pelota — meaning in English

English meaning

• ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
• sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.

Senses

pelota is used for these senses in English:

• ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• ball (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
• 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A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
• sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
• throw under the bus (transitive, of a person or group) To betray or blame (something or someone); to deliberately put (something or someone) in an unfavorable situation and then leave to their fate; to make (something or someone) into a scapegoat or otherwise abandon for personal gain.

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.

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