meatballn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈmitˌbɔl/,

/ˈmitˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meat n., ball n.¹

Etymology: < meat n. + ball n.¹

1. A small ball made mainly of minced or chopped meat, often served with a sauce or as part of a soup or stew.See also the earlier forcemeat ball at forcemeat n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > rissoles, balls, or croquettes > [noun]

rishew1340

pomedorry1381

rafiolea1425

raynoll?c1425

pomea1450

andouillet1611

raviol1611

tamale1625

patty1660

poupiets1702

croquette1706

rissole1706

potato cake1747

Basque1769

potato ball1817

Cecils1819

polpetta1822

quenelle1827

kibbeh1829

meatball1835

kromeski1846

quenelle de volaille1846

quesadilla1848

kungu cake1865

ponhaus1869

frikkadel1870

albondigas1872

fricandel1872

Vienna steak1874

pirozhok1887

kofta1888

paupiette1889

cheeseball1895

keftedes1912

baozi1927

crab cake1929

falafel1936

klops1936

coddie1941

wonton1948

fish finger1962

1824 M. Randolph Virginia House-wife 90 If you choose it, you may add some sweet breads, and make some forced meat balls with veal.]

1835 G. T. Temple Excursions in Mediterranean: Algiers & Tunis I. ii. 62 The kiftah, or meat balls stewed or fried in oil.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. x. 100 I made my meat-ball like a twist-loaf.

1957 New Yorker 5 Oct. 82/3 I'll polish off a meatball sandwich.

1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe Dict. Gastron. 262/2 Meat balls, any combination of meat, raw or cooked, shaped into balls.

a1990 P. Leith Confident Cooking No. 26. f. 70^v/2 Fry the meatballs until brown in a little oil.

2. Baseball. An easily hit pitch.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

change of pace1650

slow ball1838

passed ball1860

ball1863

rib roaster1864

called ball1865

low ball1866

wild pitch1867

curveball1875

short pitch1877

grass cutter1879

fastball1883

downshoot1886

lob ball1888

pitchout1903

bean ballc1905

spitball1905

screwball1908

spitter1908

sinker ball1910

fallaway1912

meatball1912

fireball1913

roundhouse1913

forkball1923

sinker1926

knuckle ball1927

knuckler1928

gofer1932

slider1936

sailer1937

junk1941

change up1942

eephus1943

junkball1944

split-finger(ed) fastball1980

change1982

1912 Chicago Record-Herald 17 Aug. 8/5 Two doubles and a single off our meat-ball expert, Joe Benz, coined a pair of runs.

1923 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 28 Dec. 13/3 Joe O'Neill..used to room..on the road with Joe Benz, pitcher, and dearly loved to put up jokes on the ‘meatball hurler’.

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 335/2 Meatball, in baseball, any pitched ball that can be hit readily by a given batter.

1978 S. Lyle & P. Golenbock Bronx Zoo 63 It was a high meatball, and he swung and hit a nice high liner to Mickey Rivers in center field.

1993 Sports Illustr. 25 Oct. 4/2 The main reason batters hit the ball so hard, so far, so often was that umpires ensured that they had meatballs to hit.

3. U.S. slang. An object resembling a meatball in shape or size.

a. A flag or pennant bearing a circle on a plain field; the circle on such a flag; spec. the rising-sun emblem on the Japanese flag (also used as a marking on Japanese military aircraft, etc.).

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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national

ravenOE

thistle1488

red cross1523

St George's cross1548

Britannia1605

red rose1618

British Lion1687

shamrock1712

leek1714

American eagle1782

rising sun1787

white horse1814

Bird of Freedom1825

Union Jack1847

maple leaf1860

meatball1919

red star1920

hammer and sickle1921

chakra1947

1919 Our Navy (U.S.) May 22 The long minutes of waiting for the umpire's report and finally the joy of winning the pennant and hoisting the old ‘meatball’.

1944 R. G. Hubler & J. A. De Chant Flying Leathernecks 181 It took some squinting to detect the red ‘meatballs’ of the Japanese on its sides.

1963 M. Boyle Yanks don't Cry 25 See that red meat ball in the center of those flags?.. Those meat balls are the flaming grommets of the Jap Navy.

1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 193 A Jap helmet, a sword, and a meatball banner.

1984 J. Trotti Phantom over Vietnam 126 Pass after pass is made against the jaunty [target] banner with a ‘meatball’ adorning its middle.

b. A reflected beam of light used to guide aircraft for landing. Frequently attributive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [adjective] > landing guidance system

meatball1957

1957 Sci. News Let. 27 July 60 The ‘meatball’ is the key to the Navy's mirror landing system.

1957 Economist 31 Aug. 688/2 The mirror reflects a bright light astern and upward into a beam which the pilot follows straight to a landing by keeping the ‘meatball’ light precisely centred in the mirror.

1962 Flight Internat. 82 100/1 A steady descent at 250kt to 1,000 ft..would be followed by a further descent to 600 ft, with the talkdown continuing until the pilot picked up the ‘meatball’ light of the mirror sight.

1994 T. Clancy Debt of Honor xi. 186 The pilot's eyes were locked on the ‘meatball’, a red light reflected off a mirror, keeping nicely centered.

4. slang (chiefly North American). An unintelligent, boring, or ineffectual person, esp. one with a muscular physique.Cf. earlier meathead n.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused

warlockOE

swinec1175

beastc1225

wolf's-fista1300

avetrolc1300

congeonc1300

dirtc1300

slimec1315

snipec1325

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misbegetc1330

sorrowa1350

shrew1362

jordan1377

wirlingc1390

frog?a1400

warianglea1400

wretcha1400

horcop14..

turdc1400

callet1415

lotterela1450

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streaker?a1513

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chuff-cat1563

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roita1585

stickdirta1585

dogfish1589

Poor John1589

dog's facec1590

tar-boxa1592

baboon1592

pot-hunter1592

venom1592

porcupine1594

lick-fingers1595

mouldychaps1595

tripe1595

conundrum1596

fat-guts1598

thornback1599

land-rat1600

midriff1600

stinkardc1600

Tartar1600

tumbril1601

lobster1602

pilcher1602

windfucker?1602

stinker1607

hog rubber1611

shad1612

splay-foot1612

tim1612

whit1612

verdugo1616

renegado1622

fish-facea1625

flea-trapa1625

hound's head1633

mulligrub1633

nightmare1633

toad's-guts1634

bitch-baby1638

shagamuffin1642

shit-breech1648

shitabed1653

snite1653

pissabed1672

bastard1675

swab1687

tar-barrel1695

runt1699

fat-face1740

shit-sack1769

vagabond1842

shick-shack1847

soor1848

b1851

stink-pot1854

molie1871

pig-dog1871

schweinhund1871

wind-sucker1880

fucker1893

cocksucker1894

wart1896

so-and-so1897

swine-hound1899

motherfucker1918

S.O.B.1918

twat1922

mong1926

mucker1929

basket1936

cowson1936

zombie1936

meatball1937

shower1943

chickenshit1945

mugger1945

motherferyer1946

hooer1952

morpion1954

mother1955

mother-raper1959

louser1960

effer1961

salaud1962

gunk1964

scunge1967

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun] > uncultured person

runt1602

home-bred1609

pork1645

Huna1744

savage1762

heathen1817

Philistine1825

stringy-bark1833

roughneck1834

yahoo1861

yapc1894

lowbrow1901

meatball1937

primitive1967

1937 Down Beat June 6/5 A bunch of sophisticated meat-balls who did everything but show that they were interested in listening to the best small combination in the country.

1941 P. Gallico in Sat. Evening Post 14 June 110/2 As for that revolting meat-ball, I never wish to see him again.

1969 R. Airth Snatch! iv. 36 He looked a very tough meatball.

1981 W. Gibson Johnny Mnemonic in Burning Chrome (1986) 17 I was hoping Lewis was a true meatball, thick enough to go for the gym bag and snag my rigid trigger finger.

1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 23 Jan. b2/6 He was a friendly meatball who wore bow ties and had a smile and a handshake for everybody.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	meatball
释义	meatballn. Brit. /ˈmiːtbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈmitˌbɔl/, /ˈmitˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meat n., ball n.¹ Etymology: < meat n. + ball n.¹ 1. A small ball made mainly of minced or chopped meat, often served with a sauce or as part of a soup or stew.See also the earlier forcemeat ball at forcemeat n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > rissoles, balls, or croquettes > [noun] rishew1340 pomedorry1381 rafiolea1425 raynoll?c1425 pomea1450 andouillet1611 raviol1611 tamale1625 patty1660 poupiets1702 croquette1706 rissole1706 potato cake1747 Basque1769 potato ball1817 Cecils1819 polpetta1822 quenelle1827 kibbeh1829 meatball1835 kromeski1846 quenelle de volaille1846 quesadilla1848 kungu cake1865 ponhaus1869 frikkadel1870 albondigas1872 fricandel1872 Vienna steak1874 pirozhok1887 kofta1888 paupiette1889 cheeseball1895 keftedes1912 baozi1927 crab cake1929 falafel1936 klops1936 coddie1941 wonton1948 fish finger1962 1824 M. Randolph Virginia House-wife 90 If you choose it, you may add some sweet breads, and make some forced meat balls with veal.] 1835 G. T. Temple Excursions in Mediterranean: Algiers & Tunis I. ii. 62 The kiftah, or meat balls stewed or fried in oil. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. x. 100 I made my meat-ball like a twist-loaf. 1957 New Yorker 5 Oct. 82/3 I'll polish off a meatball sandwich. 1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe Dict. Gastron. 262/2 Meat balls, any combination of meat, raw or cooked, shaped into balls. a1990 P. Leith Confident Cooking No. 26. f. 70^v/2 Fry the meatballs until brown in a little oil. 2. Baseball. An easily hit pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1912 Chicago Record-Herald 17 Aug. 8/5 Two doubles and a single off our meat-ball expert, Joe Benz, coined a pair of runs. 1923 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 28 Dec. 13/3 Joe O'Neill..used to room..on the road with Joe Benz, pitcher, and dearly loved to put up jokes on the ‘meatball hurler’. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 335/2 Meatball, in baseball, any pitched ball that can be hit readily by a given batter. 1978 S. Lyle & P. Golenbock Bronx Zoo 63 It was a high meatball, and he swung and hit a nice high liner to Mickey Rivers in center field. 1993 Sports Illustr. 25 Oct. 4/2 The main reason batters hit the ball so hard, so far, so often was that umpires ensured that they had meatballs to hit. 3. U.S. slang. An object resembling a meatball in shape or size. a. A flag or pennant bearing a circle on a plain field; the circle on such a flag; spec. the rising-sun emblem on the Japanese flag (also used as a marking on Japanese military aircraft, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national ravenOE thistle1488 red cross1523 St George's cross1548 Britannia1605 red rose1618 British Lion1687 shamrock1712 leek1714 American eagle1782 rising sun1787 white horse1814 Bird of Freedom1825 Union Jack1847 maple leaf1860 meatball1919 red star1920 hammer and sickle1921 chakra1947 1919 Our Navy (U.S.) May 22 The long minutes of waiting for the umpire's report and finally the joy of winning the pennant and hoisting the old ‘meatball’. 1944 R. G. Hubler & J. A. De Chant Flying Leathernecks 181 It took some squinting to detect the red ‘meatballs’ of the Japanese on its sides. 1963 M. Boyle Yanks don't Cry 25 See that red meat ball in the center of those flags?.. Those meat balls are the flaming grommets of the Jap Navy. 1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 193 A Jap helmet, a sword, and a meatball banner. 1984 J. Trotti Phantom over Vietnam 126 Pass after pass is made against the jaunty [target] banner with a ‘meatball’ adorning its middle. b. A reflected beam of light used to guide aircraft for landing. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [adjective] > landing guidance system meatball1957 1957 Sci. News Let. 27 July 60 The ‘meatball’ is the key to the Navy's mirror landing system. 1957 Economist 31 Aug. 688/2 The mirror reflects a bright light astern and upward into a beam which the pilot follows straight to a landing by keeping the ‘meatball’ light precisely centred in the mirror. 1962 Flight Internat. 82 100/1 A steady descent at 250kt to 1,000 ft..would be followed by a further descent to 600 ft, with the talkdown continuing until the pilot picked up the ‘meatball’ light of the mirror sight. 1994 T. Clancy Debt of Honor xi. 186 The pilot's eyes were locked on the ‘meatball’, a red light reflected off a mirror, keeping nicely centered. 4. slang (chiefly North American). An unintelligent, boring, or ineffectual person, esp. one with a muscular physique.Cf. earlier meathead n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun] > uncultured person runt1602 home-bred1609 pork1645 Huna1744 savage1762 heathen1817 Philistine1825 stringy-bark1833 roughneck1834 yahoo1861 yapc1894 lowbrow1901 meatball1937 primitive1967 1937 Down Beat June 6/5 A bunch of sophisticated meat-balls who did everything but show that they were interested in listening to the best small combination in the country. 1941 P. Gallico in Sat. Evening Post 14 June 110/2 As for that revolting meat-ball, I never wish to see him again. 1969 R. Airth Snatch! iv. 36 He looked a very tough meatball. 1981 W. Gibson Johnny Mnemonic in Burning Chrome (1986) 17 I was hoping Lewis was a true meatball, thick enough to go for the gym bag and snag my rigid trigger finger. 1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 23 Jan. b2/6 He was a friendly meatball who wore bow ties and had a smile and a handshake for everybody. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1835
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