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meatball

noun B1
  1. A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked. · Meatballs were on the menu for lunch.· 1996: Mrs. Miracle. Debbie Macomber. Pg. 101. I prefer spaghetti with meatballs instead the meat all crumbled in with the sauce.
  2. A stupid person; a meathead. (slang)
  3. An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
  4. An optical landing system.
  5. A menu icon of three horizontal dots.

Plural meatballs

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