palla — meaning in English

English meaning

• ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
• football noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
• nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.

Senses

palla is used for these senses in English:

• ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
• football (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
• nut (vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.

ball — full definition

1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

football — full definition

1. noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
2. noun The ball used in such a game.
3. noun Informal: an issue passed back and forth between people or groups without resolution.

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