(Homonym: bawl).
1. A spherical object used as a plaything.
2. Any object with a spherical shape; SYN. globe, orb.
3. A more or less rounded body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb.
4. A compact mass; SYN. clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk.
5. A lavish formal dance.
6. (Baseball) A pitch that is not in the strike zone.
7. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
A formal dance held for a school class toward the end of the academic year; SYN. promenade.
Hugo, 1886, [a] 1927, dt. Schriftsteller; 1916 in Zürich Mitbegründer des Dadaismus; Verfasser von »Lautgedichten«; pazifist. Kulturkritiker.
(Homonym: bawl).
1. A spherical object used as a plaything.
2. Any object with a spherical shape; SYN. globe, orb.
3. A more or less rounded body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb.
4. A compact mass; SYN. clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk.
5. A lavish formal dance.
6. (Baseball) A pitch that is not in the strike zone.
7. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
Hugo, Pirmasens 22.2.1886, +Gentilino bei Lugano, 14.9.1927, dt. Schriftsteller. B. war Mitbegründer des Dadaismus, von dem er sich seit 1917 jedoch wieder abwandte. Wichtige Werke: 'Der Henker von Brescia' (Drama, 1914), 'Flametti oder vom Dandysmus der Armen' (Roman, 1918), 'Zur Kritik der dt. Intelligenz' (Streitschrift, 1919).