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HARDBALL

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Baseball as distinguished from softballplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hardball" is a kind of...):

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Antonym:

softball (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A no-nonsense attitude in business or politicsplay

Example:

they play hardball in the Senate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hardball" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

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