass, passa, passer, passing, passinga, passing game, passing play, passive, passive voice, pelota, pill bug, ping-pong, pitcher, pitching wedge, place kick, place-kick, place-kicking, plane tree, platan, platanus racemosa, plop, polo, polo mallet, polo stick, pommel, pom-pom, pompon, pool cue, pool stick, pop fly, possession, puck, pull, punch bag, punt, pushball, putt, putting, racket, racquet, racquetball, recreational, refill, reserve clause, resurrection plant, return, reverse, roll-on, rose of jericho, rosin bag, roulette, roulette wheel, round-arm, rounders, rugby football, rugger, run, running, runninga, running back, running game, running play, rush, rusher, rushing, sacrifice fly, sclaff, scorcher, screamer, scrum, scrummage, selaginella lepidophylla, service, shank, shooter, shot put, shoulder, shoulder joint, shuttle, shuttlecock, shy, side, skittle alley, slam, slice, smash, snap, snapper, snick, snooker, social dancer, softball game, southpaw, spheric, spherical, spitball, spitter, spot pass, square, squarely, squash, squash rackets, squash racquets, steal, stickball, stickball game, strike, striker, stroke, stymie, suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play, sweep, swing, sycamore, table tennis, tackle, tackler, tag, takeaway, tap-off, tea ball, tee, teeoff, tee off, tennis shot, tennis stroke, ten-strike, terrestrial, tetherball, texas leaguer, throw-in, thumbhole, time, tip in, tip-off, toe, top, topspin, toss, touchdown, touch football, trackball, unbeatable, underarm, undercut, unplayable, unwind, upright, volleyball game, water polo, whang, wheel, whiff, window, wrong 'un

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