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Definition 2025

ball_boy

ball boy

See also: ballboy

English

Alternative forms

ballboy

Noun

ball boy ‎(plural ball boys)

(sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

Related terms

ball girl

Translations

A male person responsible for retrieving balls

Catalan: aplegapilotes (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 球童 (zh) ‎(qiútóng)
Dutch: ballenjongen (nl) m
Finnish: pallopoika
French: ramasseur (fr) m

Hungarian: labdaszedő (hu), labdaszedő fiú
Italian: raccattapalle
Japanese: ボールパーソン ‎(bōrupāson)
Polish: chłopiec do piłek m
Spanish: recogepelotas m, f
Swedish: bollkalle (sv) c, bollpojke c (especially in tennis)