bola
Americannoun
plural
bolas-
Also a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bola
1835–45; < Spanish: ball < Old Provençal < Latin bulla bubble, knob; see boil 1
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La velocidad media de su bola rápida en la salida anterior: 94,4 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Cuando Sasaki se recuperó, recuperó más que su movimiento natural de lanzamiento y la velocidad de su bola rápida anterior.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Axel Perez, his nephew, swings and sways atop the rolla bola, a platform balanced atop one or more rolling cylinders.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
To generalize all rola bola acts as “like a panda trying to snowboard” is like comparing all en-pointe variations to “a flamingo trying to tiptoe.”
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017
The contratista told Papa that we could pick cotton for other ranchers until la bola would start, which was in two or three weeks.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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