OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# lamentats
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [lə.mənˈtats]
* IPA: (Valencia) [la.menˈtats]
* Rhymes: -ats

### Participle

lamentats m pl
* masculine plural of lamentat
# floode
## Middle English
### Noun

floode
* Alternative form of flod

## Portuguese
### Verb

floode
* inflection of floodar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
# kantai
## Japanese
### Romanization

kantai
* Rōmaji transcription of かんたい
# azzannai
## Italian
### Verb

azzannai
* first-person singular past historic of azzannare
# allocandi
## Latin
### Verb

allocandī
* genitive gerund of allocō
# jykeväleukainen
## Finnish
### Etymology

jykevä (“robust, sturdy”) +‎ leuka (“jaw”) +‎ -inen (“-ed”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjykeʋæˌleu̯kɑi̯nen/, [ˈjyk̟e̞ʋæˌle̞u̯kɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
* Rhymes: -eukɑinen
* Syllabification: jy‧ke‧vä‧leu‧kai‧nen

### Adjective

jykeväleukainen (comparative jykeväleukaisempi, superlative jykeväleukaisin)
* robust-jawed

#### Declension

Possessive forms of jykeväleukainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :

### Further reading

* “jykeväleukainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
# Borisian
## English
### Etymology

From Boris +‎ -ian.

### Adjective

Borisian (not comparable)
* (UK politics) Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
** 2014 August 13, Gwyn Topham, “Open data and driverless buses: how London transport heads to the future”, in The Guardian‎:Driverless Tube trains may sound like a dystopian Borisian fantasy, but even if the London mayor may wish to reduce the workforce, much of the actual driving was eliminated from some Underground drivers' jobs as early as 1967 when the Victoria line opened.

#### Synonyms

* Johnsonian

### Anagrams

* robinias
# Franzini
## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Franzini m or f by sense
* a surname

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
# laboralmente
## Spanish
### Etymology

From laboral +‎ -mente.

### Adverb

laboralmente
* occupationally
** 2015 September 21, ““Cataluña, no te vayas””, in El País‎:Denunció que escritores, editores y periodistas de América Latina estaban abandonando Barcelona, en buena medida por una política lingüística que a su juicio excluye laboralmente, sobre todo en el ámbito público, a los autores en español.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
# flashed over
## English
### Verb

flashed over
* simple past and past participle of flash over
# granums
## English
### Noun

granums
* plural of granum
# axotarám
## Galician
### Verb

axotarám
* (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural future indicative of axotar
# allessasti
## Italian
### Verb

allessasti
* second-person singular past historic of allessare

### Anagrams

* assillaste, istallasse
# amortirons
## French
### Verb

amortirons
* first-person plural future of amortir
# Belegexemplars
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Belegexemplars n
* genitive singular of Belegexemplar
# Leichtmetalls
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Leichtmetalls
* genitive singular of Leichtmetall
# lagrimexemos
## Galician
### Verb

lagrimexemos
* inflection of lagrimexar:
** first-person plural present subjunctive
** first-person plural imperative
# affen-
## German
### Etymology

Affe (“ape”) +‎ -n-. Compare hunde-, sau-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

affen-
* (informal, sometimes derogatory) Intensifies nouns and adjectives.
    ‎affen- + ‎Hitze (“heat”) → ‎Affenhitze (“extreme heat”)
    ‎affen- + ‎Zahn (“high speed”) → ‎Affenzahn (“breakneck speed”)

#### Derived terms

* German terms prefixed with affen-
* affengeil, Affenhitze, Affenkomödie, Affenliebe, Affenschande, Affenspektakel, affenstark, Affentempo, Affentheater, Affenzahn

### Further reading

* “affen-” in Duden online
* “affen-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# Tretjak
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trɛtjàːk/

### Proper noun

Tretják m anim
* a surname
# axotariades
## Galician
### Verb

axotariades
* second-person plural conditional of axotar
# ascivisse
## Latin
### Verb

ascīvisse
* perfect active infinitive of ascīscō
# amortisar
## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English amortize, French amortir, German amortisieren, Italian ammortire, Russian амортизи́ровать (amortizírovatʹ), Spanish amortecer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mɔr.tiˈsar/

### Verb

amortisar (present amortisas, past amortisis, future amortisos, conditional amortisus, imperative amortisez)
* (transitive) to weaken, deaden, break (the force of a stream, a blow, a fall or shock)
* (transitive) to calm (passions)
* (transitive) to abate (inflammation)
* (transitive) to blunt the feelings
* (transitive) to tone down, soften (colors)
* (transitive, finance) to pay, liquidate (a debt), to redeem (an annunity)
* (transitive, law) to amortize: to sell in mortmain
* (transitive, cooking) to make (meat) tender by long keeping

#### Derived terms

* amortiso (“deadening; liquidation, amortization”)
* amortisuro (“sinking fund”)
* amortisajo (“sinking fund”)
* amortis-pekunio (“sinking fund”)
* amortisebla (“redeemable”)
* amortisita kuglo (“spent bullet”)
* amortisilo (“extinguisher (for charcoal, etc.)”)
# Birkeland-Eyde process
## English
### Etymology

Developed in 1903 by Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland and his business partner Sam Eyde.

### Proper noun

Birkeland-Eyde process
* A former industrial process for producing nitrogen-based fertilizer.
# Leichtsinne
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Leichtsinne m
* dative singular of Leichtsinn
# lagrimexases
## Galician
### Verb

lagrimexases
* second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of lagrimexar
# Lima bean
## English
### Noun

Lima bean (plural Lima beans)
* Alternative form of lima bean

### Anagrams

* animable, maniable
# Trethomas
## English
### Etymology

From Welsh.

### Proper noun

Trethomas
* A village in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen community, Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1888).
# got ahold of
## English
### Verb

got ahold of
* simple past and past participle of get ahold of
# ascendebamus
## Latin
### Verb

ascendēbāmus
* first-person plural imperfect active indicative of ascendō
# jätteiden
## Finnish
### Noun

jätteiden
* genitive plural of jäte
# God-willing
## English
### Interjection

God-willing
* Alternative form of God willing
** 1635, Jacques Guillemeau, Child-birth; Or, The Happy Delivery of Women:Concerning the cure thereof I meane (God-willing) to handle it hereafter.
** 2009, Arthur V. Sellwood, Mary Sellwood, Black Avalanche: The Knockshinnoch Pit Disaster:At a signal from the captain they stumbled back into line to start the final slog of 780 yards, uphill all the way, taking them to the Dook, and thence, God-willing, to the West Mine.
** 2009, Carol J. Franz, There But for the Grace of God: Surviving Cancer with Adult Stem Cell Transplants:I want to get more people aware, and God-willing I will.
** 2014, Martin McDonagh, McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane:I could never get my fill of looking at you in your bra and slip, and some day, God-willing, I will be looking at you in your bra and slip again.
# Leichtsinnes
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnəs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Leichtsinnes
* genitive singular of Leichtsinn
# högerpopulist
## Swedish
### Etymology

Compound of höger +‎ populist.

### Noun

högerpopulist c
* right-wing populist
    Antonym: vänsterpopulist

#### Related terms

* högerpopulism
* högerpopulistisk

### Further reading

* högerpopulist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
# Gaþes
## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gades, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /⁠gādēr, gādīr⁠/, “a walled enclosure”).

### Proper noun

Gaþes ?
* Cadiz
# Piszczór
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiʂt͡ʂur/
* Rhymes: -iʂt͡ʂur
* Syllabification: Pisz‧czór

### Proper noun

Piszczór m pers
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Piszczór f (indeclinable)
* a female surname
# got about
## English
### Verb

got about
* simple past of get about

### Verb

got about
* past participle of get about
# Pyrrhura hoffmanni
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Pyrrhura hoffmanni f
* A taxonomic species within the family Psittacidae – the sulphur-winged parakeet.

### References

* Pyrrhura hoffmanni on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Karl Hoffmann (naturalist) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pyrrhura hoffmanni on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Pyrrhura hoffmanni on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
# jättekul
## Swedish
### Etymology

From jätte- +‎ kul.

### Adjective

jättekul (not comparable)
* (informal) very fun

### Further reading

* jättekul in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
# hymnire
## Latin
### Verb

hymnīre
* present active infinitive of hymniō
# finite differences
## English
### Noun

finite differences
* plural of finite difference
# högerpopulisterna
## Swedish
### Noun

högerpopulisterna
* definite plural of högerpopulist
# inferiorizasen
## Spanish
### Verb

inferiorizasen
* third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of inferiorizar
# Präser
## German
### Etymology

Clipping of Präservativ with change of gender.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʁɛːzɐ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Präser m (strong, genitive Präsers, plural Präser)
* (informal) condom
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Kondom

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Präser” in Duden online
* “Präser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# got a wriggle on
## English
### Verb

got a wriggle on
* simple past and past participle of get a wriggle on
# Pyrrhura emma
## Translingual

Wikispecies

### Proper noun

Pyrrhura emma f
* A taxonomic species within the family Psittacidae – the Venezuelan parakeet.

### References

* Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
# genitalizaste
## Spanish
### Verb

genitalizaste
* second-person singular preterite indicative of genitalizar
# Biscayan right whales
## English
### Noun

Biscayan right whales
* plural of Biscayan right whale
# finite element
## English
### Noun

finite element (plural finite elements)
* (mathematics) Any of a finite number of discrete elements of a system, interconnected at discrete nodes, used to model a physical system
# högerpolitiska
## Swedish
### Adjective

högerpolitiska
* inflection of högerpolitisk:
** definite singular
** plural
# inferiorizases
## Spanish
### Verb

inferiorizases
* second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of inferiorizar
# azzardarvi
## Italian
### Verb

azzardarvi
* second-person plural infinitive of azzardarsi
# got after
## English
### Verb

got after
* simple past of get after
* (UK) past participle of get after
# Pyrrhura calliptera
## Translingual

Wikispecies

### Proper noun

Pyrrhura calliptera f
* A taxonomic species within the family Psittacidae – the flame-winged parakeet.

### References

* Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
# genitalizes
## English
### Verb

genitalizes
* third-person singular simple present indicative of genitalize

### Anagrams

* gelatinizes
# Bregmans
## English
### Proper noun

Bregmans
* plural of Bregman
# finite continued fraction
## English
### Noun

finite continued fraction (plural finite continued fractions)
* (mathematics) A continued fraction which terminates after a certain number of steps.
# hängt
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hängt
* inflection of hängen:
** third-person singular present
** second-person plural present
** plural imperative

## Swedish
### Verb

hängt
* supine of hänga
# Gegenzug
## German
### Etymology

From gegen- +‎ Zug.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeːɡŋ̩ˌtsuːk/, /ˈɡeːɡənˌtsuːk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Gegenzug m (strong, genitive Gegenzuges or Gegenzugs, plural Gegenzüge)
* countermove
* exchange, trade
    Im Gegenzug für Ihr Fahrrad gebe ich Ihnen meine Gitarre.In exchange for your bicycle, I'll give you my guitar.

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* im Gegenzug

### Further reading

* “Gegenzug” in Duden online
* “Gegenzug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# azzardata
## Italian
### Participle

azzardata f sg
* feminine singular of azzardato

### Anagrams

* radazzata
# Tokioterinnen
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Tokioterinnen
* plural of Tokioterin
# alma penada
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From alma + penada.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.mɐ peˈna.dɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ peˈna.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.mɐ peˈna.dɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.mɐ peˈna.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.ma peˈna.da/ [ˈaʊ̯.ma peˈna.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈal.mɐ pɨˈna.dɐ/ [ˈaɫ.mɐ pɨˈna.ðɐ]

### Noun

alma penada f (plural almas penadas)
* wandering soul
# Shasta daisies
## English
### Noun

Shasta daisies
* plural of Shasta daisy
# Bregnano
## Italian
### Proper noun

Bregnano m
* A small town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy

#### Related terms

* bregnanese
# finite automaton
## English
### Noun

finite automaton (plural finite automata)
* (computing theory) Synonym of finite-state machine
# hängt ab
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hängt ab
* inflection of abhängen:
** third-person singular present
** second-person plural present
** plural imperative
# aemulemini
## Latin
### Verb

aemulēminī
* second-person plural present active subjunctive of aemulor
# azzardaste
## Italian
### Verb

azzardaste
* inflection of azzardare:
** second-person plural past historic
** second-person plural imperfect subjunctive

### Anagrams

* radazzaste
# Placeboeffekt
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Placeboeffekt m (strong, genitive Placeboeffektes or Placeboeffekts, plural Placeboeffekte)
* placebo effect

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

### Further reading

* “Placeboeffekt” in Duden online
# Latinnda
## Old Irish
### Adjective

Latinnda
* Alternative form of Laitindae (“Latin”)

#### Declension

io/iā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | Latinnda | Latinnda | Latinnda |
| Vocative | Latinndai | Latinnda | Latinnda |
| Accusative | Latinnda | Latinndai | Latinnda |
| Genitive | Latinndai | Latinnda | Latinndai |
| Dative | Latinndu | Latinndai | Latinndu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | Latinndai | Latinndai | Latinndai |
| Vocative | Latinndai Latinndu* | Latinndai | Latinndai |
| Accusative | Latinndai Latinndu* | Latinndai | Latinndai |
| Genitive | Latinnda | Latinnda | Latinnda |
| Dative | Latinndaib | Latinndaib | Latinndaib |
| Notes | * when substantivized | * when substantivized | * when substantivized |
# attribuirai
## Italian
### Verb

attribuirai
* second-person singular future of attribuire

### Anagrams

* riabituarti
# häkiä
## Finnish
### Noun

häkiä
* partitive plural of häkä

### Anagrams

* ähkiä
# adsectaturam
## Latin
### Participle

adsectātūram
* accusative feminine singular of adsectātūrus
# hängst an
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hängst an
* second-person singular present of anhängen
# aemulere
## Latin
### Verb

aemulēre
* second-person singular present active subjunctive of aemulor
# azaram
## Portuguese
### Verb

azaram
* third-person plural present indicative of azarar
# Police n/M
## Czech
### Proper noun

Police n/M f
* Abbreviation of Police nad Metují.
# füllet
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

füllet
* second-person plural subjunctive I of füllen
# gestational father
## English
### Noun

gestational father (plural gestational fathers)
* (neologism) Synonym of birthing father.
** 2016, “List of Contributors”, in Stefan Horlacher, editor, Transgender and Intersex: Theoretical, Practical, and Artistic Perspectives‎, page xi:He [Cary Gabriel Costello] is the gestational father of a teenaged child, and is married to an intersex woman who was assigned male at birth—musician and technophile Aubrey Schaefer.
** 2019, Laura V. Heston, "Queering Kinship: LGBTQ Parents And The Creation Of Real Utopias", dissertation submitted to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, page 180:
    Most of the gestational fathers I talked to had already rejected gender norms, and it was this rejection that led them to imagine becoming gestational fathers in the first place.
** 2020 October, Bernard M. Dickens, “Transsexuality: Legal and ethical challenges”, in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, volume 151, number 1, page 165:He [Freddy McConnell] has publicized himself as a gestational father, for instance in a documentary film “Seahorse” (an upright-swimming fish, the male of which has a brood pouch for gestating its young).
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gestational father.
# extasions
## French
### Verb

extasions
* inflection of extasier:
** first-person plural present indicative
** first-person plural imperative
# adsectatos
## Latin
### Participle

adsectātōs
* accusative masculine plural of adsectātus
# bahintza
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bahint͡s̻a/ [ba.hĩn.t͡s̻a]
* IPA: (Southern) /baint͡s̻a/ [ba.ĩn.t͡s̻a]
* Rhymes: -ints̻a
* Hyphenation: ba‧hin‧tza

### Verb

bahintza
* (archaic) Third-person singular (hark), taking informal second-person singular (hi) as direct object, distal conditional potential form of izan.

#### Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form ezan instead of izan.
# aemuled
## English
### Verb

aemuled
* simple past and past participle of aemule
# antihiatiques
## French
### Adjective

antihiatiques
* plural of antihiatique
# Phuthi
## English
### Proper noun

Phuthi
* A Nguni Bantu language spoken in southern Lesotho and parts of South Africa.
# füllet aus
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

füllet aus
* second-person plural subjunctive I of ausfüllen
# Nachverhandlung
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Nachverhandlung f (genitive Nachverhandlung, plural Nachverhandlungen)
* renegotiation

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Nachverhandlung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# Grenola
## English
### Etymology

A portmanteau of Green Field and Canola, two old settlements replaced by Grenola when a railroad was built.

### Proper noun

Grenola
* A minor city in Elk County, Kansas, United States.

### Anagrams

* longear, Lagrone, ergonal, Langreo
# adtractaverat
## Latin
### Verb

adtractāverat
* third-person singular pluperfect active indicative of adtractō
# hyvänsuopaisuus
## Finnish
### Etymology

hyvänsuopainen +‎ -uus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhyʋænˌsuo̯pɑi̯suːs/, [ˈhyʋænˌs̠uo̞̯pɑ̝i̯s̠uːs̠]
* Rhymes: -uopɑisuːs
* Syllabification: hy‧vän‧suo‧pai‧suus

### Noun

hyvänsuopaisuus
* benevolence

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hyvänsuopaisuus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) :
# aemulemur
## Latin
### Verb

aemulēmur
* first-person plural present active subjunctive of aemulor
# antistat
## English
### Etymology

Shortening.

### Noun

antistat (plural antistats)
* Any antistatic compound.

### Anagrams

* attaints

## Latin
### Verb

antistat
* third-person singular present active indicative of antistō
# Phx.
## English
### Noun

Phx.
* (law) Abbreviation of Phoenix.

#### Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: U.S. state, cities, and territories", Table T10.1, p. 436.
# alperches
## Portuguese
### Noun

alperches
* plural of alperche
# Nachvollziehbarkeit
## German
### Etymology

nachvollziehbar +‎ -keit

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Nachvollziehbarkeit f (genitive Nachvollziehbarkeit, plural Nachvollziehbarkeiten)
* understandability, comprehensibility
* traceability

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Nachvollziehbarkeit” in Duden online
* “Nachvollziehbarkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# Grenvillites
## English
### Noun

Grenvillites
* plural of Grenvillite
# adtinebas
## Latin
### Verb

adtinēbās
* second-person singular imperfect active indicative of adtineō
# ball ache
## English
### Noun

ball ache (plural ball aches)
* Alternative form of ballache
# affectandas
## Latin
### Participle

affectandās
* accusative feminine plural of affectandus
# karavanojn
## Esperanto
### Noun

karavanojn
* accusative plural of karavano
# avvicenderesti
## Italian
### Verb

avvicenderesti
* second-person singular conditional of avvicendare
# Liang–Barsky algorithm
## English
### Noun

Liang–Barsky algorithm
* (computer science) A line clipping algorithm that uses the parametric equation of a line and inequalities describing the range of the clipping window to determine the intersections between the line and the clip window.

### Further reading

* Liang–Barsky algorithm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# Nachtüüle
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

Nacht (“night”) +‎ Üüle (“owl”)

### Noun

Nachtüüle n
* (Uri) long-eared owl

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
# Besisi
## English
### Noun

Besisi (plural Besisi)
* A member of a branch of the Orang Asli people of Malaya.

### Proper noun

Besisi
* The Aslian language of these people.

#### Synonyms

* Mah Meri

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Besisi terms

### Anagrams

* ibises
# Littlewoods
## English
### Proper noun

Littlewoods
* plural of Littlewood
# ball alley
## English
### Noun

ball alley (plural ball alleys)
* (Ireland) A place for playing handball, ranging in structure from a patch of hard flat ground beside a gable to an indoor four-walled court similar to a squash court.
** 1855, Anthony Marmion, The ancient and modern history of the maritime ports of Ireland, p.300 (London: J.H. Banks):
    A portion of it was still further desecrated ; up to a very recent period being used as a racket-court, or ball-alley
** 2011, Keith Duggan, House of Pain: Through the Rooms of Mayo Football‎, →ISBN, page 58:Perhaps the single most poignant image in the book is of the handball champion Mickey Walsh, described by Healy as 'our last hero' tossing a ball to himself in the dilapidated ball alley.
** 2013, November 6, Siobhan Lincoln, Ardmore Memory and Story - The Village "Roads And Houses" p.2 (Waterford Museum):
    The school was partly in front of them and on fine evenings, the gable end was used as a ball alley and it was quite a gathering place for young people.
** 2015, Paul Rouse, Sport and Ireland: A History‎, →ISBN, page 60:In Kilkenny City, there was also a tennis court in existence by 1798. This court later became known as a racket court and then a ball alley.
* (US, obsolete) A bowling alley.
** 1828, Charter of the village of Albion, New York; quoted in Tanner v Trustees of Albion 5 Hill 121 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1843)
    It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to keep or maintain in the said village, any ball-alley, or apparatus, alley, machine, building or enclosure, constructed or used for the purpose of playing thereon or therewith at the game called or known by the name of nine-pins or ten-pins, for gain, hire, reward or emolument of any kind or in any manner whatsoever;
** 1849, Hiram R. Hawkins, quoted in Hershel Parker, Herman Melville: A Biography; Volume 1 : 1819-1851, p.250 (JHU Press, 2005) →ISBN:
    [I] knew [Herman Melville] when he was setting up pins in a ball alley.

#### Synonyms

* (court for playing handball): handball alley

### Anagrams

* alley ball