ball off (English, verb)
expansion: ball off (third-person singular simple present balls off, present participle balling off, simple past and past participle balled off)
Senses:
glosses: To depart, especially quickly; to hurry away; to leave at a particular speed.
tags: dated
slang
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To spin rope-yarns into balls, in preparation for making spun yarn.
tags: archaic
Forms:
form: balls off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: balling off
tags: participle
present
form: balled off
tags: participle
past
form: balled off
tags: past