ball – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ball

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ball
Participle: balled
Gerund: balling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iball
youball
he;she;itballs
weball
youball
theyball

Perfect

Ihave balled
youhave balled
he;she;ithas balled
wehave balled
youhave balled
theyhave balled

Past

Iballed
youballed
he;she;itballed
weballed
youballed
theyballed

Pluperfect

Ihad balled
youhad balled
he;she;ithad balled
wehad balled
youhad balled
theyhad balled

Future

Iwill ball
youwill ball
he;she;itwill ball
wewill ball
youwill ball
theywill ball

Future Perfect

Iwill have balled
youwill have balled
he;she;itwill have balled
wewill have balled
youwill have balled
theywill have balled

Subjunctive

Present

Iball
youball
he;she;itball
weball
youball
theyball

Perfect

Ihave balled
youhave balled
he;she;ithave balled
wehave balled
youhave balled
theyhave balled

Imperfect

Iballed
youballed
he;she;itballed
weballed
youballed
theyballed

Pluperfect

Ihad balled
youhad balled
he;she;ithad balled
wehad balled
youhad balled
theyhad balled

Conditional

Present

Iwould ball
youwould ball
he;she;itwould ball
wewould ball
youwould ball
theywould ball

Perfect

Iwould have balled
youwould have balled
he;she;itwould have balled
wewould have balled
youwould have balled
theywould have balled

Imperative

youball
weLet's ball
youball

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam balling
youare balling
he;she;itis balling
weare balling
youare balling
theyare balling

Perfect

Ihave been balling
youhave been balling
he;she;ithas been balling
wehave been balling
youhave been balling
theyhave been balling

Past

Iwas balling
youwere balling
he;she;itwas balling
wewere balling
youwere balling
theywere balling

Pluperfect

Ihad been balling
youhad been balling
he;she;ithad been balling
wehad been balling
youhad been balling
theyhad been balling

Future

Iwill be balling
youwill be balling
he;she;itwill be balling
wewill be balling
youwill be balling
theywill be balling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been balling
youwill have been balling
he;she;itwill have been balling
wewill have been balling
youwill have been balling
theywill have been balling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be balling
youwould be balling
he;she;itwould be balling
wewould be balling
youwould be balling
theywould be balling

Perfect

Iwould have been balling
youwould have been balling
he;she;itwould have been balling
wewould have been balling
youwould have been balling
theywould have been balling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'ball'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'ball'

bail, bald, bale, balk, balls, balm, bawl, bell, bill, boll,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sexual intercourse
bonk, fuck, lay, make, screw, shag, copulate, copulate with, wap
form into a ball
wad

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "round object," O.E., from O.N. bollr "ball," from P.Gmc. *balluz (cf. O.H.G. ballo, Ger. Ball), from PIE base *bhel- "to swell" (see bole). The verb meaning "copulate" is first recorded 1940s in jazz slang. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1947. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c.1900. Ball and chain as a prisoner's restraint is recorded from 1835; as "one's wife," early 1920s.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *balluz
5. Old English *beall
6. Middle English bal
7. English ball
8. From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).
9. Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.

Sample Sentences

  • to ball cotton
  • She balled her fists.
  • Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’” [1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:]
  • Jefferson Fuck Poland wrote of three other anti-free-sex influences: […]heroin use (“Junkies rarely ball, unless for cash to buy junk. Heroin provides an orgasmic feeling of its own while suppressing sexual desire”); […]. [1991, Timothy Miller, quoting Jefferson Poland, The hippies and American values, University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 69:]
  • the horse balls
  • the snow balls
  • This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work). [2018 July 12, “'I Thought Frats Were Like Their Movies, and They Totally Are': A Review of 'Alpha Class'”, in College Media Network:]
  • All of these things are done by pledges in hopes of not getting 'balled' or kicked out. [2019 November 25, Annie Martin, “UCF frat suspended after report of pledges being forced to smoke marijuana, drink 'entire bottles' of alcohol”, in Orlando Sentinel:]
  • fuck it, we ball
  • any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day. [1865, Camp Sumpter, Andersonville National Historic Site, Rules and Regulations of the Prison:]
  • Near-synonym: haul ass
  • Hang back for a bit — that Peterbilt in the left lane is really ballin’ and I'd rather not be real close to him.