Associations to the word «Meatball»

Wiktionary

MEATBALL, noun. A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked
MEATBALL, noun. (slang) a stupid person
MEATBALL, noun. (baseball) an easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
MEATBALL SURGERY, noun. (idiomatic) A nickname for surgery that is meant to be performed rapidly to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.

Dictionary definition

MEATBALL, noun. Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats