ballgame

Other forms: ballgames

Definitions of ballgame

1. noun

   a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
   synonyms: ball game

   types:

   baseball, baseball game

   a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

   ball

   the game of baseball

   professional baseball

   playing baseball for money

   hardball

   baseball as distinguished from softball

   perfect game

   a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base

   no-hit game, no-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits

   1-hitter, one-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit

   2-hitter, two-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits

   3-hitter, three-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits

   4-hitter, four-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits

   5-hitter, five-hitter

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits

   softball, softball game

   a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer

   rounders

   an English ball game similar to baseball

   stickball, stickball game

   a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle

   steal

   a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

   type of:

   field game

   an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
2. noun

   a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
   “HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame”

   synonyms: new ballgame

   type of:

   situation, state of affairs

   the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time