A ball is a spherical round object with various uses. Ball(s) or The Ball may also refer to:

Places

* Ball (crater), a crater on the Moon * Ball, Cornwall, a hamlet in the north of Cornwall, England, UK * Ball, Louisiana, a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, US * Balls (mountain range), a mountain range in Madera County, California, US

People with the surname

* Ball (surname), a list of people with the surname Ball * Ed Balls, a British politician * Katy Balls, a British journalist * Norah Balls (1886–1980), British suffragette, women's rights campaigner, magistrate, councillor * William Lawrence Balls, a British botanist

Anatomy

* Ball (foot), a bottom part of the foot * Balls, a slang word for

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s, which may also apply to chutzpah or bravery

Arts and entertainment

Film and theatre

* ''Le Bal'' (1931 film), a French film * ''The Ball'' (1958 film) (''Mingea''), a Romanian film * ''Le Bal'' (1983 film), an Algerian film * ''Balls'' (film) (Swedish: Farsan), a 2010 Swedish comedy film * ''The Ball'' (2011), an Australian documentary, runner up for the 2011 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour * ''The Ball'' (play), a 1632 play by James Shirley

Games

* ''Ball'' (Game & Watch), a game for the Nintendo Game & Watch * '' Ballz'', a 1994 fighting game * ''The Ball'' (video game), a 2010 video game

Music

Groups

* Balls (rock band), a 1969–1971 British rock band * B.A.L.L., a 1987–1990 American rock band

Albums

* ''Ball'' (Iron Butterfly album), 1969 * ''Ball'' (Widespread Panic album), 2003 * ''Balls'' (Elizabeth Cook album), 2007 * ''Balls'' (Sparks album), 2000 * ''Balls'' (EP), by Guttermouth, 1991 * ''Balls'', by Napoleon Murphy Brock, 2003

Songs

* "Ball" (song), by T.I., 2012 * "Ball", by DJ Khaled from ''

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'', 2010 * "Ball", by Susumu Hirasawa from '' Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK Original Soundtrack'', 1997 * "The Ball", from the musical '' Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'', 2012 * "Un bal", the second movement of '' Symphonie fantastique'' by Hector Berlioz, 1830

Television

* Balls (TV channel), a defunct Filipino sports channel * "The Ball" (''Dynasty'' 1985), an episode * "The Ball" (''Dynasty'' 1986), an episode * "The Ball" (''Kanon''), an episode * "Balls" (''Northern Exposure''), an episode

Brands and enterprises

* Ball (St. Paul's Churchyard), an historical bookseller in London * Ball Corporation, a U.S. packaging manufacturer and metal can maker * Ball Watch Company

Computing and technology

* BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library), a versatile set of C++ classes for molecular modelling * Blog Assisted Language Learning, an application of computer-assisted language learning

Schools

* Ball High School, a public secondary school in Galveston, Texas, US * Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, US

Social gatherings

* Ball (dance party) * The Ball (event), a NYC Jewish singles event on Christmas Eve

Sports

* Ball (rhythmic gymnastics) * Bandy ball * Baseball (ball), the physical object ** Ball (baseball statistics), a pitch outside the strike zone and not swung at by the batter *

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* Billiard ball * Bowling ball * Cricket ball, the physical object ** Ball (cricket) or delivery, a single action of bowling * Football (ball) **

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** Gaelic ball ** Ball (gridiron football) ** Rugby ball * Golf ball * Lacrosse ball * Pickleball, the ball used in the game ** Ball!, a warning of an errant ball on the court * Tennis ball * Volleyball (ball) * Water polo ball, used in Waterpolo and Canoe polo

Other uses

* Ball (bearing), special highly spherical and smooth balls, most commonly used in ball bearings * Ball (mathematics), the solid interior of a sphere * Ball of wax example, also known as the wax argument, a thought experiment by René Descartes in his ''Meditations on First Philosophy'' * '' Boule de Genève'' (Geneva ball), a type of pendant watch in the shape of a small ball * Times Square Ball or the Ball * Round shot or cannonball or ball, a round projectile fired from guns and cannons