have a ball
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from ball in the sense of a dance.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]have a ball (third-person singular simple present has a ball, present participle having a ball, simple past and past participle had a ball)
- (idiomatic) To enjoy oneself thoroughly; to have lots of fun or excitement.
- Synonym: have a whale of a time
- The kids had a ball playing in the fountain.
- 1973, “Merry Xmas Everybody”, performed by Slade:
- Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall? / It's the time that every Santa has a ball / Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? / Does a ton up on his sleigh / Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
- 1976, “Money, Money, Money”, performed by ABBA:
- In my dreams I have a plan / If I got me a wealthy man / I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball
- 1984, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Sick Man”, in Hole, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:
- His victim screams, he has a ball
The bigger the head, the harder they fall
- 1998, “Who Let the Dogs Out”, performed by Baha Men:
- When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' / And everybody havin' a ball
- 2002, H.H. Fuller, It's a Wrap, Writers Club Press, page 72:
- “Well, after they retired down here, they must have had a ball ordering anything and everything.”
- 2011, “Friday”, performed by Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson:
- Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday / Today i-is Friday, Friday / We-we-we so excited / We so excited / We gonna have a ball today
Translations
[edit]to enjoy thoroughly
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