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• ballgame

Noun

ball game ‎(plural ball games)

1. Any game played with a ball.

   Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.

2. A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game.

   George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.

3. A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.

   The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.

4. (figuratively) affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic

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