What does no ball mean?

no ball means "unlawfully delivered ball in cricket".

Is no ball a common word?

no ball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

no ball — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
unlawfully delivered ball in cricket
“the umpire called it a no ball”
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What does no ball mean?: no ball means "unlawfully delivered ball in cricket".
Is no ball a common word?: no ball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for no ball come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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