meatball

meat·ball

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meet-bawl]
- /ˈmitˌbɔl/
- /ˈmiːt.bɔːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meet-bawl]
- /ˈmitˌbɔl/

Definitions of meatball word

noun meatball a small ball of ground meat, especially beef, often mixed with bread crumbs, seasonings, etc., before cooking. 1
noun meatball Slang. an awkward, clumsy, or ineffectual person. 1
noun meatball A ball of ground or chopped meat, usually beef, with added seasonings. 1
noun meatball food: ground meat 1
countable noun meatball Meatballs are small balls of chopped meat. They are usually eaten with a sauce. 0
noun meatball minced beef, shaped into a ball before cooking 0

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Origin of meatball

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; meat + ball1

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Parts of speech for Meatball

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meatball popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

meatball usage trend in Literature

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