ball boy
nounDefinition of ball boy
: a male attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)
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That was the unfortunate discovery on one ball boy who attempted to deliver a cup of coffee to the tennis star, and was left awkwardly holding the cup. — Melissa Locker, Time, "Confused U.S. Open Ball Boy Awkwardly Tried to Deliver Venus Williams Coffee and We've Been All There," 29 Aug. 2019 On the other hand, the ball boys and girls are a little younger than at the U.S. Open. — CBS News, "Chasing the dream," 25 Aug. 2019 The view and also the ball boys would throw us balls and the players would come up and chat. — Scott King, BostonGlobe.com, "White Sox first team to use foul pole-to-pole netting," 22 July 2019 Now, Ferreyra has made a public apology to the ball boy claiming the emotion of the game got the better of him. — SI.com, "Shakhtar Donetsk Star Apologises For Controversial Incident During UEFA Champions League Tie," 14 Mar. 2018 The pair spent the day meeting ball boys and girls, lunching at the club, and of course, watching some thrilling tennis matches. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle Chose a Casual Blazer and Jeans for a Surprise Appearance at Wimbledon," 4 July 2019 Freddy Galvis doubled down the right field line in the second inning, and a ball boy fell over while moving out of the way of the ball. — Sarah Trotto, The Seattle Times, "White Sox beat Blue Jays 4-1, game halted by rain in 5th," 18 May 2019 Loyer spent his childhood as a ball boy for his father's teams, falling in love with the game and some of its most high-profile athletes. — George Stoia, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan State: Foster Loyer looks like he may help, even at Moneyball," 11 July 2018 That was the case during Sunday's Royals-Indians game at Progressive Field when Cleveland's Rajai Davis crushed a ball down the right-field line, and the ball boy had little time to react. — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, "Ball boy at Royals-Indians game showed amazing agility to avoid line drive | The Kansas City Star," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ball boy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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