ball girl

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bawl gurl]
- /bɔl gɜrl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bawl gurl]
- /bɔl gɜrl/

Definitions of ball girl words

countable noun ball girl In a tennis match, the ball girls pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball girls are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field. 3
noun ball girl a girl who retrieves balls that have gone out of play, as in tennis and baseball, or a girl in charge of the extra balls used in practice, as in basketball and football 3
noun ball girl Tennis. an attendant, usually a girl or young woman, employed to retrieve balls and supply players with them. 1
noun ball girl Baseball. an attendant, usually a girl or young women, who retrieves foul balls and brings the umpire new balls during the game. 1
noun ball girl tennis: girl who recovers ball 1
noun ball girl (sports) Someone responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players. 0

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Origin of ball girl

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Ball girl

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Ball girl

ball girl popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

ball girl usage trend in Literature

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