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ball game

 
 
noun [C] US

Definition

a game of baseball (= where teams hit a ball and run round four fixed points), basketball (= where teams throw a ball through a high net), or American football: Hey, kids, let's go to a ball game tonight.
(Definition of ball game noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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