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no ball
noun
Cricket.
- an unfairly bowled ball.
no-ball
noun
- cricket an illegal ball, as for overstepping the crease, throwing, etc, for which the batting side scores a run, and from which the batsman can be out only by being run out
- rounders an illegal ball, esp one bowled too high or too low
sentence substitute
- cricket rounders a call by the umpire indicating a no-ball
verb
- tr cricket of an umpire
- to declare (a bowler) to have bowled a no-ball
- to declare (a delivery) to be a no-ball
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Origin of no ball1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
“Or, ‘I’m gonna high five myself, no balls were dropped today.’”
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England debutant George Scrimshaw bowls six no balls in his first two overs, but ends his second over with his maiden wicket.
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The idea was to impose their game on South Africa but they had no ball, no possession, no respite.
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It was called pantomime because no balls were used.
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"Otherwise it will be a tremendously dangerous reaction for the whole world. Some Western officials said that Russia has no balls. Guys, do you really want to see it?"
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