have a ball

1. 1.

   enjoy oneself greatly

   “We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM”

   Synonymshave a good time

   Broaderdelight

Questions about have a ball

What does have a ball mean?

have a ball means "enjoy oneself greatly".

What is another word for have a ball?

Close synonyms include have a good time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is have a ball a common word?

have a ball is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.