baseball vs handball

baseball

noun
  • A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. 

  • The ball used to play the sport of baseball. 

  • A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. 

handball

noun
  • A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. 

  • The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport. 

  • A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules. 

  • The small rubber ball used in this sport. 

  • An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. 

  • A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement. 

  • The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play. 

verb
  • To insert a hand into someone's anus. 

  • To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. 

  • To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another. 

  • To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm. 

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