BALL BOY Definition & Meaning

ball boy

noun

Tennis. an attendant, usually a boy or young man, employed to retrieve balls and supply players with them.
Baseball. an attendant, usually a boy or young man, who retrieves foul balls and brings the umpire new balls during the game.

ball boy

noun

(in sport, esp tennis) a person who retrieves balls that go out of play

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Origin of ball boy¹

First recorded in 1900–05

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But, first, let's talk you through a night which saw a Portuguese legend miss a penalty, a German ball boy become a hero and very nearly an Italian comeback to end all comebacks.

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Iga Swiatek is "not proud" of the way she took her frustration in Indian Wells out on a ball boy but has criticised the "standards" she faces in her behaviour as "not healthy".

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Sanchez, a year older, was the ball boy again.

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A 3-1 win against the odds, ball boys flung around in celebration and Dunc pumping his fist to the crowd, just like old times.

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“I felt like Cam Rising,” he said, referring to the former Newbury Park quarterback and college star who he watched as a ball boy.

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