meatball

[meet-bawl]

noun

1. Cooking.,  a small ball of ground meat, especially beef, often mixed with breadcrumbs, seasonings, etc., before cooking.

2. Slang.,  an awkward, clumsy, or ineffectual person.

meatball

/ ˈmiːtˌbɔːl /

noun

1. minced beef, shaped into a ball before cooking

2. slang,  a stupid or boring person

Word History and Origins

Origin of meatball¹

First recorded in 1830–40; meat + ball ¹

Example Sentences

When the bill was first presented earlier this year, one group called it a "poisoned meatball".

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After feasting on a diet of meatballs at home, they are then faced with curveballs and sliders that move with far more ferocity as soon as they go on the road.

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Maritati, which marries a few contrasting but smaller shapes, might get paired with small meatballs about the same size.

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If this World Series is going to turn into a food fight about the economics of baseball, Dave Roberts tossed the first meatball.

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Especially when it includes delightful footage of Scorsese hanging out with old friends from the ’hood and historic interviews with his parents, especially one in which his mother, Catherine, makes meatballs.

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